Karen

Song Karen
Artist The National
Album Alligator

Lyrics

[00:00.25]
[00:10.32] Karen, I'm not taking sides
[00:12.98] I don't think I'll ever do that again
[00:16.89] I'll end up winning and I won't know why
[00:20.36] I'm really trying to shine here, I'm really trying
[00:24.96] You're changing clothes and closing windows on me all the time
[00:30.56]
[00:35.08] Well whatever you do, listen, you'd better wait for me
[00:40.79] No I wouldn't go out alone into America
[00:45.80] Whatever you do, listen, you'd better wait for me
[00:50.56] No I wouldn't go out alone
[00:54.42]
[00:59.92] Karen, we should call your father, maybe it's just a phase
[01:04.83] He'll know the trick to get a wayward soul to change his ways
[01:10.08] It's a common fetish, for a doting man, to ballerina on the coffee table cock in hand
[01:19.90]
[01:24.85] Well whatever you do, listen, you'd better wait for me
[01:30.25] No I wouldn't go out alone into America
[01:34.94] Whatever you do, listen, you'd better wait for me
[01:40.26] No I wouldn't go out alone
[01:43.66]
[01:54.02] Without warm water in my head
[01:56.90] All I see is black and white and red
[01:59.39] I feel mechanical and thin
[02:01.57] Hear me play my violin again
[02:04.33] I'm living in the target's shoes
[02:06.97] All I see is black and white and blue
[02:09.22] Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest, protect the title
[02:14.05]
[02:19.02] Karen put me in a chair, fuck me and make me a drink
[02:24.10] I lost direction and I'm past my peak
[02:28.30] I'm telling you, this isn't me, no this isn't me
[02:33.94] Karen believe me, you just haven't seen my good side yet
[02:38.94]
[02:44.14] Well whatever you do, listen, you'd better wait for me
[02:49.53] No I wouldn't go out alone into America
[02:54.35] Whatever you do, listen, you'd better wait for me
[02:58.83] No I wouldn't go out alone
[03:02.91]
[03:03.74] Without warm water in my head
[03:06.27] All I see is black and white and red
[03:08.66] I feel mechanical and thin
[03:11.11] Hear me play my violin again
[03:13.42] I'm living in the target's shoes
[03:16.13] All I see is black and white and blue
[03:18.68] Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest, protect the title
[03:22.89]
[03:23.16] I must be me, I'm in my head
[03:25.59] Black birds are circling my bed
[03:27.92] I must be me, I must be me
[03:30.40] Black feathers are falling on my feet
[03:33.03] Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest, protect the title
[03:38.05] Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest, protect the title
[03:44.32]