und3rmusic # 10 slipping husband

tenho andado os últimos dias reviciado em sad songs for dirty lovers, o segundo trabalho da melhor banda americana em actividade, the national, editado no já longínquo ano de 2003. sad songs for dirty lovers foi para mim a primeira abordagem à banda e tem aquele sabor especial da descoberta. voltar a ele depois do fenómeno the boxer, foi relembrar um som menos depurado mas mais emotivo. slipping husband sempre foi e continua a ser o meu tema de eleição.

sit down dear we gotta talk / your acting like a kid / we don't wanna hear about / the things you never did

you coulda been a legend / but you became a father / that's what you are today / that's what you are today

spending all your time / somewhere inside your head / haunted by the important / life you coulda lead

but your kisses aren't enough / to keep your kids in line / so you better straighten out yourself / and give your baby time / cause if you don't give her what she needs / she'll get it where she can / she's lonely man

don't leave yourself alone for too many days / sooner than you know you're gonna start slipping

you'll end up talking to the ghost / of your wife as if you knew her / your eyes will put her everywhere

and spending all your time / somewhere inside your head / haunted by the important / life you coulda lead

you'll fuck yourself to clear your head / you'll close your door and go to bed / you'll try to sleep without a dream / that's where she finds you, that's where she finds you

don't leave yourself alone for too many days / sooner than you know you're gonna start slipping

dear we better get a drink in you before you start to bore us / dear we better get a drink in you before you start to bore us / dear we better get a drink in you before you start to bore us