 Genius Lyrics
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The National – Nobody Else Will Be There
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Matt uses the metaphor of the struggle of leaving a tightly packed New York party to either find a quiet spot or go home to represent the struggle in finding time to talk about a
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The National – Nobody Else Will Be There (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / Thanks so much / Thanks for waiting / Sorry it took so long / What's up squad? / What's up gang? / What's up Kelly? / [Verse 1] / You said we're not so
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Cardinals (EJ) – Nobody Else Will Be There (Cover)
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[Verse 1] / You said we're not so tied together / What did you mean? / Meet me in the stairwell in a second / For a glass of gin / [Chorus] / Nobody else will be there then
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The National – Guilty Party (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / You're sleeping night and day / How'd you do it / Me, I am wide awake / Feeling defeated / [Chorus 1] / I say your name, I say I'm sorry / I know it's not working, I'm
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The National – Wasp Nest (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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You're cussing a storm in a cocktail dress / Your mother wore when she was young / Red sun saint around your neck / A wet martini in a paper cup / You're a wasp nest / You're a
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The National – Brainy (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Verse 1] / I've been dragging around / From the end of your coat for two weeks / Everywhere you go is swirling / Everything you say has water under it / You know I keep your
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The National – Light Years (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / What's up? / Welcome back / Sorry it took us so long to come back again, if you weren't here last night / This is our dear friend Erin's last show with
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The National – All The Wine (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Spoken: Bryce Dessner] / You can see the moon from the stage / Can you guys see that? / [Spoken: Matt Berninger] / Dude, no, that's Trump Tower, bro / I'm put together beautifully
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The National – Rylan (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / Rylan, you should try to get some sun / You remind me of everyone / Rylan, did you break your mother's heart? / Every time you tried to play your part / [Chorus] / Is
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The National – Apartment Story (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on / La, la, la, la, la / Can you carry my drink? I have everything else / I can tie my tie all by myself
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The National – Fake Empire (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / Stay out super late tonight / Picking apples, making pies / Put a little something in our lemonade / And take it with us / [Chorus] / We're half awake in a fake empire
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The National – Light Years (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Audience Cheering] / [Spoken: Bryce Dessner] / Thank you so much everybody / And uh, thanks so much for being here a year later when we finally could come / [Verse 1] / You were
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The National – I Need My Girl (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Audience Cheering] / [Chorus] / I am good, I am grounded / Davy says that I look taller / But I can't get my head around it / I keep feeling smaller and smaller / I need my girl
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The National – Terrible Love (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Chorus 1] / It's a terrible love and I'm walkin' with spiders / It's a terrible love and I'm walkin' in / It's a terrible love and I'm walkin' with spiders / It's a terrible love
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The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Audience Clapping] / [Verse 1] / Maybe I listen more than you think / And I can tell that somebody sold you / We said we'd never let anyone in / We said we'd only die of lonely
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Read All The Lyrics To The National’s New Album ‘Sleep Well Beast’
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It’s the group’s first new album since 2013.
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The National – Day I Die (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / I don't need you, I don't need you / Besides I barely ever see you anymore / And when I do it feels like you're only halfway there / Young mothers love me, even ghosts
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The National – England (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / Someone send a runner through the weather that I'm under / For the feeling that I lost today / Someone send a runner for the feeling that I lost today / Someone send a
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The National – Slow Show (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Verse 1] / Standing at the punch table, swallowing punch / Can't pay attention to the sound of anyone / A little more stupid, a little more scared / Every minute, more unprepared
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The National – Don't Swallow the Cap (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / About the weather / [Verse 1] / Gold light breaks behind the houses / I don't see what's strange about this / Tiny bubbles hang above me / It's a sign
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The National – I'll Still Destroy You (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / Alright / [Extended Intro] / [Verse 1] / It's so easy to set off / The molecules and the caplets / They all have something against me / Nothing I do
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The National – Dark Side of the Gym (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / Alright, get your red roses out / And your corsages / [Verse 1] / The first time I saw you, you were walking out / I wanted to ask if you could stay
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The National – Graceless (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Verse 1] / Graceless / Is it dissolvable and tasteless? / You can't imagine how I hate this / I'm trying to baseless / Graceless / I'm trying, but I'm graceless / I don't have the
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The National – Carin at the Liquor Store (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / This is for my wife / Uh / I wrote this one about her / [Verse 1] / I was a worm, I was a creature / I get on the ground the second I'd see you / You
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The National – Pink Rabbits (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / I couldn't find quiet, I went out in the rain / I was just soaking my head to unrattle my brain / Somebody said you disappeared in a crowd / I didn't understand then, I
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The National – Rylan (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Extended Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Rylan, you should try to get some sun / You remind me of everyone / Rylan, did you break your mother's heart? / Every time you tried to
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The National – Walk It Back (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse 1] / I'm always thinking about useless things / I'm always checking out / I'm always mothering myself to bits / I'm always checking out / [Pre-Chorus] / Forget it, nothing I
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The Marías – Hold It Together
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[Verse 1] / I've got a river in my head / I remember what you said to me / Got me workin' endlessly / Is it December? All this time / I remember what it meant to me / Got me workin
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The National – Lemonworld (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Spoken: Matt Berninger] / Bryan just got a Versace deal / Congratulations Bryan / Versace hats / [Verse 1] / So happy I was invited / Gave me a reason to get out of the city / See
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The National – Guilty Party
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Matt Berninger describes “Guilty Party” as a song about the fictional dissolution of his marriage to editor and producer Carin Besser (who wrote the song with Berninger):
“It was
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The National – Empire Line
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The song’s title refers to the Empire Service, a higher-speed commuter train that provides daily service between New York City and Albany, NY. This 460 miles train line is known as
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The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Extended Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Stand up straight at the foot of your love, I / Lift my shirt up / Stand up straight at the foot of your love, I / I lift my shirt up
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The National – Mr. November (Live at Berkeley 9/25/18)
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[Verse] / This is nothing like it was in my room / In my best clothes / Trying to think of you / This is nothing like it was in my room / In my best clothes / The English are
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The National fangirl.
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The National – Mr. November (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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[Verse] / This is nothing like it was in my room / In my best clothes / Trying to think of you / This is nothing like it was in my room / In my best clothes / The English are
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