This song is a dialog between the a man and his wife (or other committed lover). He is suffering from some kind of malaise or anguish and asks for her patience with “Think you can wait?”.
Sharon Van Etten sings the lines in parenthesis.
[Verse 1: Matt Berninger]
I was driftin', cryin'
I was lookin' for an island
I was slippin' under
I'll pull the devil down with me one way or another
[Chorus: Matt Berninger]
I'm out of my mind
Think you can wait?
I'm way off the line
Think you can wait?
[Pre-Chorus: Matt Berninger]
We've been runnin' a sleepless run
Been away from the baby way too long
We've been holdin' a good night gone
We've been losin' our exits one by one
[Chorus: Matt Berninger & Sharon Van Etten]
I'm out of my mind
Think you can wait?
I'm way off the line
Think you can wait it out?
(All I have is all)
Think you can wait it out?
(All I have is all)
Think you can wait?
[Verse 2: Matt Berninger]
What I'm thinking is simple
I'll sell apples and ice water at the temple
I won't make trouble
I'll pull the devil down with me one way or another
[Pre-Chorus: Matt Berninger]
We've been runnin' a sleepless run
Been away from the baby way too long
We've been holdin' a good night gone
We've been losin' our exits one by one
[Chorus: Both, Matt Berninger, Sharon Van Etten]
I'll try
I'll try, but I couldn't be better
(All I have is all)
I'll try, but I couldn't be better
(All I have is all)
I'll try, but I couldn't be better
(All I have is all)
Think You Can Wait was written by Sharon Van Etten & Matt Berninger.
Think You Can Wait was produced by Aaron Dessner.
The National released Think You Can Wait on Tue Apr 12 2011.
The National’s “Think You Can Wait” is the theme song for Thomas McCarthy-directed (and Paul Giamatti-starring) “sports comedy-drama” Win Win. Matt Berninger told HitFlix that the track, which features guest vocals from Sharon Van Etten, was inspired by McCarthy’s material: “It’s about very normal a...