Green Gloves
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Green Gloves by The National
Release Date
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The NationalWrited by
Matt BerningerAbout
The title “Green Gloves” may be a metaphor for jealousy (which is sometimes called “the green monster” in literature).
However, the song is actually about remembering someone by trying to be like them.
Matt Berninger in an interview with Paste Magazine:
It’s more about trying to remember someone...
Green Gloves Lyrics
[Refrain]
Falling out of touch with all my
Friends are somewhere getting wasted
Hope they're staying glued together
I have arms for them
[Verse 1]
Take another sip of them
It floats around and takes me over
Like a little drop of ink
In a glass of water
[Chorus]
Get inside their clothes with my green gloves
Watch their videos in their chairs
Get inside their beds with my green gloves
Get inside their heads, love their loves
[Verse 2]
Cinderella through the room
I glide and swan
'Cause I'm the best slow dancer
In the universe
[Refrain]
Falling out of touch with all my
Friends are somewhere getting wasted
Hope they're staying glued together
I have arms for them
[Chorus]
Get inside their clothes with my green gloves
Watch their videos in their chairs
Get inside their beds with my green gloves
Get inside their heads, love their loves
[Bridge]
Now I hardly know them
But I'll take my time
I'll carry them over
And I'll make them mine
[Chorus]
Get inside their clothes with my green gloves
Watch their videos in their chairs
Get inside their beds with my green gloves
Get inside their heads, love their loves
Green Gloves Q&A
Who wrote Green Gloves's ?
Green Gloves was written by Matt Berninger.
Who produced Green Gloves's ?
Green Gloves was produced by The National & Peter Katis.
When did The National release Green Gloves?
The National released Green Gloves on Tue May 22 2007.
What did The National say about "Green Gloves"?
It was hard to take that song and guide it away from being a stalker song or about somebody breaking and entering or somebody violating someone’s personal space. It’s more about trying to remember someone and sort of be them—someone that you’ve lost your connection with (maybe because of a death)—so...