Pachuca Sunrise

Pachuca Sunrise
Minus The Bear

Midnight on a beach in the Mediterranean
And I miss you
Even here, taking it all in
The sand, silvered, carries the moon on its shoulders
Is it possible to put this night to tune, and move it to you?

Don't cry, I'll bring this home to you,
If I can make this night light enough to move
Don't cry, i'll bring this home to you

Cargo ships move by, tracing on the horizon line
There's a luster from the city lights on the waves that kiss our feet
And we're thinkin' of goin' in (thinkin' of goin' in),
The time's getting thin

Don't cry I'll bring this home to you,
If I can make this night light enough to move
Don't cry I'll bring this home to you,
If I can make this, if I can make this...

Don't cry I'll bring this home to you,
If I can make this night light enough to move
Don't cry I'll bring this home to you

This is a city for not sleeping; The clocks are set by feel
At this moment, from where I sit, none of it seems real

Don't cry I'll bring this home to you,
If I can make this night light enough to move

Don't cry I'll bring this home to you,
If I can make this night light enough to move

If I can make this, if I can make this move
If I can make this move

In some instances the focal point of the work of art is not so much the travel, but the feelings evoked by leaving someone behind. This feeling is captured in lyrics in the song “Pachuca Sunrise” by one of my personal favorite bands, Minus The Bear. Within the lyrics the protagonist of the song reflects upon the surreal nature of being a strange place and missing someone so much, it affects the perception.
As the speaker stands on a beach in the Mediterranean he is not allowed to fully absorb his surroundings, as his mind is full of thoughts of the one back home.
In a similar manner to the Darjeeling Limited and On The Road this song reflects on the way leaving a place or a person and seeing things one has never seen or experience before can bring a person closer to people. However, unlike the other two works, the closeness does not coming from sharing the experience of the voyage, it comes from not being a part of it. The absence of a thing makes one realize how important it really is.