Discover the story of the song > The District Sleeps Alone Tonight – The Postal Service

The protagonist is in a situation where he's barely paying attention to someone else's demands while staring at the ground, wondering what's buried beneath the asphalt. He's wearing a badge that identifies him as a visitor in a colorful apartment complex, where his partner is a stranger to him now. He realizes he's the one worth leaving and is alone in the district while cars swerve around him at night.