The National - Coat on a Hook

Don't leave me here at this party Like a coat on a hook Two days, we're still not talking You're the opposite of an open book Come back for me Everyone's nervous and looking at their feet I ask the same questions to everyone I see What am I missing? Where have you been? What if they ask me about it? Where would I begin? Friendships are melting, nothing is helping Nothing's worth keeping, promises cheapen From the beginning, I've had you in my mind Been dead slow swimming to you In the dead low tide This isn't your problem, believe me I know how I sound Don't feel like myself anymore When you're not around Friendships are melting, nothing is helping Nothing's worth keeping, promises cheapen Two years since I last saw you last curling Your hair with your pistol, telling me not to be So melodramatic I'll be waving red flashlights on a roof on an island You always come back from things like this Don't leave me here at this party Like a coat on a hook Two days, we're still not talking You're the opposite of an open book Come back for me Everyone's nervous and looking at their feet I ask the same questions to everyone I see Where are the ninety-nines? Everyone's missing It's like a confession with nobody listening Friendships are melting, nothing is helping Nothing's worth keeping, promises cheapen Two years since I saw you last curling Your hair with your pistol, telling me not to be So melodramatic It warms my face and gets my hands to open Snakes in the water paths of our silverware soften Like it says on the prescription Don't leave me here at this party Like a coat on a hook