Weird goodbyes es una canción de The National con la colaboración de Bon Iver, primer avance de un nuevo álbum. Trata según Matt Berninger, "sobre dejar ir el pasado y seguir adelante, y luego sentirse abrumado por dudas". Con contribuciones de cuerdas de la London Contemporary Orchestra, orquestada por Bryce Dessner.
Aaron Dessner: "'Weird goodbyes' fue una de las primeras canciones nuevas que hicimos. Estaba haciendo un mal uso de las cajas de ritmos, como de costumbre, y me topé con este ritmo que se me quedó grabado en la cabeza: se sentía como algo que solo [el baterista] Bryan [Devendorf] podía tocar naturalmente. Construimos la canción alrededor del ritmo. La melodía y las palabras de Matt se sintieron tan elegantes y conmovedoras desde el principio, lamentando la pérdida de la inocencia y la motivación, aferrándose a los recuerdos y sentimientos que inevitablemente se desvanecen y el dolor que todos sufrimos en las extrañas despedidas".
Lanzamiento y estreno del video con letra el 22 de agosto de 2022.
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Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There'll come a time I'll wanna know I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Handprints in concrete, at the softest stages
I don't know why I don't try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water
Get it down to nothing, everything that matters
Fever flashes, eyelashes and traffic patterns
Humidity, history, chemistry and panic
Swimsuits in windows of electric minivans
I don't know why I don't try harder
I've been going down some some strange water
Move forward now. There's nothing to do
Can't turn around, I can't follow you
Your coat's in my car I guess you forgot
It's crazy the things we let go of
It finally hits me, a mile's drive
The sky is leaking, my windshield's crying
I'm feeling sacred, my soul is stripped
Radio's painful, the words are clipped
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it's dying
I'm pulling over, until it heals
I'm on a shoulder, of lemon fields
What was I even leaving for
I keep going back and forth
I think now I'm about to see
Didn't know how sad it'd be
Memorize the bathwater, memorize the air
There'll come a time I'll wanna know I was here
Names on the doorframes, inches and ages
Handprints in concrete, at the softest stages
I don't know why I don't try harder
I feel like throwing towels into water
Move forward now. There's nothing to do
Can't turn around, and I can't follow you
Your coat's in my car I guess you forgot
It's crazy the things we let go of
It finally hits me, a mile's drive
The sky is leaking, my windshield's crying
I'm feeling sacred, my soul is stripped
Radio's painful, the words are clipped
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it's dying
I'm pulling over, until it heals
I'm on a shoulder, of lemon fields
The grief it gets me, the weird goodbyes
My car is creeping, I think it's dying
I'm pulling over, until it heals
I'm on a shoulder, of lemon fields
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