This is The Lone Bellow’s cover of The National’s “Pink Rabbits” for their 2018 EP The Restless.
Annotations can be found on the original version.
You said it would be painless
A needle in a doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all
I couldn’t find quiet, I went out in the rain
I was just soaking my head to unrattle my brain
Somebody said you disappeared in the crowd
I didn't understand then, I don't understand now
Am I the one you think about
When you’re sittin' in your faintin' chair drinking Pink Rabbits?
Am I the one you think about
When you're sittin' in your faintin' chair drinking Pink Rabbits?
And everybody was gone
You were staring down the street
'Cause you were trying not to crack up
It wasn't light rain, it was more like a sea
I didn’t ask for this pain, it just came over me
I love a storm but I don’t love lightning
Ah, the water's coming up so fast that it’s frightening
Am I the one you think about
When you're sittin' in your faintin' chair drinking Pink Rabbits?
Am I the one you think about
When you’re sittin' in your faintin' chair drinking Pink Rabbits?
And everybody was gone
I was standing in the street 'cause I was trying not to crack
I was solid gold, I was in the fight
I was coming back from what seemed like ruin
I couldn't see you coming so far
I just turned around and there you are
I'm so surprised you wanna dance with me now
I was just getting used to living life without you around
I'm so surprised you wanna dance with me now
You always said I held you way too high off the ground
You didn't see me, I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park
You didn't see me, I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart
You didn't see me, I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park
You didn't see me, I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart
And everybody was gone
You were standin' in the street 'cause you were tryin' not to crack up
Bona Drag was still on
Now I only think about Los Angeles when the sound kicks out
Now I only think about Los Angeles when the sound kicks out
You said it would be painless
A needle in a doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all
You said it would be painless
A needle in a doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all
Pink Rabbits was written by Aaron Dessner & Matt Berninger.
The Lone Bellow released Pink Rabbits on Tue Sep 25 2018.