Bigger Than Love Benjamin Gibbard Featuring Aimee Mann Album: Former Lives [Chorus] It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind (Zelda) I live with my memories The bustle and fervor of New York We're on 59th Street We quarreled and broke the bathroom door Cause you were just drinking Drinking til you could hardly see Of how much I loved you I couldn't bring myself to leave [Chorus] (Scott) Our summers in Paris The Seine overflowing with champagne And I knew you stepped out But you knew that I had done the same We had a child there We couldn't raise her on our own So our house got crowded I never felt so all alone
[Chorus x2] (Zelda) Stranded in Asheville Failing to fix a broken head You're in California Doing the work of lesser men (Scott) But what of our daughter What of the love we once shared? (Zelda) It's living inside us Battered but not beyond repair (Scott) Our fate decreed A singularity A solemn tune I play at night and dance around the room [Chorus x4] Composer: Benjamin Gibbard ℗ 2012 Benjamin Gibbard under excl. license to City Slang
This song gives me the chills. Even though I absolutely adore this song and find nothing wrong with it, I still wonder how it would have sounded if it was a Death cab song :]
Bigger Than Love Benjamin Gibbard Featuring Aimee Mann Album Former Lives t's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind I live with my memories, the bustling fervor of New York Where on 59th street we quarreled and broke the bathroom door 'Cause you were just drinking 'til you could hardly see Oh how much I loved you but I couldn't bring myself to leave It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind Our summers in Paris, the Seine overflowing with champagne And I knew you stepped out but you knew that I had done the same And we had a child there but we couldn't raise her on our own So our house got crowded and I'd never felt so all alone It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind Stranded in Asheville failing to fix a broken head You're in California doing the work of lesser men Oh what of our daughter, oh what of the love that we once shared? It's living inside us battered but not beyond repair Our fate decreed A singularity A solemn tune I play at night and dance around the room It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind Composer: Benjamin Gibbard ℗ 2012 Benjamin Gibbard under excl. license to City Slang
Saw this great tune on Colbert...Great to see Aimee Mann ! I am in Canada and can't see the video. I recommend US people to look it up on the Colbert Report site ..It was great! Hope to see you live in the Toronto area..you will be well received !
Deathcab is alive and well, but he is just too prolific to keep up with their recording. This song is so thrilling! Benjamin, your writing is exquisite, your a poet at heart! Emotional IQ abounds in all his lyrics!
I know it's more likely that someone who isn't Ben wrote this comment, but I'm choosing to believe that Ben wrote it and just likes referring to himself in third person.
bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind I live with my memories, the bustling fervor of New York Where on 59th street we quarreled and broke the bathroom door 'Cause you were just drinking 'til you could hardly see Oh how much I loved you but I couldn't bring myself to leave It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind Our summers in Paris, the Seine overflowing with champagne And I knew you stepped out but you knew that I had done the same And we had a child there but we couldn't raise her on our own So our house got crowded and I'd never felt so all alone It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind Stranded in Asheville failing to fix a broken head You're in California doing the work of lesser men Oh what of our daughter, oh what of the love that we once shared? It's living inside us battered but not beyond repair Our fate decreed A singularity A solemn tune I play at night and dance around the room It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind It's bigger than love Brighter than all the stars combined It's dwarfing the sun Burning within my heart and mind
This guy just oozes talent
Saw on Colbert... love the mixture of both male/ female vocals. Now one of my favs.
Bigger Than Love
Benjamin Gibbard
Featuring Aimee Mann
Album: Former Lives
[Chorus]
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
(Zelda)
I live with my memories
The bustle and fervor of New York
We're on 59th Street
We quarreled and broke the bathroom door
Cause you were just drinking
Drinking til you could hardly see
Of how much I loved you
I couldn't bring myself to leave
[Chorus]
(Scott)
Our summers in Paris
The Seine overflowing with champagne
And I knew you stepped out
But you knew that I had done the same
We had a child there
We couldn't raise her on our own
So our house got crowded
I never felt so all alone
[Chorus x2]
(Zelda)
Stranded in Asheville
Failing to fix a broken head
You're in California
Doing the work of lesser men
(Scott)
But what of our daughter
What of the love we once shared?
(Zelda)
It's living inside us
Battered but not beyond repair
(Scott)
Our fate decreed
A singularity
A solemn tune
I play at night and dance around the room
[Chorus x4]
Composer: Benjamin Gibbard
℗ 2012 Benjamin Gibbard under excl. license to City Slang
A masterpiece
There is something Bigger than Love...its Glorious and Freeing. It connects everything.
Brilliantly beautiful.
Love this duet...perfect combo!
So glad that I found this song!!
Colbert is the best thing to happen to you guys since.... making an awesome record!! Downloaded this on iTunes already. Y'all got my buck. Thumbs up!
Love his music.
Love it. This man is a legend.
Colbert bump :-). Awesome song. Reminds me of the kinda stuff I listened to when I was younger when there was still good original music being made.
I swear this song never seems long enough! :)
It's just so good!
Love this song! Thank you!
Is that his falsetto? Damn, that's a different sound than I've ever heard from Ben and I love it.
Heaven in the form of music :)
Argh, Ben, your voice just makes me go weak at the knees! My day starts with you (Of course also DCFC and Postal Service) :)
Just heard this on Colbert Report. Kinda got into Postal Service, never really was a fan of Death Cab, but this with Aimee Mann is great stuff.
