{"id":18631,"date":"2013-09-22T06:35:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=18631"},"modified":"2013-09-23T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:30:15","slug":"on-sunday-have-a-little-faith-from-the-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-09\/on-sunday-have-a-little-faith-from-the-national\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday: Have a &#8220;Little Faith&#8221; from The National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After their <em><strong>High Violet<\/strong><\/em> touring ended and before they began recording<em><strong> Trouble Will Find Me<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>The National<\/strong> took time out to capture their live rendering of <em><strong>Little Faith<\/strong><\/em> (from <em><strong>High Violet<\/strong><\/em>) at a castle in the Hudson Valley.\u00a0 As with most of <strong>Matt Berninger&#8217;s<\/strong> lyrics, each of us takes our own from his tragicomic words and lines.\u00a0 Here, you might ponder burning blueberry fields.\u00a0 Or you might play nuns versus priests on your own.\u00a0 Or you might\u00a0<strong>Peckinpah <\/strong>a fire to see what it kills.\u00a0 For us, we&#8217;ll take a little faith to follow us around.\u00a0 And all the while the horns and strings play on, and the <strong>Devendorf brothers<\/strong> lay down the perfect rhythmic propulsion and display.<\/p>\n<p>The song&#8217;s lyrics follow the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Jin3CM7__M\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Little Faith<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Little faith, follow me<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll set a fire in a blackberry field<br \/>\nMake us laugh or nothing will<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll set a fire just to see what it kills<br \/>\nNow we&#8217;re stuck in New York and the rain&#8217;s coming down<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t feel like we&#8217;ll go anywhere<br \/>\nStuck in New York and the rain&#8217;s coming down<br \/>\nStill in line for the vanity fair<\/p>\n<p>Leave our red southern souls<br \/>\nHead for the coast<br \/>\nLeave our red southern souls<br \/>\nEverything goes<\/p>\n<p>All our lonely kicks are getting harder to find<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll play nuns versus priests until somebody cries<br \/>\nAll our lonely kicks, they&#8217;ll make us saintly and thin<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll play nuns versus priests until somebody wins<\/p>\n<p>Awesome prince, get your sleep<br \/>\nLose your heart in history<br \/>\nMake us laugh or nothing will<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll set a fire just to see what it kills<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be bitter, Anna, I know how you think<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re waiting for Radio City to sink<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll find commiseration in everyone&#8217;s eyes<br \/>\nThe storm will suck the pretty girls into the sky<\/p>\n<p>All our lonely kicks are getting harder to find<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll play nuns versus priests until somebody cries<br \/>\nAll our lonely kicks, they&#8217;ll make us saintly and thin<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll play nuns versus priests until somebody wins<\/p>\n<p>Leave our red southern souls<br \/>\nHead for the coast<br \/>\nLeave our red southern souls<br \/>\nEverything goes&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After their High Violet touring ended and before they began recording Trouble Will Find Me, The National took time out to capture their live rendering of Little Faith (from High Violet) at a castle in the Hudson Valley.\u00a0 As with most of Matt Berninger&#8217;s lyrics, each of us takes our own from his tragicomic words 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