I Need My Girl Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Tiger_milk 

Cover art for I Need My Girl lyrics by National, The

They started playing this at the tail-end of the "High Violet" tour, yeah? In that context, the lyrics seem pretty straightforward. The narrator is away from home and a girlfriend/wife. He's starting to feel insignificant because he isn't around, and he is trying to reassure himself that he's important to loved ones- "but I am good and I am grounded." It's very lovely and appealingly earnest, at least for these guys. I wonder if it will re-surface on a proper album in a few years?