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"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" is the third single from Death Cab for Cutie's album Plans. It is an acoustic ballad performed solo by frontman Ben Gibbard. It was recorded with a single microphone, and there is no overdubbing in the song. It was released to radio in June of 2006.
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In the video, Gibbard is going through his everyday life in a bedsit when he notices a hole in the wooden floor. As the song progresses, the hole gets bigger and he eventually falls into it, only to discover that what he thought was a black void is actually solid ground. He proceeds to walk off into the darkness, the camera showing the entire room again only to reveal that the hole is gone, thus ending the song. The music video, which was filmed in Romania, was directed by Jamie Thraves, best known for his video for Radiohead's single "Just."
Another video, directed by Monkmus, appeared on the band's DVD accompanying Plans: Directions: The Plans Video Album. In this video, a picture-book takes up the center of the video frame, and the pages turn as the song progresses. Within the book, two rabbits meet and fall in love. Time passes, possibly months or years, until one of the rabbits apparently dies. There are other references to death throughout the video, such as a rotten bowl of fruit and an elderly man who appears to die, leaving his grandson behind. The video ends with a picture of the two new rabbits together.
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- The song appears on the Nintendo DS game 'Jam Sessions' (Ubisoft) as a playable track.
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