The National - Alphabet City (Official Video)

Animation and drawings by Pauline de Lassus
Original photographs by Brent Walter-Ballantyne

[mostafaseyedan]

I don't miss the world, not the way it was
I can't get there
Try to think of it, always at a loss
I can't get there

All of your lonesomeness kept in your wallet
Nobody notices, baby, you got this

I'll still be here when you come back from space
I will listen for you at the door

Take forever off anytime you want
I'll save your place
If anybody asks, I'll say you're coming back
We'll just have to wait

Sometimes I wanna drive around and find you
And act like it's a random thing
I always wonder if you ever feel
Like I blew all chances of this happening

I'm not ever it, don't know what it is
I can't get there
Something's wrong with me like it always is
I can't get there

All of your lonesomeness kept in your wallet
Nobody notices, baby, you got this
Everything's orchestrated, follow the arrows
Let's meet where we used to in Alphabet City

I'll still be here when you come back from space
I will listen for you at the door
Sometimes I barely recognize this place
When you're with me, I don't miss the world

[SprinkzMC]

For me this is their best song in 2+ years. Love the high-pitched violin at 0:46

[alisoncarey]

How on earth have they not got millions of subscribers. It blows my mind. Saw them in concert last night. Best concert I've ever been to. The skill, the power. ❤just breathtaking

[rain_down_]

'Sometimes I wanna drive around and find you
And act like it's a random thing'

Done that so many times.

[GracelessBeast]

In love with this song! Guitars, piano, electronic elements, Matt’s singing. Chef’s kiss!

[collapsingspace]

I like how this song starts off like its from the sad songs for dirtly lovers era

Then lyrics shifts to high violet and then builds up in sleep well beast style and closes off like a mix of SWB and IAETF ❤

[kubrickking]

I first discovered the NTL when I was 17 after High Violet dropped, and saw them in Orlando on that same tour. Sleep Well Beast is my all time favorite National record (with Boxer, Cherry Tree, Alligator and TWFM not too far behind). Their most recent release has been my least favorite of theirs so far (not sure if it’s better than their debit.. ask me in 3 months). All that being said, these 5 men are a permanent piece of my medium sized American life and although I’m on a slight Bloodbuzz and stoned tonight, I will gracefully be listening to this track til I pass out. Through thick and thin, I’m with these guys.. Matt’s debut solo record is pretty damn good btw - check it out

[AvianaPatterson]

This is not song. This is pure art . Great song! Thanks..

[dasOzeangefuhl]

"Sometimes I wanna drive around and find you, and act like it's a random thing"

That gave me away!

[abcun]

With this song, The National perfectly captures the confusing and uncertain nature of the strange days we are living through...

[EdgarHammer]

Thanks for stepping off tour to join David Letterman on Kimmel. So gracious and a sweet tribute to do that.

[Kurvits]

I haven't been excited for new National material since Trouble Will Find Me but these two tracks did it for me. Some kind of grandeur and universality has returned to them.

[JamesMarsh]

Phenomenal way to close my day! Thank you!

[SteveBogia]

This song is "Sad Dad" approved.

[lancsld]

1 of the best bands of the last 15 yrs...no shit

[snipermafia]

I love that art, looks like Little Big Planet

[Brunellahumano]

Gracias The National. Por siempre gracias.

[randiway]

Almost forgot to listen to this one today ❤

[williamglenn]

"Welcome to Alphabet City. If you're not on the way up, you're on the way out. Alphabet City. It heats up when the sun goes down... Alphabet City, staring Vincent Spano."

[carinegrisolet]

Très bien pour commencer la journée ! Merci.