Wake Up Your Saints Lyrics

Lyric discussion by TheWrongGirl 

Cover art for Wake Up Your Saints lyrics by National, The

here's a personal transcription of the modern version. corrections are welcome :)

i had a hole in the middle where the lightning went through i told my friends not to worry my wife would know how to fix it hole in the middle and i'm seeing less of you now i'm not going anywhere and i don't know what i'll do

it's easy to lose your grip it's easy

i never tell my decisions to the ones i adore i just show up like a bible breather outside the door but when i look in the window i see girls on tv living and dying in la and it means nothing to me

it's easy to lose your grip it's easy it's easy to lose your grip it's easy

so i walk through the streets i love and i'm led to the house i built and i walk through the streets i love and i lay in your bed again

wake up your saints jenny, i need them jenny, i need them today

wake up your saints jenny, i need them jenny, i need them today

i didn't have to explain to her that i wasn't dead she sat me down and lit some colored candles over my head she said you're right it's a livin' but you're wrong for the life you know you never should've listened to my father's advice

it's easy to lose your grip it's easy it's easy to lose your grip it's easy

so i walk through the streets i love and i'm led to the house i built and i walk through the streets i love and i lay in your bed again

wake up your saints jenny, i need them jenny, i need them today

wake up your saints jenny, i need them jenny, i need them today

All of that sounds right, except I'm almost certain he says "it's easy to lose your breath" instead of "it's easy to lose your grip." But it's hard to tell.