Matt and Phoebe's voices are a perfect match!

What a beautiful song, what a beautiful album.

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

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....................................idk. So sad. This album is so good jfc.

@jimwilliams3816

Жыл бұрын

I know Matt has talked about his problems with depression, and many of these lyrics apply in that way. But this whole album, so far, feels SO much to me like it's about neurodivergence in general, especially being on the autism spectrum, maybe combined with ADHD...what's now being called AuDHD in some circles. If your brain works differently, being offered solutions and empathy based on what works for a neurotypical person can be deeply frustrating. It's the double empathy problem: people on the spectrum try to engage with others in the ways that our own brains work, and tend to get poor results, because what we do and say means something different to others. By the same token, solutions and empathy offered by a neurotypical person, even one who cares about us deeply, can come across differently to us than what the person offering it intended, or be solutions that don't work for our brains. That's a big part of what "I know you think it's kindness, but it's not" means to me. "Don't say it's all your fault" resonates with me as the speaker saying "I keep trying to explain how I'm feeling, but it always seems to be received as a criticism of you, and it's so frustrating because I know I created that dynamic, but it isn't what I wanted, and I don't know how to get out of this hole." The partner very likely got to that point because their attempts to communicate with the speaker went so badly so many times; learned helplessness leads to depression. It's likely that the speaker got to where they are in much the same way. Any type of mental health struggle is often treated as a moral failing by others, which it is not. It's a recipe for depression and anxiety, which we are often predisposed to anyway.

@themysticmuse

Жыл бұрын

This. I got you. A million percent, I do.🙏

@elibaumann9718

Жыл бұрын

Actually this is about a lawyer who fancies himself a liberal yet keeps going up before the Supreme Court to defend child slavery and the government stealing people's houses

"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'

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

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

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 ❤

My favorite of the album

i think i’m already in love with this album

i'll never be the same after this masterpiece

"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'

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!

This song is a masterpiece ❤

A highlight from the album.

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💙

So beautiful

Best song on the album! Flawless

@muratisik6956

10 ай бұрын

One of the best for sure.

Best album the national ever. Love from indonesian 🤗❤️

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

The vocals…❤

"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."

in love with your music and lyrics

Beautiful as always

Absolutely beautiful yet completely heart wrenching

Beautiful

this song is beautiful

Nice unexpected surprise.🔥✨

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

❤❤❤

Beautiful back vocals😊

This song is deep

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

💖

🎶🎶🎶

Lyrics ❤

I like the slightly faster tempo in all the live recordings

I thought I was hallucinating over the video at first

This is cruel 😢

1st after 1st

1st after 1st after 1st lol

Fantanto roasted this album but I like this song and the pool song.

Is this a cover song?

@robguttridge6591

3 ай бұрын

No, this is an original.

1st

I don't understand what this song is about?

@user-js2cg7xs6c

Жыл бұрын

i think its about a breakup where one person is having a much harder time getting over it than the other

@ray-of-august

Жыл бұрын

@@user-js2cg7xs6c i guess that make sense I wish it wasn't that vague

now that i think about it, it feels like hearing the other side of "renegade" by Big Red Machine (ft. Taylor Swift)

@jimwilliams3816

8 ай бұрын

It works that way, I agree, though I would say it is first and foremost the other side of “Hey Rosey,” a song Carin wrote about Matt.

You are the truth, this is Matthew’s kindness to Taylor Swift.

I like "The Alcott" better. This is good though.

@sirsimonthesentry4787

Жыл бұрын

All the Queens wear crowns. No comparison needed.

@Violet316

Жыл бұрын

@@sirsimonthesentry4787 I wasn't comparing Taylor to Phoebe, it was the song, The Alcott that I preferred. I loved Phoebe with Taylor on "Nothing New".

@muratisik6956

Жыл бұрын

This song is better. Top-3 on the album.

Mid

i luved phoebe until she bad mouthed our aussie Margaret Court... Still luv the national !!!

@tbwatch88

Жыл бұрын

she wants to cancel EVERYONE.

This could have been Part I Part II with Eucalyptus. Arcade Fire like, actually Arcade Fire suck now.

@the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.

Жыл бұрын

Actually Arcade Fire is awesome, I can't wait for your comparable body of artistic work. We'll be waiting like.. sarcastically. ,dan'

Imigine being the female this was written and sung about . Enjoy your life with whoever fuk wit you left this for .

💗💗💗💗