The National - Smoke Detector (Lyric Video)

’Smoke Detector’ is taken from ’Laugh Track’ out now, via 4AD: Lyrics: Smoke detector, smoke detector All you need to do is protect her Smoke detector Smoke detector, smoke detector Blink and bless her and let her rest Don’t let my memory dissolve Make a list of your loved ones in order of height Laugh at the blackbirds in the knack of the night Forgive all the favorites in your phone Imagine yourself completely alone Sit in the backyard in my pharmacy slippers At least I’m not on the roof anymore In a year or so I hope nobody remembers This run of episodes of my time on the floor Need to recharge, light from the stars Won’t really reach anything will it? Binary capsules of all human culture History and science, and headless sculptures Stories of monkeys and digital religions Like life on a note of the last living pigeon Smoke detector, smoke detector All you need to do is protect her Smoke detector Smoke detector, smoke detector Blink and bless her and let her rest Don’t let my memory dissolve I’ll get better, I’ll fluff the feathers I’ll punch in the numbers and I’ll enter the letters Why don’t you let me lay here and listen to the distant sirens? Wonder why they have a dog in the driver’s seat With a red helmet and his head out the window It’s getting closer no matter where we go Brush your teeth and write your name On the bottom of brick under the window pane Sift through the slush and the ash and the dust For whatever stands out for whatever reason If it’s a laugh or a rush a remembered feeling You don’t know it means but you don’t want to leave it Put it in a plastic bag and put it in a pocket Hang it on a hanger and put it in a closet You’ll know where it is whenever you need it I make a good argument, admit it You don’t know how much I love you, do you? You don’t know how much I love you, do you? Just try to remember the best of us Just try to remember the best of us Make a list of your loved ones in order of height Laugh at the blackbirds in the black of the night Forgive all the favorites in your phone Imagine yourself completely alone Sit in the backyard in my pharmacy slippers At least I’m not on the roof anymore In a year or so I hope nobody remembers This run of episodes of my time on the floor Need to recharge, light from the stars Won’t really reach anything will it? Binary capsules of all human culture Science and history and headless sculptures Stories of monkeys and digital religions Like a note on the ankle of the last living pigeon You don’t know how much I love you, do you? You don’t know how much I love you, do you? I’ll get better, I’ll fluff the feathers I’ll punch in the numbers and enter the letters Why don’t you lay here and listen to distant sirens with me? I wonder if they have a dog in the driver’s seat With a red helmet his head out the window It’s getting closer no matter where we go Brush your teeth and write your name On the bottom of a brick under the window pane Sift through the slush and the ash and the dust For whatever stands out for whatever reason If it’s a laugh or a rush or a remembered feeling You don’t know it means but you don’t want to leave it Put it in a plastic bag and put it in the closet And hang it on a hanger and put it in a closet You don’t know where it is whenever you need it I make a good argument, admit it You don’t know how much I love you, do you? You don’t know how much I love you, do you? You don’t know how much I love you, do you?