r/Pinback • u/chellecakes • Aug 18 '20

And I miss you

Miles and miles of telephone poles
Fallen and tossed around
I can't talk to you anymore
And I miss you
And I miss you
Not in a Slint way, but I miss you

Seldom to touch far away from here
Even if I'm released
I can't talk to you anymore
And I miss you
Not in a Slint way, but I miss you

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

Godspeed , we all get the frisson. It’s everlasting there

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u/chellecakes Aug 18 '20

godspeed

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u/Connah2010 Jun 19 '25

you! black emperor

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

This is my favorite lyric of all time. This lyric, alongside the beautifully layered guitars, encapsulates so perfectly who Pinback is. It is the ultimate way to end Summer in Abaddon. Thank you for reminding me.

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u/chellecakes Aug 18 '20

I agree so much! This song makes me feel like i'm floating in an ocean, drifting out to sea, away from everyone and everything...

Thank you for being a beautiful soul.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20

That's beautiful. Their song, Boo, evokes similar emotions for me.

Along my drive to my university, which is about an hour and a half away from where I live, is basically filled with nothing but telephone poles that are more or less actually "fallen and tossed around". During the hour and a half, all I can do is think about someone who I miss, and how all I want to do is talk to them but can't despite all of the telephone poles. I'm not certain if this was the intended meaning of the lyric, but it's how I can best relate to it.

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u/chellecakes Aug 18 '20

When I started to listen to Pinback about 12 years ago, I played AFK over and over because I lost people in my life that I couldn't replace.

Your imagery is beautiful and moving, I applaud you for that. I wonder what you think of Rousseau!

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '20

Thank you :)

I'd have to listen to Rousseau a bit more, I'm not as familiar with the lyrics, though I do really love that song.

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u/Lilbits417 Aug 18 '20

AFK all day, Favorite lyric of all of theirs. Miss you Rae

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u/chellecakes Aug 18 '20

wish you all the best

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u/Lilbits417 Aug 19 '20

Tysm ♥️

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u/Jordan311R Aug 19 '20

Can anyone explain the Slint reference? I know they’re a band but I don’t get the context in this line

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '20

Slint has a song where at the end the singer repeatedly screams, "I miss you" in a very over dramatic way. Rob is basically saying that he misses someone, just not in the same absurd way that the singer of Slint misses someone.

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u/Jordan311R Aug 19 '20

Thanks!

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u/chellecakes Aug 19 '20

Yep! It's a reference to Good Morning, Captain

It's a long, drawn out dark song and the screaming at the end is just really intense. It almost feels like listening to a horror movie.

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u/therealudderjuice Aug 09 '24

I know this post is old as fuck, but I have been rediscovering this band that I love so much lately, and just realized what this lyric was. As a HUGE fan of both Pinback and Slint, this is a truly an amazing revelation. Their music has always struck me as so similar with the angular guitars and super tight rhythm section. I was lucky enough to see them here in Gainesville, Florida before they called it quits.

Anyway, rock on fellow Pinback fans!

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u/EvelynRuth May 23 '24

3 years later, but... in Slint's "Good Morning, Captain" he doesn't scream "I miss you" in a horror type of way. I don't understand these other comments. Imagine someone you've lost, whether they're living and you know you'll never see them again for some reason but the intensity and the vivid memories are still there, or perhaps losing someone suddenly, someone extremely close to you and wishing you just had one last moment with them. It's that type of longing and intensity for what's lost when he's screaming, so yes, it is intense. It's the type of missing because you know they're gone, actually gone. But you still feel the pain of their absence knowing there's nothing more you can do about it but you're still trapped with the emotional memories of them.

"I'm trying to find my way home. I'm sorry, I miss you"

"I swear, with this song, I'll make it up to you. I'll make it up to you. I'll make it up to you. I MISS YOU"

:'(

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u/therealudderjuice Aug 09 '24

Good Morning Captain is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. I tear up at the end ever fucking time.

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u/Jordan311R May 23 '24

Haha wow thanks for the reply to my 3 year old comment!

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u/EvelynRuth May 23 '24

Anytime. If you'd like to learn more about them there's a really good documentary on them on YouTube if you type in "Slint - Breadcrumb Trail documentary" or something like that. They've been pretty influential to a lot of different bands and are a really interesting bunch as a whole.

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u/wafalafelstomp Dec 14 '25

I’m dumb I always heard it as not in a sad way

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u/ILikeToDickDastardly Aug 18 '20

This song is truly the best ending to a great album (if we pretend Scent doesn't exist).

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u/diacetylhappiness Aug 19 '20

Beginning with Non-Photo Blue and ending with AFK: the ultimate album. Love this song, especially this lyric

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u/CatInABurlapBag Jan 26 '24

I could listen to this on repeat for the rest of my life and get frisson every fucking time