National, The - Not In Kansas Lyrics

Great Thinking Fellers song

Watch the lumineers .leader of the landslide.. then see how much the national has lost it's way.

Ahhh the pointless women in front who wrecked a potential great song by the National. Touring in Australia 2020 , I bought tickets a year before 2018, no fucking way gonna bother if they bring there last album, and the women , no offense to them, it's the Nationals fault. Just be the bloddy National. Looking forward to sigur ros touring. Watch this space..

Begin the begin....👍

I like the chorus with Kate and Pauline. It's beautiful.

The chorus, ruins the whole fucking song....

Its fucking terrible.. it ruined a good National song.

would be way better without the females

Damn strait.

Female voices in this beautiful song is like scratching glass with a nail lol

yes, the failures of man make me sigh.

madarichards
And you must be a rocket scientist.

@Cavendish Lung-sukki far from. I just hate when females spoil a good album.

AND you liked that shit bit in the song. What the fuck is wrong with you? I have been a National fan all my life, I'm 37 , now after this album, putting female vocalists, at the wrong time. Lost all respect. They and you can go and get fucked. Love female singers , but not with the National.

madarichards
you know the word “love”? well, why don’t you pull out some Joni Mitchell and chill.

@Cavendish Lung-sukki hmmm. I can chill to proper National . Not this album.

I am not in Kansas
I can't slow down and I can't stand it
Broadcast News into Hallelujah
Hanne Darboven had a great idea
Make a list, write it down
Shave your head, draw a crown
Move back home with mom and dad
The pool is drained and they are not there
My bedroom is a stranger's gunroom
Ohio's in a downward spiral
I can't go back there anymore
Since alt-right opium went viral

I am not in Kansas
Where I am, I don't know where
Take me for a walk and blame this
On the water dripping off the spear

You even get to wear a dress
And feed his flesh to wayward daughters
Everyone is so impressed
Teachers, neighbors, mothers, fathers
First Testament was really great
The sequel was incredible
Like the Godfathers of the first two strokes
Every document's indelible
Infidels and Heartbreak Beats
Smidges of bad ecstasy
I must have left it in my pocket
With my Christianity in my rocket
I'm binging hard on Annette Bening
I'm listening to R.E.m. Again
Begin The Begin, over and over
Begin The Begin, over and over

I am not in Kansas
Where I am, I don't know where
Take me for a walk and blame this
On the water dripping off the spear

If the sadness of life makes you tired
And the failures of man make you sigh
You can look to the time soon arriving
When this noble experiment winds down and calls it a day

My shadow's getting shorter
I'm a child at the border
Oh, godmother you can't ignore us
There isn't anybody else left to love us
I wanted you when I was a child
I raked the leaves and I started fires
Now I'm reading whatever you give me
It's half your fault so half-forgive me
I'm way behind in reflex math
Biphasic sleepless emotional crashes
Two days into one, shove 'em together
I always wake up way before the weather
My mother needs an army
But I'm leaving home and I'm scared that I won't
Have the balls to punch a Nazi
Father, what is wrong with me?

I am not in Kansas
Where I am, I don't know where
Take me for a walk and blame this
On the water dripping off the spear

Oil droppers, rubber gloves
I raked the leaves, I lit 'em up
I read whatever it is you give me
It's half your fault so half-forgive me
At the real Neil Armstrong taught me
To play cutthroat at my Aunt Angela's house
While my real dad's skate got caught in the ice
And he drove us home with a spiral fracture
It was then I was enlightened
Roberta Flack the whole way home
I was entirely unfrightened
Dozing off and eternally unalone
The flowers cover over everything
They cover over everything
The flowers cover over everything

I am not in Kansas
Where I am, I don't know where
Take me for a walk and blame this
On the water dripping off the spear

Time has come now to stop being human
Time to find a new creature to be
Be a fish or a weed or a sparrow
For the Earth has grown tired and all of your time has expired
Oh, the gardens are sprouting with flowers
All the tree-tops are bursting with birds
And the people all know that it's over
They lay down their airs and they hang up their tiresome words

beatiful song!

Stunning footage. This song has got me so bad already

Is it just me or do you skip 2:15 - 2:50 then continue the song. I've done it on the album .

@madarichards lol

The only bad thing in this song is the female part. It would be just perfect if Matt performed it by himself. Hoping he will do it without girls in the future

@madarichards Opinions dude, jesus. Chill.

@madarichards You should get some therapy, dude.

I like the female vocals but then it makes me even love Matt's vocals even more