Excerpt from a NME Magazine dated sometime before the album was released:
“We had this when we were recording Turn On The Bright Lights – it just didn’t make it onto the album. It’s a love story about a guy who’s trying to get his drug-addled young lady to a better life. The whole song evokes that...
[Verse 1]
We ain't goin' to the town
We're goin' to the city
Gonna track this shit around
And make this place a heart
To be a part of
We ain't goin' to the town
We're goin' to the city
Gonna track this shit around
And make this place a heart
To be a part of again
[Chorus]
Goin'
We're goin'
We're goin'
And we're gone
We're goin'
We're goin'
Goin'
We're gone
[Verse 2]
So, baby, make it with me in preparation for tonight
We've got so much to leave but that's not what makes this right
You've been building up steam, ignited by this fight
So do this thing with me instead of tying on a tight one tonight
[Chorus]
Goin'
Goin'
Goin'
And we're gone
[Verse 3]
We ain't goin' to the town
We're goin' to the city
Gonna track this shit around
And make this place a heart
To be a part of again
Next Exit was written by Interpol.
Next Exit was produced by Interpol & Peter Katis.