Hard to Find Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Rasser 

Cover art for Hard to Find lyrics by National, The

I get the feeling he is singing about someone who is dead, that he loved. And so he is drawn to death as well ("Really not that far away / I could be there in a day").

But he also knows that if he goes looking for her, she'll probably be "hard to find". So he'll treasure the memories of her and of himself with her instead.