Legend has it he is still playing that bassline to this day

This song is clearly about a stalker and his target, but it can also easily be about an owner trying to cuddle with his cat.

14 years later this song still kills it

Never heard this song until yesterday. I was walking around Walmart shopping at like 3am and there was literally nobody there bit this song was playing, it was as surreal as surreal can be at Walmart. I Shazam’d it and now it’s on my playlist.

“I will possess your heart.” -Cholesterol

“Ben we’ve been playing for 3 hours now in the fridge just start singing”

🎉 who’s still air playing the drums and bassline in 2024

I still don’t understand how this wasn’t used in the second season of Netflix’s series “You”. It fits perfectly

The ideal karaoke song to make everyone in the bar hate you. You know, when full bars are back

This long version is the ONLY version. Cutting it down to a typical 4min song does not do this art justice.

The Stalker's Anthem: Dangerous obsession mirrored by an obsessive baseline that will... not... end. Perfect.

I'M HERE IN 2024 AND IT'S STILL SOUNDS SO GOOD ✌🏾🎶🎵

It’s a song about about obsession. The meditative texture, the long build up, the bassline repeating ominously, over and over and over without relief, is the point.

Their intro is the length of a normal song... and tbh I ain't complaining

Like a book elegantly bound but, In a language that you can't read. Beautiful writing

I was never a big fan, but my best friend was. After he passed I started listening. I wish I could tell him “yeah, so I guess they’re ok”. They’re more than ok.

The way this song builds, from a simple bass riff. Each level, more climatic than the last......then silently levels off when the lyrics begin. Love it! Love this song!!!

I love that the music stops for a moment when the vocals come in. It makes people think 4 minutes of building up the music were for nothing, but then the music comes back in and it feels so good.

I'll never forget where I first heard this song. My high school art teacher played this in class one day (he used to always play awesome music). Mr Black if you ever read this somehow, you know who you are and you were awesome.

14 years later and that bass line is stronger than ever

Spent so much on the travel budget they couldn't afford heat in their practice space.

this song is oddly hypnotic. do other people feel that or just me?

"There are days when outside your window, I see my reflection as I slowly pass..." Even Sting might be jealous of that line. haha!

that intro is one of the best ive ever heard. the way they bring in all the instruments, sounds and patterns is incredible.

Imagine the ad for the girl's role in this video: "Wanted: Female to travel the world for music video, looking dissatisfied with everything."

the intro is about as long as i have been quarantined

What a fucking firestorm of a jam. Ages like whiskey.

I love how half the song is intro

still listening to this in the year 2022

I came for the bass line

Ben Gibbard's pure voice contrasts with the dark lyrics in an amazing way, and that bass line... everything is perfect about this song.

One of those songs that makes you want to jump on a plane and see some new destination.

I absolutely love the progression into the song

I'm 65 years old .... and I think this song and the other Death Cab for Cutie songs are wonderful. They are as good as the groups from the 1960s classic rock era of my teens and twenties ... So refreshing to see true original creativity again.

this was the moment that the Death Cab was scheduled for Cutie

It's 2024.. this song came out 16yrs ago.. but people are still finding this song for the first time. Idk why.. but that makes my kinda happy as I get older.. well I'm 26 now.. but time doesn't Wait for anyone or anything.. Hope the world heals from its own self inflictions.❤

I feel like she’s running from him but never gets far enough away

Damn i commented 11 years ago..how time flies..n still love this song

this Intro is longer than most generic pop songs,and there's two good reasons for that in my eyes.1) it's insanely catchy and hypnotic, 2) people actually want to hear it

Just got back from travelling for close to a year. This was my go to song at airports, bus terminals, and late at night when I needed to be myself. Listening to it again always transports me to a different place. Timeless

I feel like you can seamlessly make a 10 hour loop of this song if you really felt like it

I’m a sucker for songs with no changes that rely on building the groove.

True story. Years ago I had smoked a hitter and hopped in my buddies truck (he was 100% sober). I had heard of Death Cab for Cutie but had never listened to them. He had his radio tuned to some station I apparently never listened to. We happened to catch the song at the start and I was instantly captivated. I made him drive around until the song was over. I had to go home and search around for the song. It's the only Death Cab for Cutie song I know! Still awesome too.

You could say this is the greatest song ever and I wouldn’t be mad at you

Alright, so I admit I'm not so young, cool and as hip as I used to be... first time I heard this song, i fell in love with it; I asked my son to look it up for me, because I had no idea who this group was... this "Dead Cat for Judy"... he laughed so hard i thot he was gonna wet his pants. After some days of discussion with his friends, he came back to tell me that was actually a pretty good name for a tribute band. I've rarely felt so proud, lol

Why is the song being interrupted by ads? I understand ads at the beginning or end, but to interrupt the song two minutes in with an ad sort of ruins it.

Just heard this song live not even 3 hours ago! Fucking amazing band, love you guys

here I am 13yrs later, boppn like it just came out 😩🙌🏾💞❤️‍🔥

One of those "love at first listen" tracks

I usually am impatient with long intros, but THIS is just too damn chill

This song is such a great earworm. When its in your head, no mater what you're doing, you can become the star of a dramatic music video.

one of the best intros in the last 20 yrs🍻

How did this not become the theme song of “YOU” on Netflix

I just love how the music builds and builds into this chaotic crescendo and once he starts singing it so calmly trails off

This will legit be one of my favorite songs of all time for life.

