the national, trouble will find me | lyric starters
feel free to change pronouns as preferred. warning for mentions of drugs, alcohol, and death.
you should know me better than that.
you’re not that much like me.
i should know you better than that.
i get this sudden sinking feeling.
never kept me up before, now I’ve been awake for days.
i’m going through an awkward phase.
i am secretly in love with everyone that i grew up with.
can i stay here? i can sleep on the floor.
i don’t see what’s strange about this.
everything i love is on the table.
i’m tired, i’m freezing, i’m dumb.
when it gets so late i forget everyone.
i need somewhere to stay.
don’t think anybody i know is awake.
you keep a lot of secrets.
nothing breaks your heart.
what am i supposed to say?
if i stay here, trouble will find me.
if i stay here, i’ll never leave.
i’ll always think of you.
but they say love is a virtue, don’t they?
tell me how to reach you.
i could walk out, but i won’t.
if you lose me, i’m gonna die.
i wish everybody knew what’s so great about you.
i said i wouldn’t get sucked in.
oh, don’t tell anyone i’m here.
i was thinking that you’d call somebody closer to you.
you’re the only thing i want.
and i said i wouldn’t cry about it.
baby, you gave me bad ideas.
baby, you left me sad and high.
is it weird to be back in the south?
i won’t need any help to be lonely when you leave me.
i can’t blame you for losing your mind for a little while.
i didn’t understand then, i don’t understand now.
i didn’t ask for this pain it just came over me.
i just turn around and there you are.
i was just getting used to living life without you around.
if i tried you’d probably be hard to find.
there’s a lot i’ve not forgotten, i let go of other things.
i’m not holding out for you.