#no title or registration

[greeniery]

here i rest where disappointment and regret collide, lying awake at night

#audio #title and registration #death cab for cutie #transatlanticism #Spotify

[gerogerigaogaigar]

I remember seeing someone wonder why no one does literary analysis of popular music. I don't have very many mutuals, but if it was one of y'all then this post is for you.

Title And Registration by Death Cab For Cutie communicates the mental and emotional state of its narrator with such efficiency and precision that I cannot let it go unnoticed any longer. The song, read literally, is about a person being stopped by the police and looking for their title and registration papers in the glove compartment and finding a picture of their ex.

The song is absolutely brilliant for communicating structurally how much the narrator doesn't want to think about their ex. The song starts with an entire verse that is the narrator mentally avoiding the topic. They talk about how you never find gloves in the glove compartment and that it should be called something else. The sentiment is corny and cliched and delivered here with the utmost sincerity. The way that the narrator is avoiding his feelings is shown by the song avoiding the point for the entire first verse. After this verse the narrator admits that he found "souvenirs of better times". The song goes on to get more explicit with each verse until the narrator admits that they stay awake all night thinking about this relationship.

Death Cab are pretty good at starting songs small and building them up into subtle narratives, but this is probably my favorite example. Every line down to the title itself adds to the narrative. Title And Registration gives more context as to why he's looking for a legal document in the rain. After all the song never outright says he's been pulled over but it's heavily implied. In the end the song manages to paint a picture of a person breaking down in the rain in front of a cop because he accidentally saw a picture of his ex. It's such a potent picture that is only gleaned by coming at the song sideways. And yet the song leads you sideways into this interpretation as if it were obvious.

#death cab for cutie #title and registration #transatlanticism #i might do a full on review of transatlanticism #Spotify

[glitteringashes]

i don’t have gloves in my glove compartment who does? i have a ziploc bag full of quarters like my dad always said to he said “you can use them to put air in your tires — and plus the best car wash a few towns over is quarters-only!” he said “you know, grandpa built that car wash” i live across the street from it now in the town my dad grew up in and he doesn’t live here anymore he’s four states away i never go to that car wash i never wash my car but i carry those quarters with me he was right i still need to put air in my tires

#mypoetry #dad #family #personal #poetry #spilled ink #writing #quarters #abandonment #home #hometown #growing up #not me having the idea for this in the shower while listening to Title and Registration by Death Cab for Cutie… THATS for sure #time for bed #dcfc

[cntryclwn]

THIS IS TINY VESSELS. TAKE YOUR SENSITIVE ASS BACK TO TITLE AND REGISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!

#death cab for cutie #tiny vessels #title and registration

[hiramstolowitski]

can someone who likes transatlanticism as much as i do please be friends with me. i am begging. i am so alone in the world

#i saw a funny post about title and registration and i have NO ONE TO SEND IT TO #dcfc #transatlanticism #max rants about music

[lithiumrox]

20 years of transatlanticism means i've been singing the phrase "and everybody knows it" to the tune in title and registration in my head every time i say or hear or even think the phrase for twenty whole years

#transatlanticism #millennial problems #title and registration

[shima-draws]

Today has been so mega stressful I just

Smacks head against wall

#Shima speaks #Okay. Okay okay okay storytime #SO as many of you know I bought a new car back in April. Almost May. #I didn't get the title registration card in the mail until like June #So I registered my car and bought the plates. 100% bought the plates I KNOW I bought the plates #Fast forward to now it is August and still no plates in the mail. No notification that they've been mailed or received or ANYTHING #SO I'm sitting here going hey where are my plates my temporary tags have expired on my car and I could get ticketed for that #I decide you know what I'll go to the DMV directly and get this sorted out. Fucking hate the DMV all my homies hate the DMV #But what can you do you know. Idk where the plates are. #I was very worried bc the mailroom in my apartment was broken into so somebody could have stolen the plates out of my mailbox #And I'd be none the wiser!! Bc I haven't received any sort of notification that they were delivered! #So I decide to go to the DMV right but my coworker tells me that they don't do walk ins anymore. They only see you by appointment #The next appointment wasn't available until August 22nd. LIKE. THREE WEEKS FROM NOW #So I book the appointment. And I send them an email going like hey uh I kinda need new temp tags while I'm waiting to be seen abt my plates #And they email me back going oh lol this is the wrong county you need to go to blah blah blah county office #So I'm like jesus christ okay I'll go to the correct county office. LUCKILY they have walkins so I drove over there today #I walked in and the girl working the customer service counter asks me what I need and I say hey I'm having issues getting my plates #I hand her my title registration card and she looks it up and goes oh lol we have your plates. They were returned #APPARENTLY they fucked up my address and didn't include the apartment number on the package so it got returned to them #SO THEY'VE JUST HAD MY FUCKING PLATES FOR A MONTH AND A HALF AND DIDN'T TELL ME. NO EMAIL NO PHONE CALL NOTHING IN THE MAIL #The girl goes into the back and grabs my plates. Thank god I finally have my fucking plates #LUCKILY I didn't actually have to wait in line she just grabbed them and I didn't need to get a ticket to see someone at the counter #But oh my god. SO fucking stressful dude. #I hate adulting <3 #Also my computer had a hacking scare so there's that too #But that's a whole other can of worms #Lies down I'm fucking exhausted bro

