National, The - Wasp Nest Lyrics






You're cussing a storm in a cocktail dress your mother wore when she was young
Red sun saint around your neck
A wet martini in a paper cup
You're a wasp nest, you're a wasp nest.

Your eyes are broken bottles
And I'm afraid to ask
And all your wrath and cutting beauty
You're poison in the pretty glass
You're a wasp nest, you're a wasp nest

You're all humming live wires under your killing clothes.
Get over here, I wanna kiss your skinny throat
You're a wasp nest, you're a wasp nest





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  1. s.... ....

    At the Homecoming festival in Cincinnati he said this was his mom's favorite The National song.

  2. E.... T....

    thankyou so in love <3

  3. C.... ....

    If anyone else is here from "Caution: Flammable" then I just wanted to say hiii and I love you!

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    CodeDarkBlue YASSSSSSS

  4. A.... V....

    I love how Matt's mumbly resonant Baritone just perfectly fills the roomy sound that that the band creates I hope the national keeps releasing music forever

  5. C.... W....

    And I always thought it's "My cousin is stoned in a cocktail dress your mother wore, when she was young". What a picture! I sort of refuse to accept the true lyrics :D

    C.... W....

    I saw an interview somewhere saying that the lead singer loved when people didn't know the actual lyrics, he said that they'd fill in their own lyrics, making the song way more personal to them.

    C.... W....

    I've been thinking this for about a year.. It was first today i looked chords up and saw the lyrics meanwhile, i too, prefer the stoned cousin

  6. S.... T....

    EL VY IS GREAT!! THIS IS THE NATIONAL!!! GAH THEY'RE ALL LEGENDS!

  7. P.... M....

    You’re cussing a storm in a cocktail dress... your mother wore when she was young. Red sun saint around your neck... a wet Martini in a paper cup. You’re a wasp nest, you’re a wasp nest.

    Your eyes are broken bottles. And I'm afraid to ask. And all your wrath and cutting beauty. You’re poison in the pretty glass. You’re a wasp nest, you’re a wasp nest.

    You’re all humming live wires under your killing clothes. Get over here, I wanna'... kiss your skinny throat. You’re a wasp nest, you’re a wasp nest

  8. B.... R....

    Luv this song

  9. C.... ....

    His spine sends voices down my chill.

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    I may borrow your comment; it's clever.

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    @Ryan Charles I may borrow your car.

    C.... ....

    I don't drive.

    C.... ....

    @Ryan Charles Too bad, dude. I'm already in it.

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    @CharlesCorvid WHAT BLACK MAGIC IS THIS!

  10. P.... S....

    i mean that this song is great and it makes me sad :D not that it's great that it makes me sad :D i'll say it again : Great song ;)

  11. a.... ....

    Do you mean it's a great song or that it's great that it makes you a little sad? :P

    But yeah, all their songs make me a little sad. If you think about it, all of Matt's lyrics are fundamentally sad or at least have a slightly sad element to them.

  12. M.... G....

    this music fits perfect when you´re on the road..

  13. P.... S....

    i don't know why, but this song makes me a little bit sad. it's great !

  14. K.... ....

    His voice sends chills down my spine.

  15. t.... ....

    im commenting cuz i feel like there aren't enough.... so there.

  16. a.... ....

    I just got a boner.

  17. t.... ....

    poison in a pretty glass.....classic!

  18. M.... S....

    I just fell even deeper in love with this band.

  19. T.... ....

    fuck yes? yes.