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Death Cab for Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall [Official Visualizer]
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Performer
Benjamin Gibbard
Benjamin Gibbard
Remixer
Dave Depper
Dave Depper
Guitar
Nick Harmer
Nick Harmer
Bass
Jason Patrick McGerr
Jason Patrick McGerr
Drums
Zac Rae
Zac Rae
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Benjamin Gibbard
Benjamin Gibbard
Songwriter
Dave Depper
Dave Depper
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Congleton
John Congleton
Producer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Jon Roberts
Jon Roberts
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My heart runs on gasoline vapors
The thousand drums waking up the neighbors
But I can feel the fissures in the freeways
The rusted steel, deception in the handshakes
In the handshakes
[Chorus]
An arrow in the wall, arrow in the wall
Take it as a warning
That you are gonna fall, you are gonna fall
Even if you're soaring
Take it as a warning
[Verse 2]
This machine was built to be broken
The strip mall teens were sniffing and swollen
And I could not run fast enough to flee them
There's more than one way to get your freedom
To get your freedom
[Chorus]
An arrow in the wall, arrow in the wall
Take it as a warning
That you are gonna fall, you are gonna fall
Even if you're soaring
An arrow in the wall, arrow in the wall
Take it as a warning
That you are gonna fall, you are gonna fall
Even if you're soaring
[Verse 3]
Take it as a warning
Take it as a warning
Take it as a warning
Take it as a warning
[Chorus]
An arrow in the wall, arrow in the wall
Take it as a warning
That you are gonna fall, you are gonna fall
Even if you're soaring
An arrow in the wall, arrow in the wall
Take it as a warning
That you are gonna fall, you are gonna fall
Even if you're soaring
[Outro]
Take it as a warning
Take it as a warning
Take it as a warning
Take it as a warning
Written by: Benjamin Gibbard, Dave Depper

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