Alexandra Patsavas,
music supervisor on
New Moon, provided scenes from the film to some of the artists featured on the soundtrack as a guide. {{cite web Death Cab for Cutie guitarist
Chris Walla said he had read two of the books in the
Twilight series at the time of the song's recording and noted that the lyrics are more suggestive than literal. Singer
Ben Gibbard admitted that he hadn't read all of the books in the
Twilight series and said that the song is more about his personal life than
Stephenie Meyer's fictional world. {{cite web Gibbard said of the song's meaning, "The song at its core is just about meeting another halfway, because life is very short, because there's only a brief period of time to really connect with people, and that it's important to recognize that." Gibbard added, "I just wanted something that kind of tonally matched the story and the scenes within the film, so they could kind of be put alongside but not be telling a narrative you're watching on the screen." ==Reception==