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Coat on a Hook Lyrics by The National

Laugh Track

2023

[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
From the beginning, I've had you
In my mind
Been dеad slow swimming to you
In the dead low tide
This isn't your problеm, believe me
I know how I sound
Don't feel like myself anymore
When you're not around
[Chorus]
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
I'll be waving red flashlights on a roof on an island
You always come back from things like this
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Don't leave me here at this party
Like a coat on a hook
Credits
The National

The National

About “Coat on a Hook” by The National

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"Coat on a Hook" appears on "Laugh Track" in 2023.

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