Red Mosquito

Posted: **Tue December 03, 2019 8:38 am**

Turn the light out, say goodnight
No thinking for a little while
Let's not try to figure out everything at once

Posted: **Tue December 03, 2019 8:39 am**

macphisto wrote:Turn the light out, say goodnight
No thinking for a little while
Let's not try to figure out everything at once

Well played

Posted: **Tue December 03, 2019 8:42 am**

Sleep Well Beast

Posted: **Wed December 04, 2019 5:29 pm**

I am easy to find would be my favorite album but it is a bit bloated and could be cut down by 4-5 tracks

Posted: **Wed December 04, 2019 7:14 pm**

Strat wrote:I am easy to find would be my favorite album but it is a bit bloated and could be cut down by 4-5 tracks

i think they could have cut 3 main songs (roman holiday, not in kansas, and hairpin turns) and 1-2 filler songs and it would’ve been perfect

Posted: **Wed December 04, 2019 7:57 pm**

Chris_H_2 wrote:
Strat wrote:I am easy to find would be my favorite album but it is a bit bloated and could be cut down by 4-5 tracks
i think they could have cut 3 main songs (roman holiday, not in kansas, and hairpin turns) and 1-2 filler songs and it would’ve been perfect

Ha. 3 of my favorites.

Posted: **Wed December 04, 2019 8:42 pm**

Strat wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
Strat wrote:I am easy to find would be my favorite album but it is a bit bloated and could be cut down by 4-5 tracks
i think they could have cut 3 main songs (roman holiday, not in kansas, and hairpin turns) and 1-2 filler songs and it would’ve been perfect
Ha. 3 of my favorites.

Hairpin Turns is easily one of my favorites, and I like the mood Roman Holiday sets at the beginning of the album. The only song I skip on the whole thing is Not in Kansas. And I’m pretty sure I Am Easy to Find is my favorite album by The National.

Posted: **Wed December 04, 2019 9:26 pm**

PHATJ wrote:
Strat wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
Strat wrote:I am easy to find would be my favorite album but it is a bit bloated and could be cut down by 4-5 tracks
i think they could have cut 3 main songs (roman holiday, not in kansas, and hairpin turns) and 1-2 filler songs and it would’ve been perfect
Ha. 3 of my favorites.
Hairpin Turns is easily one of my favorites, and I like the mood Roman Holiday sets at the beginning of the album. The only song I skip on the whole thing is Not in Kansas. And I’m pretty sure I Am Easy to Find is my favorite album by The National.

i like hairpin turns; it's a good song. i just don't think it fits on the album. i'm not sure it's even in the movie.

Posted: **Wed December 04, 2019 9:45 pm**

Chris_H_2 wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Strat wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
Strat wrote:I am easy to find would be my favorite album but it is a bit bloated and could be cut down by 4-5 tracks
i think they could have cut 3 main songs (roman holiday, not in kansas, and hairpin turns) and 1-2 filler songs and it would’ve been perfect
Ha. 3 of my favorites.
Hairpin Turns is easily one of my favorites, and I like the mood Roman Holiday sets at the beginning of the album. The only song I skip on the whole thing is Not in Kansas. And I’m pretty sure I Am Easy to Find is my favorite album by The National.
i like hairpin turns; it's a good song. i just don't think it fits on the album. i'm not sure it's even in the movie.

I see. I guess we differ there, I think it fits just fine. If I were to remove anything it would be Not in Kansas and/or the instrumentals/interludes. Every other note on the album feels perfect to me.

Posted: **Sat December 07, 2019 2:43 am**

Listening to the Record Store Day release now. Sounds great even though it's got that bootleg-y (i.e., an actual bootleg, not a professionally mixed concert recording) sound.

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 6:02 am**

I’m still absolutely in love with I Am Easy to Find. This album is absolutely beautiful. And haunting. And so special. I have a deep connection to it lyrically. I think it has Matt’s best writing to date. I am completely obsessed with the voices and the music. It is perfection to my ears. I could listen to it on repeat for days, and I do. This is a masterpiece. I think it’s clearly The National’s best work to date, which says a lot because I think they have about five truly brilliant albums. This band is the first band that I’ve ever thought could pass PJ as my all time favorite.