This song gives me the chills. Even though I absolutely adore this song and find nothing wrong with it, I still wonder how it would have sounded if it was a Death cab song :]
My favorite song. Ever.
Damn this is good! Really good.
Bigger Than Love
Benjamin Gibbard
Featuring Aimee Mann
Album Former Lives
t's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
I live with my memories, the bustling fervor of New York
Where on 59th street we quarreled and broke the bathroom door
'Cause you were just drinking 'til you could hardly see
Oh how much I loved you but I couldn't bring myself to leave
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
Our summers in Paris, the Seine overflowing with champagne
And I knew you stepped out but you knew that I had done the same
And we had a child there but we couldn't raise her on our own
So our house got crowded and I'd never felt so all alone
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
Stranded in Asheville failing to fix a broken head
You're in California doing the work of lesser men
Oh what of our daughter, oh what of the love that we once shared?
It's living inside us battered but not beyond repair
Our fate decreed
A singularity
A solemn tune
I play at night and dance around the room
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
Composer: Benjamin Gibbard
℗ 2012 Benjamin Gibbard under excl. license to City Slang
For Erze, always and forever.
omg this song is just my type. i love coldplay young the giant and the shins
I love this song
Aww I love this sound
wut an incredible tune
b e a utiful!!!!
Oh yeah i heard that on NPR, pretty awsome!
This song is amazing and inspirational
Aimee Mann's got me picturing Opal singing this to Steven when he asks her what fusion is like.
Saw this great tune on Colbert...Great to see Aimee Mann ! I am in Canada and can't see the video. I recommend US people to look it up on the Colbert Report site ..It was great! Hope to see you live in the Toronto area..you will be well received !
That's some mellow shit
woo!
Deathcab is alive and well, but he is just too prolific to keep up with their recording. This song is so thrilling! Benjamin, your writing is exquisite, your a poet at heart! Emotional IQ abounds in all his lyrics!
How come Aimee Mann isn't credited? She's the one doing the femal voice, I'm not hallucinating... Or am I? Lol.
Good, I love her voice so much.
Setn by Colbert here, too :)
i saw him in chicago 1.5 weeks ago. i cried. waaaah. but he didn't sing this.
toe tappin' finger snappin' joy
Damn you Zooey Deschannel for breaking Ben's heart. But at the same time, thank you cause we got this song in return!
Colbert bump!!
really? thats pretty interesting, fsf is one of my favorites and i really like this song. i like the way that works out
He's still with Death Cab, he just decided to put out a solo album.
The End brought me here.
1337th view!
its a collection of his songs that never made it onto an album
colbert bump!! :)
HAHA!
I dare you to watch this without feeling the music and doing something like tapping your feet or singing along!
I DARE YOU!
He is taking a break and working on his solo career, he is the writer and singer for death cab, when he takes a break so do they.
I think "brighter than all the stars above" would be a better fit for the first part of the song:) just my opinion
+Katherine Pajak , then it wouldn't rhyme with "burning within my heart and mind."
You write better songs then..... i wouldn't change ben's writing 😅
Colbert Bump!!!
This song features Aimee Mann. Not sure why that's not indicated. Love them both.
Colbert bump! ^_^
Colbert Bump!
So exactly why should we believe you, homes?
:)
COLBERT BUMP!
Not his first btw... check out Home with Andrew Kenny too.
Csi ny
death cab for cute anyone he is amazing
Awesome song... I almost thought this was Chrissie Hynde singing with Ben... Turns out it's Aimee Mann... Which is also badass.
Thumbs up is Colbert brought you here but youve known Deathcab was the shit for years anyway
colbert bump!
Cb
IS AIMEE ON THIS SONG.
wait why isnt he with death cab anymore what what is this what
BACK FROM THAILAND? POLAND SPRINGS? DOGGIE DAY? DAG DAG
THAT'S NICE. BUT I DO NOT WANT TO GET EMOTIONAL IF YOU'RE NOT AROUND.
colbert bump
Colbert BUMP!
WHY HAVEN'T THERE BEEN A LYRICS VIDEO YET????
I know it's more likely that someone who isn't Ben wrote this comment, but I'm choosing to believe that Ben wrote it and just likes referring to himself in third person.
Way to pull off talking in the third person there!
BUMP COLBERT
haha shhh shhh it's ok. just breathe.
But this sounds exactly like Death Cab, why didn't he just play these songs with them..
It's a woman ;)
I really don't like Death Cab very much at all, but Ben Gibbard is alright by me:)
The name of the song is so douchy, Brian griffin coulda come up with it
bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
I live with my memories, the bustling fervor of New York
Where on 59th street we quarreled and broke the bathroom door
'Cause you were just drinking 'til you could hardly see
Oh how much I loved you but I couldn't bring myself to leave
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
Our summers in Paris, the Seine overflowing with champagne
And I knew you stepped out but you knew that I had done the same
And we had a child there but we couldn't raise her on our own
So our house got crowded and I'd never felt so all alone
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
Stranded in Asheville failing to fix a broken head
You're in California doing the work of lesser men
Oh what of our daughter, oh what of the love that we once shared?
It's living inside us battered but not beyond repair
Our fate decreed
A singularity
A solemn tune
I play at night and dance around the room
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
It's bigger than love
Brighter than all the stars combined
It's dwarfing the sun
Burning within my heart and mind
Colbert Bump!
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