The frontman of The National’s new solo single has his distinctive rich vocal tones, a warm, swelling indie sound and here some gently caustic, vivid lyrics about a tricky reunion. It heralds his second solo album Get Sunk out 30 May, on Concord Records, co-written with and produced by Sean O’Brien. As well as all of The National albums, the Cincinnati singer’s debut solo album was 2021’s Serpentine Prison. To explore and enjoy more by Matt Berninger, see also the other embedded links below.
It takes a lot to really disappear
Always leave traces in the leaves
Never thought I'd see her here
Never thought I'd see her again
She sidewinders through the room to me
With a real cigarette and a Styrofoam coffee
She's still wearing her father's feather jacket
She holds out her hands and I stand to receive her
Trying to remember the last time I'd seen her
Somehow she looks younger now
She finishes off my drink and
Puts on her bonnet of pins and
Says I
Thought I'd find you much quicker than this
You must've thought I didn't exist, poor you
I do
We'd better go before your boyfriends cry
She says she takes photos of tractor bones
And sells 'em to model luxury homes
The closest thing she's ever found to love
Is the kind you can't get rid of fast enough
She finishes off my drink and
Puts on her bonnet of pins and
Says I
Thought I'd find you much quicker than this
You must've thought I didn't exist, poor you
I do
We'd better go before your boyfriends cry
Take the stairs to the bottom where the lights are out
And I'll be there with a lighter and a Nabokov cocktail
Forget the questionnaires and the oral histories
I don't care how many times you almost said you missed me
It's a cup trick shell game, it's a puff of smoke
And it gets me every time, it's a pretty good joke
I know that you miss me, I know that you miss me
This stuff takes a lifetime
She finishes off my drink and
Puts on her bonnet of pins and
Says I
Thought I'd find you much quicker than this
You must've thought I didn't exist, poor you
I do
I thought I'd find you much quicker than this
You must've thought I didn't exist, poor you
I do
We'd better go before your boyfriends cry
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