karen

• the national'ın 2005 senesinde çıkartmış olduğu the alligator adlı albumun 2 numaralı şarkısı. sözlerini de yazayim tam olsun.
  
  karen, i'm not taking sides
  i don't think i'll ever do that again
  i'll end up winning and i won't know why
  i'm really trying to shine here, i'm really trying
  you're changing clothes and closing windows on me all the time
  
  well, whatever you do, listen, you better wait for me
  no, i wouldn't go out alone into america
  whatever you do
  listen, you better wait for me
  no, i wouldn't go out alone
  
  karen, we should call your father, maybe it's just a phase
  he'll know the trick to get a wayward soul to change his ways
  it's a common fetish for a doting man
  to ballerina on the coffee table cock in hand
  
  well, whatever you do
  listen, you better wait for me
  no, i wouldn't go out alone into america
  whatever you do
  listen, you better wait for me
  no, i wouldn't go out alone
  
  without warm water in my head
  all i see is black and white and red
  i feel mechanical and thin
  hear me play my violin again
  i'm living in the target's shoes
  all i see is black and white and blue.
  idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
  protect the title
  
  karen, put me in a chair, fuck me and make me a drink
  i've lost direction, and i'm past my peak
  i'm telling you this isn't me
  no, this isn't me
  karen, believe me, you just haven't seen my good side yet
  
  well, whatever you do
  listen. you better wait for me
  no, i wouldn't go out alone into america
  whatever you do
  listen, you better wait for me
  no, i wouldn't go out alone
  
  without warm water in my head
  all i see is black and white and red
  i feel mechanical and thin
  hear me play my violin again
  i'm living in the target's shoes
  all i see is black and white and blue
  idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
  protect the title
  
  i must be me, i'm in my head
  black birds are circling my bed
  i must be me, i must be me
  black feathers are falling on my feet
  idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
  protect the title