| The National – You Were a Kindness Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Among the many things I love about The National is that you can interpret their songs in so many different ways. Even songs that at their face seem to be about romantic love can resonate on another level based on the individual. Personally, this song could not capture more perfectly the way that I feel as an adult female trying to navigate life and love and fears and guardedness after growing up with an abusive father. Do I think that this is 'the' meaning of the song? Not at all. But it's my meaning and it's what has kept me listening to this on loop for 6 months. I love that The National provides such depth and emotion in their music, while still leaving listeners with enough space to place their own context into the song, to give it their own meaning and significance. | |
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