The National - “Weird Goodbyes” - Brewery Ommegang | Cooperstown, NY - 7-20-22

[MattEerie]

Can't wait to hear it with Bon Iver

[krisicism]

Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There will come a time I wanna know I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Hand prints in concrete at the softest stages

I don't know why I don't try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water

Giving down to nothing, everything the matters
Fever flashes eyelashes, untracked patterns
Humility and history, chemistry and panic
Swimsuits in the windows of electric minivans

I don't know why I don't try harder
I've been going down some, some strange water

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
It's crazy the things we let go

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

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

Where was I even reading from
I keep going back and forth
I think now I'm allowed to see
Didn't know how sad to be be

Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There will come a time I wanna know I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches of ages
Hand prints in concrete at the softest stages

I don't know why I don't try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water

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
It's crazy the things we let go

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

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

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

[jimwilliams]

Ahhh, we were there and enjoyed the new material. But having heard the lyric video single and knowing all the words now, I like it so much better!

[jacksdaddy]

Such a great song, and the version with Bon Iver is even better (perfect collab).

[dirkdigglerk]

I really love the national, but man they are no Live Band.