Baby, we’ll be fine
All we’ve gotta do is be brave and be kind
You could have made a safer bet
But what you break is what you get
You wake up in the bed you make
And think you made a big mistake
You own me
There’s nothing you can do
You own me
You own me
Lucky you
4:22 for 4/22
NEW SINGLE FROM THE NATIONAL.
Demons, from the album Trouble Will Find Me, which will be released on May 20th.
And in a few hours we get a new QOTSA single.
I love today.
The National - Start a War
3:18 for 3/18
You were always weird but I never had to hold you
by the edges, like I do now
The National - Baby, We’ll Be Fine
all we have to do is be brave and be kind
The National - Apartment Story
I know I post this song a lot but it’s my go-to smile song and sometimes you need a smile to start your day.
This is what a perfect song sounds like.
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
The National - Karen
Without warm water in my head
All I see is black and white and red
I feel mechanical and thin
Hear me play my violin again
I’m living in the target’s shoes
All I see is black and white and blue
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
Protect the title
I must be me, I’m in my head
Black birds are circling my bed
I must be me, I must be me
Black feathers are falling on my feet
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
Protect the title
Protect the title
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The National - Baby, We’ll Be Fine
It was a year ago that my Macbook was stolen and while that may be a weird thing to remember the anniversary of, it’s not so much the stolen Macbook as the timing of it that I remember most.
A year ago, things sucked. A year ago, I was in upheaval A year ago, I was sad and unsteady and unsure.
I played this song a lot.
Everything turned out to be fine. It took months, but it all turned out ok.
The first half of 2012 sucked but it at least taught me something: it’s possible to be in a place where everything sucks but where you also learn how to work together to make things not suck so much.
I learned we’ll always be fine.
I learned to trust that we will always be fine. Even if when it seems like we’re not.
The second half of 2012 turned out to be pretty damn great.
Don’t you wish you could look ahead sometimes, have a little movie play out for you when you’re at a low point, someone narrating that movie telling you, don’t worry, it will all work out?
But then what would you learn?
Baby, we’ll be fine.
Nothing in my day will make me smile as much as this did. This is all kinds of fabulous.
I won’t fuck you over, I’m Mr. November.
