[Verse 1]
Northwest apartment, apartment
I'm driving over in Moclips, babe
With the whole neighbourhood in tow
Somebody trapped in the underground basement
Just a few blocks down the road
Northwest apartment, apartment
With three guitars and one amplifier
I'm gonna blow the dust off this scene
Everybody in population
Are gonna find out what I mean
Northwest apartment, apartment
[Chorus]
When all the parts equal more than the sum
And the sum equals none
[Verse 2]
This thing was built in a day
Both knowing that the Romans took longer than that
We brought a bass player, a cold old soul
And he's a first-class welcome mat
Well cleaned apartment, apartment
In the morning I wake up
I'm ready for the night time to begin
And what's that over there on my pillow
Someone sleeping in my bed
Northwest apartment, apartment
[Chorus]
When all the parts equal more than the sum
And the sum equals none
[Outro]
Yeah, well
NW Apt. was written by Ben Bridwell.
NW Apt. was produced by Band of Horses.
Band of Horses released NW Apt. on Tue May 18 2010.
I had the music down for this as a demo, but I couldn’t figure out what to sing on it, basically, and I think I just went to mine the territory of living in Seattle and some of the situations that revolved around that time. To me it’s comedic, but I don’t know if anyone will ever get what the fuck I...