Saturday, July 16, 2011

Limousine - Brand New

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands, this is a very powerful and touching song. Written about 7 year old Katie Flynn, she had been a flower girl earlier in the day and while driving home from the wedding in a limousine, it was struck by a drunk driver, killing Katie. The song has several parts to it, from different perspectives. The first is from Katie's mother, discussing the wedding and how she is to lay the petals and then goes into describing how the driver who is to kill her is starting to drink, and ending very sadly with her saying that she has one more night to be her mother. The middle is from the driver and the guilt he feels for killing her and how he feels he can never be forgiven. Finally the last part is supposedly from Katies point of view, and the counting to 7 represents her age at the time. This is a pretty fantastic song, with quite a deep meaning and is still by far the best song I've ever seen performed live.

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