How I want you here...

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 6:22 am**

It's almost like you're not afraid of anything I do
How I want you here
You don't know what it's like to be around you
I still got my fear
It's the way you say yes when I ask you to marry me
You don't know what you are doing
Do you think you can carry me
Over the threshold
Over and over again until oblivion?
It's the way that you're gonna stop needing to tell me
You want me as much as I want you to tell me
I'm over the threshold
Everything is gonna be totally okay until oblivion
I still got my fear
I still got my fear
It's still always you every morning I think of no matter what
How I want you here
I know I am easy to find but you know, it's never me
I still got my fears
It's like a tide in a city lifts me and carries me around
And oh, my mind is made up out of nothing, now
If nothing scares you about me and you, never put me down
Oh my mind is made up out of nothing, now
You won't walk away, won't you?
You don't walk away, don't you?
You won't walk away, won't you?
You don't walk away, don't you?

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 6:26 am**

I was hoping you wouldn't see me like this
I hate to fall before your feet again
I'm the rocks they weigh down the angels with
Help me see, it won't always be like this

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 6:36 am**

Is she outside?
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where are her feet?
Where's her head?
Is she outside?
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where is her head?
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where are her feet?
Where is her head?
Is she outside?
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where is her head?
What is she thinking?
Is she sleeping?
What did she say?
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where is her head?
Is she looking out?
Is she sleeping?
I think I'm hittin' a wall
I hate loving you as much as I do
I think I'm runnin' away
The dark storm you bring
I can't take another day
I think I'm hittin' a wall
I think I'm hittin' a wall (is she outside?)
I hate my looks, I hate 'em all (is she looking out?)
I think I'm runnin' away (is she standing up?)
The storm you bring
Can't take another day (where are her hands?)
I think I'm hittin' a wall (where are her eyes?)
I think I'm hittin' a wall (where are her feet?)
I hate loving you as much as I do (where's her head?)
I think I'm runnin' away (is she outside?)
I think I'm runnin' away
I think I hate my looks (is she looking out?)
I hate them all (is she standing up?)
I think I'm hittin' a wall
I think I'm hittin' a wall (where are her hands?)
Where are her eyes?
Where is her head?
What is she thinking?
Is she sleeping?
Where are her hands? Where are her eyes? (And I will not come back the same)
Where is her head?
What is she thinking?
Is she sleeping?
(And I will not come back the same) What'd she say?
Where are her eyes? Where is her head? (And I will not come back the same)
What is she thinking?
Is she sleeping?
What'd she say? Is she going out? (And I will not come back the same)
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where are her feet?
Where is her head?
Is she outside?
Is she looking out?
Is she standing up?
Where are her hands?
Where are her eyes?
Where is her head?
What is she thinking?
Is she sleeping?
What did she say?
Is she going out?
Is she going out?
Is she going out?

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 7:03 am**

I’m obsessed with Roman Holiday, Oblivions, and Hairpin Turns right now.

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 7:04 am**

Also Where Is Her Head, I Am Easy To Find, and Quiet Light.

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 7:52 am**

I guess I’m basically obsessed with the entire album except for Not in Kansas and the two “filler” songs. This is as close to a perfect record as any band has released in 20 years.

Posted: **Tue December 10, 2019 8:15 am**

There’s a million little battles that I’m never going to win anyway

I’m still waiting for you every night with ticker tape

If you ever come around this way again, you’ll see me

Standing in the sunlight

I am easy to find

Posted: **Wed December 11, 2019 4:19 am**

they played humiliation the other night for the first time in forever

Posted: **Wed December 11, 2019 4:22 am**

Chris_H_2 wrote:they played humiliation the other night for the first time in forever

I saw that. That’s my favorite song from that album. I love it.

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