Sorrow

The National

I used to play HIGH VIOLET in our car back in 2010 and I’d watch Flannery in the rear view, strapped wide-eyed in her car seat, only 4 — and I’d wonder and worry about sorrow. Specifically — if, when and how it would eventually find her.

We are a family of introverts, each prone to patterns of melancholy and contemplation. Healthy patterns mostly — that help define us as sensitive and emotional humans. But I also understand these patterns have the kind of power that can pull us the other direction. We can feel self-pity and hideaway. We can isolate. We can cling to a depressed state.

Love the tempo of those guitar strums and those big drums. Just a beautiful song and arrangment. And these Berlinger lyrics are thoughtful and poetic as they help reveal the enticing side of sorrow.

Sorrow found me when I was young
Sorrow waited, sorrow won
Sorrow, they put me on the pill
It's in my honey, it's in my milk

Don't leave my hyper heart alone on the water
Cover me in rag and bone sympathy
'Cause I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

Sorrow's my body on the waves
Sorrow's a girl inside my cake
I live in a city sorrow built
It's in my honey, it's in my milk

Don't leave my hyper heart alone on the water
Cover me in rag and bone sympathy
'Cause I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

Don't leave my hyper heart alone on the water
Cover me in rag and bone sympathy
'Cause I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you