Brand New - Limousine (MS Rebridge) Lyrics

the automative industry is responsible for so much death

SO SO SAD X RIP KATIE FLYNN XXX

This is fucking sad

"Limousine" is about the death of seven-year-old Katie Flynn from the band's hometown of Long Island. Travelling home with her family after a wedding, their limousine was hit by drunk driver Martin Heidgen, a few miles from where Lacey was living at the time, leading to the decapitation of the young Flynn, whose severed head fell into her mother's arms.

In the track, Lacey tells the story from various perspectives, including that of Flynn's mother, Heidgen and Flynn herself. Lacey has commented that the story particularly resonated with him as he knew people who drove drunk the week the accident took place. Producer Mike Sapone had the idea to include samples of explosions in the track, hence the subtitle "MS Rebridge", with MS being Sapone's initials.

At seven minutes and forty-two seconds, it remained Brand New's longest song until 2017's "Batter Up," which is eight minutes and twenty-eight seconds long. The track's bridge repeats itself seven times as Lacey counts up, one for each year of Flynn's life. "Limousine" is often cited as Brand New's greatest song.

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CNN - 3 July 2005
In the early hours of 3 July 2005, a drunk driver traveling at 70 miles per hour the wrong way down a highway crashed into a limousine carrying several members of Katie’s family, who were returning home after a wedding.

 An off-duty security officer returning home from work was first on the scene. “I approached the limo driver, and I guess I went into shock,” says New York State court officer Michael Lerardi. “It looked like an explosion. The motor, basically, was just sitting on top of him. I knew he was dead.” The limo driver, 59-year-old Stanley Rabinowitz, was killed instantly.

Next to arrive was Lt. Michael Tangney, the bride’s uncle, who had attended the wedding just hours before. “I was walking to the rear of the limousine when a gentleman was coming away from it, and he said, ‘Don’t go back there. It’s bad,'” Lt. Tangney says. “I opened the rear door to the limousine and realized it was my family.”

Lt. Tangney’s brother — Jennifer’s father, Chris — was lying on the floor, his legs wrapped around the service bar, broken in numerous places. The rest of the family was piled on top of each other. Jennifer’s mother, Denise, was severely injured, as was Jennifer’s husband, Neil, who tried to crawl out of the limo to get help despite his broken back.

Five-year-old Grace was also trapped inside the wreckage. Jennifer, whose foot was injured, managed to climb out and was searching for Katie, who had been lying on the side seat before the crash. “We couldn’t find Kate,” Lt. Tangney says. Then, Jennifer made a devastating discovery — Katie had been decapitated by her seat belt.

“Then all of a sudden Mrs. Flynn came out of the car with her child’s head in her hand,” says Michael Lerardi, one of the 70 paramedics and police officers who were called to the scene. "I got numb. I thought I was going to collapse,” says Officer Christopher Pandolfo. “I looked into the back of the limousine, and I saw Katie’s remains. She was wearing this dress, and I just started shaking.” Jennifer walked to side of the road and sat for about an hour with her daughter's severed head on her lap as she watched her family being cut out of the limousine.

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MrWolfSnack thank you for this

That just shook me. I wish i didnt read that.

long island is not a town

source: i live on long island

There’s something about looking at their album cover while playing their songs. It’s unfathomable, just perfect.

Sounds very disrespectful to me the way he sings from the mother's POV with his over the top sad voice without having any connection to her. (plus the fact that, you know, it's a song about a little girl getting decapitated in a car accident)

You are an idiot.

🤦🏻‍♀️

I looove you so much, but do me a favor baby don't reply, cause I can dish it out but I can't take it

GORU! GORU! GORU! @02:22
Boomshakalah! @05:44

New York limo accident brought me here

Jesse lacey.. If you ever look up your own songs and read the comments.. Just know i have loved you my whole life.

I found out a few hours ago that two of my friends (husband and wife) were killed in a high speed accident. Killed by an idiot 18 year old driving a stolen car at 130kms per hour in the wrong lane, leaving their 2 year old orphaned (who fortunately wasn't in the car with them). This song is hitting me hard.

That whole section starting at about 2:20 gives me the most intense chills I've ever had. This song is such a masterpiece.

I died for you one time but never again...

Why does this line hit so hard

@John Jonathan That entire section of the song does an incredible job of conveying the sense of crushing guilt that the driver must have felt. A mistake so heinous that even the messiah is disgusted with you. Followed by the haunting promise of "never again", but it's too little too late.

By far the best lyric I've ever heard in my life

First heard this album when I was in 6th grade around the ages of 11-12 now I’m gonna be 21 in like 2 weeks and this album is still one of the greatest known to man. Fuck these songs always hit me deep now.

Thank you for showing me what love is. And why I can't have it.

It's a good song but the sound quality is questionable. Maybe it's just my headphones aren't good for this kinda music.

This song sounds a lot like one of the songs in the album "Horses in the Sky" by A Silver Mount Zion, "God Bless our Dead Marines".

"I don't know what's going on, maybe you can fill me in." brand new perfectly explained exactly what was going on.

8 people never got a reply.

I think that "the signal interrupts" refers to the little girl's brain signals being cut off by being decapitated by the drunk driver. The violence of the lyric, combined with the immediate guitar scream, implies the sudden, titular event.

Ben L your mom’s a titular event

saw this them in concert the other night, best fucking song i've heard live

i had an accident 4 weeks ago while this was playing i was driving from the vet with my dog and i was hit head on my dog was in the passenger seat and didn't survive. The guy who hit me was at fault he had no drivers license and the car didn't belong to him he was also high on drugs.

I'm so sorry

perfect song to initiate emotions your never thought you've felt before

If you love this song so much, do me a favor baby and dont reply

Too late

I'm replying so What's that SAY about my. love mate?

Welcome to Bangkok is better IMO :P

This song always gets me 😭

i should be laughing right now

it's sad to hold but leave your shell to us

i hear this song first time, but i can't stop repeating, again and again....

The drums on this track though...

Awesome

This song feels good and hurts at the same time....

Em Langrell I think that's what makes Brand New such a powerful band. There are so many feel good songs and so many sad songs, but the perfect blend of the two is rare, yet they have so many of them (sorry for replying to a year old comment)

Just like life

How is this quality compared to the actual CD?

The same.

@SirHonig No it isn't, YouTube compresses audio.

y o u w o n t k n o w

at 2:22 my heart melts.

god x_x

this album is not something i can ever get sick of.

This album is truly Brand New's magnum opus. There are few albums on this Earth better than this one.

I love you so much
but do me a favor baby
don't reply cuz i can dish it out
but i can't take it

reminds me of exit music (for a film) by radiohead

How does it?