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(Verse 1- Matt Berninger)
Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There’ll come a time I’ll wanna know when I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Handprints in concrete at the softest stages
(Refrain- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
I don’t know why I don’t try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water
(Verse 2- Matt Berninger)
Get it down to nothing, everything that matters
Fever flashes, eyelashes and traffic patterns
Humidity, history, chemistry and panic
Swimsuits in the windows of electric minivans
(Refrain- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
I don’t know why I don’t try harder
I’ve been going down some, some strange water
(Pre Chorus- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
Move forward now, there’s nothing to do
Can’t turn around, I can’t follow you
Your coat’s in my car, I guess you forgot
It’s crazy, the things we let go of
It finally hits me, a mile’s drive
The sky is leaking, the windshield’s crying
I’m feeling sacred, my soul is stripped
Radio’s painful, the words are clipped
(Chorus- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it’s dying
I’m pulling over until it heals
I’m on a shoulder of lemon fields
(Break: Bon Iver)
What was I even leaving for?
I keep going back and forth
I think now I’m about to see
Didn’t how sad it’d be
(Verse 3- Matt Berninger)
Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There’ll come a time I’ll wanna know when I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Handprints in concrete at the softest stages
(Refrain- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
I don’t know why I don’t try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water
(Pre Chorus- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
Move forward now, there’s nothing to do
Can’t turn around, I can’t follow you
Your coat’s in my car, I guess you forgot
It’s crazy, the things we let go of
It finally hits me, a mile’s drive
The sky is leaking, my windshield’s crying
I’m feeling sacred, my soul is stripped
Radio’s painful, the words are clipped
(Chorus- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it’s dying
I’m pulling over until it heals
I’m on a shoulder of lemon fields
(Outro- Matt Berninger, Bon Iver & Justin Vernon)
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it’s dying
I’m pulling over until it heals
I’m on a shoulder of lemon fields
Official Music Video
Weird Goodbyes by The National, Bon Iver Music Video
Cast & Details :
Album- The National (Singles) Singer- The National, Bon Iver Produced By(Producer(s))- The National Written By(Lyricist(s)- Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger