{"id":17205,"date":"2013-06-19T09:33:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=17205"},"modified":"2013-06-19T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:40:35","slug":"watch-the-national-perform-pink-rabbits-on-qtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-06\/watch-the-national-perform-pink-rabbits-on-qtv\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch The National Perform &#8220;Pink Rabbits&#8221; on QTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And in our near-daily<strong> National<\/strong> news, <strong>QTV<\/strong> has eked out another song (<strong><em>Pink Rabbits<\/em><\/strong>) by the band from their recent live session in <strong>Studio Q<\/strong>.\u00a0 We love the laconic, mournful horns and the contrapuntal uplift of <strong>Berninger&#8217;s<\/strong> burnished lyrics: &#8220;I was solid gold, I was in the fight, I was coming back, from what seemed like a ruin.&#8221;  Our new counter-despair mantra. And Morrissey&#8217;s influence still abides.  Check them out below. The song&#8217;s lyrics follow the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z59QNcX880c\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pink Rabbits<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t find quiet<br \/>\nI went out in the rain<br \/>\nI was just soaking my head<br \/>\nTo unrattle my brain<\/p>\n<p>Somebody said<br \/>\nYou disappeared in a crowd<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t understand then<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t understand now<\/p>\n<p>Am I the one you think about<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re sitting in your fainting chair drinking pink rabbits?<br \/>\nAm I the one you think about<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re sitting in your fainting chair drinking pink rabbits?<\/p>\n<p>And everybody was gone<br \/>\nYou were staring down the street<br \/>\nBecause you were trying not to crack up<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t like a rain<br \/>\nIt was more like a sea<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t ask for this pain<br \/>\nIt just came over me<\/p>\n<p>I love a storm<br \/>\nBut I don&#8217;t love lightning<br \/>\nAll the waters coming up so fast<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s frightening<\/p>\n<p>Am I the one you think about<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re sitting in your fainting chair drinking pink rabbits?<br \/>\nAm I the one you think about<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re sitting in your fainting chair drinking pink rabbits?<\/p>\n<p>And everybody was gone<br \/>\nI was staring down the street<br \/>\nBecause I was trying not to crack<\/p>\n<p>I was solid gold<br \/>\nI was in the fight<br \/>\nI was coming back<br \/>\nFrom what seemed like a ruin<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t see<br \/>\nYou coming so far<br \/>\nI just turn around<br \/>\nAnd there you are<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so surprised you want to dance with me now<br \/>\nI was just getting used to living life without you around<br \/>\nI&#8217;m so surprised you want to dance with me now<br \/>\nYou always said I held you way too high off the ground<\/p>\n<p>You didn&#8217;t see me I was falling apart<br \/>\nI was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in a park<br \/>\nYou didn&#8217;t see me I was falling apart<br \/>\nI was a television version of a person with a broken heart<\/p>\n<p>You didn&#8217;t see me I was falling apart<br \/>\nI was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in a park<br \/>\nYou didn&#8217;t see me I was falling apart<br \/>\nI was a television version of a person with a broken heart<\/p>\n<p>And everybody was gone<br \/>\nYou were staring down the street<br \/>\nBecause you were trying not to crack up<\/p>\n<p>Bona Drag was still on<br \/>\nNow I only think about Los Angeles when the sound kicks out<br \/>\nNow I only think about Los Angeles when the sound kicks out<\/p>\n<p>You said it would be painless<br \/>\nA needle in a doll<br \/>\nYou said it would be painless<br \/>\nIt wasn&#8217;t that at all<\/p>\n<p>You said it would be painless<br \/>\nA needle in a doll<br \/>\nYou said it would be painless<br \/>\nIt wasn&#8217;t that at all (when the sound kicks out)<\/p>\n<p>You said it would be painless<br \/>\nA needle in a doll (when the sound kicks out)<br \/>\nYou said it would be painless<br \/>\nIt wasn&#8217;t that at all <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And in our near-daily National news, QTV has eked out another song (Pink Rabbits) by the band from their recent live session in Studio Q.\u00a0 We love the laconic, mournful horns and the contrapuntal uplift of Berninger&#8217;s burnished lyrics: &#8220;I was solid gold, I was in the fight, I was coming back, from what seemed 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