This song is an easter egg in the video game Portal 2. Originally, it was intended as a “fake ending,” where the player would find a hole in the roof of Aperture Science, and the moon would be visible. The player would shoot a portal at the moon and would be sucked in. Once the player dies, credits...
[Verse]
Exile
It takes your mind again
Exile
It takes your mind again
[Pre-Chorus]
You've got sucker's luck
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind the way you trouble mine?
[Verse]
Exile
It takes your mind again
Exile
It takes your mind again
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, you meant so much
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind the way you trouble mine?
Does it feel like a trial?
Now you're thinking too fast; you're like marbles on glass
[Chorus]
Vilify
Don't even try
Vilify
Don't even try
[Pre-Chorus]
You've got sucker's luck
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind the way you trouble mine?
Does it feel like a trial?
Did you fall for the same empty answers again?
[Chorus]
Vilify
Don't even try
Vilify
Don't even try
Vilify
Don't even try
Vilify
Exile Vilify was written by Aaron Dessner & Carin Besser & Matt Berninger.
Exile Vilify was produced by Nick Lloyd & The National.
The National released Exile Vilify on Tue Apr 19 2011.
The National had expressed an interest in doing music for Valve to Bug Music, their publishing label, which the label forwarded on to Valve in discussing other music opportunities for the game. Valve and Bug Music identified that The National would fit well into Portal 2, as their “raw and emotive m...