| The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Just a word/name that goes along with the melody. | |
| The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Geeks, not Geese. | |
| The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Here's an interesting Q&A from The A.V. Club and Mr. Berninger regarding lyrics and song meanings: AVC: It's strange, but people can feel familiarity and affection for a song even if they don't follow most of the lyrics. Do you think any of your newer fans feel the same way? MB: Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away. The Smiths and R.E.M. and Guided By Voices are bands that, when you first hear a song, the lyrics don't always make much sense at all, and often they never do, even much later. The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway. It's important, I think, that the lyrics are a little bit blurry. I'm not exactly sure what some of the songs are really about. People keep asking, "What's the song about?" It's usually a mixture of different things, and that's why the songs last for me. I can listen to them over and over again and find something and connect it in a different way. The songs that are direct and really specific never last that long for me–other people's songs and ours. Sometimes things don't have really specific meanings. It just creates a space or a mood or a personality that you do understand, but it doesn't mean it has a specific message or a meaning. SOURCE: http://www.avclub.com/articles/matt-berninger-of-the-national,14145/ |
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| The National – Afraid of Everyone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| wilsoncsean, check your gmail :) | |
| The National – Sorrow Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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http://www.nowness.com/day/2010/5/11/the-national-high-violet This is a great movie/video of Sorrow! 200DiscChanger...sounds like you are spot-on. According to Aaron Dessner, he maintains it is an honest, lighthearted portrait. "We're just goofing around," he says. "A lot of people assume that we're miserable guys and this music is dark, but actually there's quite a lot of humor in it. "Sorrow" is a sad song, but it is also a kind of weird celebration of feeling sorrow... some people like that feeling and they don't want to get rid of it." I love it... "a sad song, but it is also a kind of weird celebration of feeling sorrow" |
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| The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| love | |
| The National – Runaway Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Anyone notice a "sputter" on the album cut of this song? Or am I crazy? It's at 3:30... Sounds like he says "with you swallallowing the shine of the sun". Am I crazy? | |
| The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Confirmed: "all the very best of us string ourselves up for LOVE" | |
| The National – Afraid of Everyone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I can't give away my sources. ;) | |
| The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Have you seen the video for Bloodbuzz? Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE8IPEkBIC4 |
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| The National – Afraid of Everyone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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These blogspot lyrics were posted by "tourist". Who the heck is that? Let's try this one more time... Confirmed: "Venom radio and venom television" Confirmed: "Yellow voices swallowing my soul soul soul" :) |
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| The National – Afraid of Everyone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I'm tellin' ya..."Yellow voices swallowing my soul soul soul." Look at all the other color references...Red bodies, blue bodies, orange umbrella, yellow voices... | |
| The National – Afraid of Everyone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Confirmed: "Venom radio and venom television" Confirmed: "Yellow voices swallowing my soul soul soul" :) |
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| The National – Afraid of Everyone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Yellow voices swallowing my soul soul soul" (A little birdie confirmed.) |
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