Your Mind Is Not Your Friend

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The National

The National is an indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999 and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The band's lyrics, which have been described as "dark, melancholy and difficult to interpret", are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: twins Aaron (guitar and keyboard) and Bryce Dessner (guitar) and Scott (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). The National has been compared to Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Wilco and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The name of the band was chosen because it "didn't mean anything" and was "benign and meaningless". more »

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Your imagination
Is in an awful place
Don't believe in manifestation
Your heart'll break

Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend again
It takes you by the hand
And leaves you nowhere

You feel it in your nerves
It's choking out the sun
You try in vain to be persuaded
That it's nothing

Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend again
It takes you by the hand
And leaves you nowhere
You are like a child
You're gonna flip your lid again
Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend

You inherited a fortune
From your mother's side
Your sister didn't get it at all
She survived

Tranquilize the oceans
Between the poles
You're crawling under rocks and
Climbing into holes

Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend again
It takes you by the hand
And leaves you nowhere
you are like a child
You're gonna flip your lid again
Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend

Your mind is not your friend
Your mind is not your friend
Your mind is not your friend
Your mind is not your friend

Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend again
It takes you by the hand
And leaves you nowhere
you are like a child
You're gonna flip your lid again
Don't you understand?
Your mind is not your friend

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