Lyric discussion by QuyenQ 

Cover art for Abel lyrics by National, The

I think it is about the relationship between the singer Matt Berninger and his brother and their fraught relationship, which has been written about in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/31/pep-talk-2 "n 2010, Matt Berninger was a rock star, and his younger brother, Tom, lived in their parents’ basement in Cincinnati."

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@QuyenQ Ever since I picked up my son from his first year in college in 2005 and as soon as he got in the car he said "you have to hear this CD" and put "Alligator" in the CD player it has been one of my all time favorite albums.

@QuyenQ gonna give it a read.