The National - This Isn't Helping (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) (Official Audio)

Lyrics:
I cannot believe what you get away with
You find beauty in anything
Whenever you look down into a sewer
You see a diamond ring

It isn't fair how you never look like you're trying
As if you couldn't care any less
And I'm here kicking myself to keep from crying
You say you're impressed

But this isn't helping at all
It only makes me wanna get further off
This isn't helping at all
This isn't helping

You can say that this doesn't have to hurt
You're there if you need to be found
Can't you see that that makes it so much worse?
I'll always see you around

Maybe in time we can give it one more try
But let's think about what matters now
Keep kicking yourself to keep from crying
That you're so right about

Cuz this isn't helping at all
I know you think it's kindness but it's not
This isn't helping at all
This isn't helping

Don't say that it's all your fault
I know you're banking on it coming up
But would your life be so bad
If you knew every single thought I had

Cuz I only have two things to say to you
But you say two things about everything, babe
Well just when I thought you don't even notice me at all

But this isn't helping at all
It only makes me wanna get further off
This isn't helping at all
This isn't helping

This isn't helping at all
I know you think it's kindness but it's not
This isn't helping at all
This isn't helping

[patmanson]

Matt and Phoebe's voices are a perfect match!

[irmagomez]

What a beautiful song, what a beautiful album.

[spnhm]

This is the album of the decade. I am in love.

[shizu-chan]

So, according to my interpretation of this song, it is about having a partner who is trying to understand the mental or some other serious issues the speaker is dealing with, but just because they're trying to understand does not mean that they do. It's that feeling the people who suffer feel that anybody who hasn't been in their shoes could never understand what they're going through, and every time the person whom they think cannot understand them tries to give them solace or shows them they 'get it', they get kinda shut down by the sufferer because it doesn't seem genuine, perhaps.

This paragraph is very interesting, "Don't say that it's all your fault, I know you're banking on it coming up, But would your life be so bad, If you knew every single thought I had, " It seems the partner of the speaker is used to taking the blame which the speaker gives to them for things perhaps being harder for them, and they express how difficult it is to be with someone who has the tendency to blame them for their own issues, but the speaker feels that they don't tell them half the things they actually think which are way worse than they are relaying to their partner. This is So sad. This album is so good jfc.

[zakamoriarty]

Wow - Alexa just found this for me randomly. Had to Shazam it to replay it! Very very good!!

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"There are fears attached to happiness, the fear of losing it, the fear of not finding it and the fear of finding it. Don't let these fears undesire you. There is an expiration date on this milk jug, yes that's a bummer but the question it begs needs answering...
Are you going to drink it or let it spoil?..because you only get one jug of milk and there isn't no drinking it even if it sours first."
, dan'

[NoPrimate]

У the national - не бывает неудачных композиций!
Я не понимаю, о чём песня, но чувствую
100% гармонию! Здесь, всё - на своих местах: музыка, голоса, мелодия и моё настроение. Очень круто!

[davefarias]

I just realized that this is a song that my wife would dedicate to me. I´m crying and I´m delighted with your music, you are art ❤

[luz]

i think i’m already in love with this album

[varoprats_erodprati]

Before listening I already knew it will like me... Can't explain it, as I told since I read the album's name and heard "Once upon..." became a supporter of this album... One knows when something is close to your soul💙

[leticiabarreto]

i'll never be the same after this masterpiece

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"Understanding isn't contagious it's a contact sport."
, dan' (silence speaks louder than clarity)

[pascalbolot]

J’écoute l’album en boucle, mais cette chanson est la meilleure de tout l’album ! Superbe

[bridgetdillenkoffer]

Absolutely beautiful yet completely heart wrenching

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"Drinking with a pen in your hand and a piece of paper in front of you can be just as dangerous as drinking with a steering wheel in your hand and a road in front of you."
, dan'

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"Acronyms against opposition."
, dan' (fluoridization is like trading consciousness for confidence)
"Here are the keys to my confidence. I can trick myself into smiling and that's all the proof I need."

[ardhiynwa]

Best album the national ever. Love from indonesian 🤗❤️

[PrinceCryBaby]

Img this is the sexiest voice in the universe 😭😭😭😍😍😍

[the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.]

"The seed of a circle is a dot.
Serendipity is a busted clock telling the truth. ."
, dan'

[aaronlsuton]

I like the slightly faster tempo in all the live recordings