You Were a Kindness - The National

I was in a fog, I didn’t notice everything

Was coming all apart inside of me There wasn’t any way for anyone to settle in You made a slow disaster out of me There’s a radiant darkness upon us But I don’t want you to worry

I was careful, but nothing is harmless

Baby, you better hurry

You were a kindness when I was a stranger

But I wouldn’t ask for what I didn’t need

Everything’s weird and we’re always in danger

Why would you shatter somebody like me?

It doesn’t work that way

Wanting not to want you won’t make it so It doesn’t work that way

Don’t leave me here alone

I’ll do what I can to be a confident wreck

Can’t feel this way forever, I mean

There wasn’t any way for anyone to settle in You made a slow disaster out of me There’s a radiant darkness upon us But I don’t want you to worry

I was careful, but nothing is harmless

Baby, you better hurry

You were a kindness when I was a stranger

But I wouldn’t ask for what I didn’t need

Everything’s weird and we’re always in danger

Why would you shatter somebody like me?

It doesn’t work that way

Wanting not to want you won’t make it so It doesn’t work that way

Don’t leave me here alone

(repeat)