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The National – I Need My Girl Lyrics 12 years ago
45%er is not a reference to academic grades

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The National – I Need My Girl Lyrics 12 years ago
This by no means a song about teenagers

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Local Natives – Cubism Dream Lyrics 15 years ago
The last verse seems to indicate that despite the singer's feelings that their relationship IS OVER, he is still making sacrifices as if it weren't.

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Local Natives – Cubism Dream Lyrics 15 years ago
This song is clearly about a long distance relationship. The last verse seems to indicate that despite the singer's feelings that their relationship he is still making sacrifices as if it weren't.

"so in australia, on halloween
i proved what our love meant to me
the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me "

He might have traveled all the way to Australia to surprise his girlfriend on Halloween or he might be the one that is in Australia and turned down an opportunity for sex or a relationship with another girl.

"oh, what a fool i was to think
that i could get by on a smile and a wink
i make a friend, i make you sick
could you even imagine a kiss?"

the above shows that the singer seems to have had a naive belief that the relationship could survive on skype chats, basically just seeing his girl's face. but as time wore on he realizes he needs, to put it crudely: sex.
"the suffering, the struggling
i did it for you
i did it for me"
meaning that he refrained from cheating: "i proved what our love meant to me"

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