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i think this place is full of spies i think they're onto me didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room i know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, i know and so and now i'm sorry i missed you i had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
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
guest room é a nona música no alinhamento de boxer, um dos álbuns mais bem referenciados de 2007. para mim é uma das pérolas do disco. ao quarto álbum os national apresentam um conjunto de canções muitíssimo bem escritas, com arranjos sóbrios e depurados. não é o disco mais emotivo da banda, esse continua a ser sad songs for dirty lovers, o segundo, mas revela uma maturidade criativa de respeito. numa obra onde nenhuma música se destaca fortemente das outras, guest room é a minha escolha pessoal.