Just saw them play this in Minneapolis and they’ve still got it. The chills.

The first 4-1/2 minutes....just musical genius... holy shit. Or, “hey, I have this epic Bass line, let’s just jamb and see what kind of awesomeness we can make with it....ready? Go!”

Greatest intro in existence.

Pretty amazing how the band can just jam the same thing over and over for so long. Not often you see that kind of outstanding talent manifest so well.

My mom would play this while cleaning, I'd be stoned and always liked it. Glad i found it again

"The song is basically about a stalker. It’s about this nice guy who wants this girl he can’t have, and he believes they’ll be together once she realizes how great he is-he just has to wait it out. That’s the part that makes the song really creepy, the delusion of thinking that they were meant to be together. It’s a really dark song. A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don’t feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind." - Ben Gibbard

I saw Death Cab in concert 2 weeks ago and i gotta say, if you like this song and haven’t gone to see them live, you’re really missing out

It's always "wyd" but never "I will possess your heart" 😢😍

I don't know how this can be 15 years old

12 years later and this is still a banger!

i heard this bassline today, he's still going.

Music like this is food for the heart and the soul

I can just listen to that bassline forever. the bassline truly possessed my heart !

Now that's a real band and that is real music.

I always start singing too early

even after all these years it just hits a certain note that nothing else can

My favorite part is the commercial youtube put in right as the song starts taking off. Great work boys.

I didn't see any comments about the awesome metaphor of the video. Did anyone else notice that while she's off traveling and living her life, the band is stuck or have secluded themselves in the freezing storage room? The camera goes back and forth between the 2. The girls keeps traveling, independently having experiences. Then it switches back to our stalkerish friends in the basement. Notice when they're playing, their body language has this sort of bitter, mildly aggressive, frustrated vibe. And as they go over the lyrics, it seems like it's something they've done so many times. As a stalker goes over in his head so many times how he just needs the girl to see him the way he sees himself. I think they perfectly made a video reflecting how a rejected, borderline stalker guy would feel, while the girl is off leading her life. Awesome, artists involved in the making both this song and video.

Whatever it was they were going for on this one they absolutely nailed it. Can’t believe I forgot this song existed. Hadn’t heard it since my Portland, Oregon days.

This song to me is about Travel and finding oneself. It's almost her inner voice singing to her. How in the beginning she is travelling so reluctantly, she looks as though she has just gotten out of a heartbreak and is trying to get away from it all. She almost looks lost and sad. As the song progresses, she seems to start getting enchanted and possessed by the beauty of the places she is travelling to, and spending time by herself. She slowly starts to find peace, and even a little bit of the spark of joy. Its almost like if you give yourself a chance to be alone, get to know yourself you would start to fall in love with yourself and life all over again. You just have to give it a chance.

This is an example of how to use the music video budget to travel the world. Take that record label!

I love how they don’t rush the intro. 😌

I love this song, that intro is just musical edging and it took me forever to know when the vocals were going to come in. I’d take in a breath and come in anywhere between a full minute and a few seconds too early

Never heard any other of their songs, but this one pops up in my mind from time to time. Theres something mythical about it, takes me to strange places, memories from the past. Not necessarily good places, but somehow hopeful idk haha. Cool piece

One of the best bass lines ever laid down

Favorite song of all time, I’ve listened to this on repeat every night to fall asleep for years

One of the coldest intros I've have ever heard. Makes you want to drive.... fast

Lyrics - How I wish you could see the potential The potential of you and me It's like a book elegantly bound but In a language that you can't read just yet You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart There are days when outside your window I see my reflection as I slowly pass And I long for this mirrored perspective When we'll be lovers, lovers at last You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart I will possess your heart I will possess your heart You reject my advances and desperate pleas I won't let you let me down so easily So easily You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart You gotta spend some time, love You gotta spend some time with me And I know that you'll find love I will possess your heart I will possess your heart I will possess your heart.

Eight minutes 31 seconds… Just the way it should be… Just the way it MUST be!

Probably the mellowest song that sounds awesome at insane high volume.

back then, when I was 8 years old, I would listen to this song, on loop, for hours... it gave me major feels

This song used to come on when I worked at Subway. Everybody would be like, "YES, my JAM" 🙌💕💕 I miss that

Miss you guys so much… can’t wait to stare out window looking at whole new world… cause this is meaningless… my life is meaningless… I want to start a whole new life… and remember you in the back of my head

Every time I see this video I get jealous of the woman who was paid to just be a tourist all over the world.

When you play your commercial in the middle of the video the more I hate your product or service!!!

The way he paves way for the bassline in the beginning is amazing....introduces and leaves the piano right away ..amazing ....thank you for this creation..

This takes me back to highschool such a damn good song, repeat value is on God teir level.

I feel Death Cab and the Postal Service are both extremely underrated bands. Ben's voice is incredible both live and on his albums and his style has changed so many times it's really impressive. Saw them live for the first time a few years ago and I was truly impressed.

Just had a crazy flashback. I was 15 when this came out in 2008. Those were good years.

I can listen to that bass line all day

Great job. Nobody follows and films a person, in specific locations. I appreciate it

“And I long for this mirrored perspective, when we’ll be lovers, lovers at last”...pure beauty

its amazing how much certain songs can take you back to that time period in your Life, when things were much more simple....

We don't even need to see the video anymore to feel the vibe and resonate with the train riding being! 💗

I heard this song randomly on the radio while working third shift at a computer warehouse ! I had to Shazam it !!🔥