The National - 'Light Years'

From The National's new album 'I Am Easy to Find' out now

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[Shayor]

I miss you. I've missed you everyday for the last five years. I hope you are doing well wherever you are.

[paulsandor]

Nothing expresses the glory and pain of being human better than a National song. This one hits every chord...

[SOULNATIONS]

My fiancé passed away and I miss him so much, this is the song I want him to hear because I am light years away from him and him from me. Life after his passing just hasn’t been the same. Thank you for this touching song!

[hussainkufaishi]

I think I’ll never in my entire life, love a song like Light Years, it says a lot about me, I can’t really explain what this song means to me, my whole life I try to reach a specific target in my life, and through out the years I see myself stray away from that target and start to feel like I’m literally light years away from it, then I find another thing and again after sometime, I lose hope with it, and no matter how much I try to convince myself that even though I’m light years away from it, I still can get it, but it’s always ends up the same with me, sometimes I even feel myself as a ghost who lives there without really having a purpose in life, a lot of emotions comes through me when this song is on, but it’s for the better, I don’t know how, but it makes me feel better..
I know that my comment is just like some messy feelings written down in a comment, but I needed to say something after a long journey with this song ❤️

[seanparker]

National & Alicia Vikander still making grown men cry in 2019. Job well done.

[marqueemark]

This song captures the beauty of the world and the people in our lives and at the same time sadness of the fact that we everything we love we have to and are destined to lose.

[dudelookslikeagirl]

I need to hug someone right now. It just hit me so hard.

[patrickbateman]

I lived through a rough childhood, left my hometown for the Marines, went to war twice, got two college degrees, met somebody and fell in love, and encountered every little bit of what this song lays out... In a very beautiful manner. Keep making music The National, it speaks to us through every word you sing.

[nomoregdm]

I’m still here. Every year I grow, and the meaning changes.
This year it reminds me of my very lonely childhood. Always moving, divorced narcissistic parents. No other family. Abuse.

I made a lot of the same movements. I befriended so many animals in so many random fields and gardens.

Thank you, the national.

[PrinceOfPersia]

The National is everything. The obscurity of the lyrics speak to the language of the soul. The harmonies are your barely beating heart.

A small story: Matt threw a beach ball into the crowd at the last concert I attended. I caught it. When I was moving, my mother was Marie Kondo-ing about in my closet and almost threw it out. “What do you need a deflated beach ball for, ” she said. Oh mother. This sparks joy like nothing else.

[judithpriestess]

That Piano riff, Matt's baritone, Alicia's innocence, black and white... Gorgeous!

[mjamesharding]

I'm a 56 year old father. I started to listening to The National a few months ago (I know, call me late to the party when I'm in my coffin) and this song was on the first CD I bought.
I thought that this song was about the distance between lovers. I never realized that this song was about the distance that grows between a parent and child until tonight. What an amazing song that can evoke beauty in loss. Although I believe in the power of art, I am amazed that song could provoke me to acknowledge the distance(and why am I always so late to the party?)

[alexandrersilva-optq]

this is for my girl,

sorry that we couldn’t be together. you were the realest experience i’ve ever had. sorry that I couldn’t be the best version of myself with you, and it hurts so bad. i’ll always love you. thanks for the memories

[hugokeys]

I miss my wife and I miss my daughter. I miss my Dad and I miss my sister. I never thought such pain could exist.
This song makes me crumble into a sobbing, pathetic mess, yet sums things up perfectly.

[jalawa-hiska]

I feel like I just watched an entire life go by without me.

[lecaktus]

The perfect mix between sadness, regrets, nostalgia and a pinch of hope! This song is a masterpiece!

[Musicenjoyer]

When a three minute song takes you on a journey Rollercoaster of emotions, takes you from reality living the lyrics in your own unique way you know it's truely a masterpiece😊

[jasminamarkovic]

Lyrics : You were waiting outside for me in the sun
Laying down to soak it all in before we had to run
I was always ten feet behind you from the start
Didn't know you were gone til we were in the car

Oh, the glory of it all was lost on me
'Til I saw how hard it'd be to reach you
And I would always be light years, light years away from you
Light years, light years away from you

I thought I saw your mother last weekend in the park
It could've been anybody, it was after dark
Everyone was lighting up in the shadows alone
You could've been right there next to me, and I'd have never known

Oh, the glory of it all was lost on me
'Til I saw how hard it'd be to reach you
And I would always be light years, light years away from you
Light years, light years away from you
Light years, light years away from you
Light years, light years away from you...

[marqueemark]

This song always makes me miss my past friendships that have disappeared through the current of life.

[Memories]

This song breaks me every time I listen to it.