![]() ![]() Right after setting foot outside the wall of the QZ for the very first time, Ellie can't help but stand up and look around, almost jeopardizing the whole operation. "We're flying high / We're watching the world pass us by / Never want to come down / Never want to put my feet back down on the ground" For Joel, this is a near-perfect mirror to the original outbreak twenty years earlier, when he had to venture into the chaos with his daughter Sarah and brother Tommy ( Gabriel Luna), but we know how that turned out, right? Hopefully, this time it will be better for him. She's been let down by the Fireflies' leadership after being chained to a wall for a long time before being allowed to leave and, although Joel and Tess are not technically Fireflies, she's still in their custody, only this time doing something a little more exciting (and dangerous) than sitting around and yelling by herself. The main voice is, of course, Ellie, being taken to the State House in Boston, which is outside the QZ. In the first part, the song tells of two people going on a journey together, the singer hopeful that this time will be better than the last: "I'm taking a ride with my best friend / I hope he never lets me down again / He knows where he's taking me / Taking me where I want to be / I'm taking a ride with my best friend" The words can be read mostly through Ellie's point of view, but there are some parts that also apply to Joel, as we'll see. It starts playing as soon as Joel, Ellie, and Tess ( Anna Torv) venture into the nightmarish landscape that has become Boston downtown after the cordyceps outbreak twenty years earlier, right after their skirmish with the FEDRA officer ( Max Montesi) to whom Joel sold pills earlier.Īs one would expect knowing who's behind this series' production, the lyrics of "Never Let Me Down Again" are perfectly aligned with the whole episode's story. A 1980s banger if there ever was one, surely, complete with the band's iconic synthesizers and Dave Gahan's deep and melodic vocals. No need to Shazam it, we'll tell you right away: the song was "Never Let Me Down Again," by Depeche Mode.
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