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Waxing Lyrical – The National

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:58:03 +0000

There's money in your bank account. You've had a couple of drinks. The members of the opposite sex are watching your every move. You're full of confidence; it courses through your veins. The world is yours tonight – any girl, any guy, any place you go – it's all yours for the taking. Have you ever felt like this? The National have.

"I'm put together beautifully. Big red bottle in my fist. Big red rose in my teeth. I'm a perfect piece of ass. So tall I take over the street, with highbeams shining up my back, with wingspan unbelievable. I'm a festival, I'm a parade."

Waxing Lyrical – The National (Part 2)

admin — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:59:51 +0000

“I won’t fuck us over, I’m Mr. November, I’m Mr. November, I won’t fuck us over”

I think it must either take a LOT of broken relationships, or a couple of really awful ones, to know yourself well enough to be able to tell the woman in your life this…

“Mr. November”, “Alligator” (2005)

Waxing Lyrical – Josh Rouse

admin — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:56:20 +0000

“And I sleep with the TV on, it’s the only sound, Our loves gone”

Ever been in and out of love? Ever miss someone so much at night that you can’t sleep? Ever sit there, watching television, until you fall asleep, because going to bed is just too hard to do?

Josh Rouse has…

“Our Love Is Gone”, “Nashville” (2005)