[publicuniversalenemy]

I FORGOR TO TRACE MY VIN

#literallu i have EVERYTHING ELSE on me #and the bus i need is due in a minute #but now im angry walking back to my place #so i can get my stupid pencil and paper to trace my VIN cuz u need that #to get a new title and registration #world is out to get me but i stay silly <3 #whatever the fuck

[lets-dance-to-joy-division]

Goodbye, good riddance, and goodnight to this place. I'll miss the memories, but I won't miss the pain. I'm heading east and I'm not looking back, but for the good times.

BL

Title and Registration

Song by Death Cab for Cutie

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"'...Cause behind its door, there's nothing to keep my fingers warm

And all I find are souvenirs from better times

Before the gleam of your taillights fading east

To find yourself a better life..."

#music #title and registration #death cab for cutie #lyrics quotes #Spotify

[thelaughingmerman]

I did adulting today. I'll have to wait a week or two but soon I may finally be able to get my new state license and registration. Totally shouldn't have done that three years ago...

#listen. covid happened i moved three times lost my registration card and i have a poor memory #im going to get a personalized license plate :3c #i lost my registration card thers almost no way for me to gef a new one rn so my best bet was getting my title from the lien people #i also have a pic of registrarion from an insurance claim i printed out jic but last time they said no

[punkrockmixtapes]

Death Cab for Cutie Title and Registration (original version)

#youtube #Death Cab For Cutie #Title and Registration

[ghostboyjules]

having a car is cool and fine and dandy until you're trying to figure out license/title/registration/insurance bullshit when you're planning a move WHILE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY BROKE... god this fuckin sucks ass

#jules.intothevoid✨ #think I'm making that my rant/negative post tag ajfjsjfn #jfc it's so goddamn expensive. like sure 32 dollars doesn't sound too bad but then it fuckin stacks on top of a registration & title fee?! #god fuck this #teehee loving my time on this bitch of an earth 🤪

[raven]

so like as a kid i really liked transatlanticism by death cab for cutie but my favorite song was title and registration. and so i was in a failing relationship circa 2020 and i was like what if i listened to transatlanticism. not bc i was in a failing relationship but bc it was quarantine and i was feeling a little nostalgic. and i heard title and registration and i like SOBBED and it was like so fuckingreal. and then we broke up like a week later. and we are actually so much friends now so its good. anyways. now title and registration makes me sooo happy and joyful like it makes me smile like a crazy person its such a good songlike for real Theres no blame. for how our love did slowly fade. and now that its gone. its like it wasnt there at all

#also on a long car trip unplanned with my family i put on transatlanticism and my sister was like Title And Registration is easily #the worst song on this album. she didnt even KNOW it was my favorite she just always knows what to say. anyways i did want 2 kill her #i can admit like really it isnt the best song on the album. BUT. it makes me feel like the happy smiler so it doesn't matter

[saphushia]

I'm back again w more music and bc I also go by saph online and found that funny bc I've been following for a bit and only just now realized that. I also am not huge on Will Wood and my bsf loves him so so so much. Romeo and Juliet.

Anyway

Mumford and Sons isn't exactly a niche band and you've probably heard their song Little Lion Man (if you haven't, it's not my main recommendation but it IS good). Their album Wilder Mind holds a lot of good memories despite being an album about painful love, and so therefore is an album that makes me feel catharsis when I'm hurting and joy when I'm not. Fun dichotomy! The song I recommend is from this album, Broad Shouldered Beasts. It's one of the softer ones- I had a hard time choosing which one to recommend so I picked this one bc it's 4:20 minutes long lol

Also, unrelated but also good, May I Have This Dance by Francis and the Lights ft. Chance The Rapper

omg twinning <3 also tbf i'm pretty sure at least half of this website is in love with will wood sdfkgjbkj. and yeah i've heard little lion man! in fact i'm quite a fan of Tonight Alive's cover of it. broad shouldered beasts is nice! a little slow but i like the end particularly when it picks up. and the 2nd song is nice too!!

for these i give you one of my favorite songs from a musician who makes mostly songs about painful love- Crooked Teeth by Death Cab for Cutie, and ONE DANCE by Simon M

#tune trade #anonymous #i think death cab's best painful love song is title and registration but i already gave that to someone else i think dsfkgbj

[pizzatheif]

coming to the dmv with a 3yo was probably a mistake.

#000 ( ⚠︎ ) ─── ( ooc ). #if only my hometown did licensing again instead of just car registration and titling…

[marywollstonecraftshelly]

sometimes i think i get a little bit TOO insane about music

#alpaca posting #i am just maybe a little bit TOO insane about when you cant go home again #current songs: #goose snow cone by aimee mann #title and registration by death cab #humpty dumpty by aimee mann #divided sky lane by tmg #night light by tmg