Lyrics!

For our first song analysis, I've chosen the song Left and Leaving by the Weakerthans.
For me, the song is a reminder of my second summer at PCC, where I heard it. I think of the exact day, and it brings me back to the Shea-Durgin hill, waiting for core course (I think it was the one where we formed the giant stop sign) to start.
Immediately, the lyrics caught me, and I made a mental note of them so I could look them up later. Without further ado, here's the song, including the first line that hooked me from the start.
"My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth
The sidewalks are watching me think about you
sparkled with broken glass

I'm back with scars to show
Back with the streets I know
Will never take me anywhere but here

The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand
the strangers whose faces I know
We meet here for our dress-rehearsal to say
'I wanted it this way'

wait for the year to drown
Spring forward, fall back down
I'm trying not to wonder where you are

All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone choose who's left and who's leaving

Memory will rust and erode into lists
of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest
the best parts of lonely

duct-tape and soldered wires
new words for old desires
and every birthday card I threw away

I wait in 4/4 time.
Count yellow highway lines
that you're relying on to lead you home. (x2)"

I hope you enjoy the song! I'm going to embed a tumblr post in here with the song. Now to research the artist! (whom I know nothing about besides that they're Canadian...)