I Keep it Upstairs

There have been at least 3 versions of this song but this one is still my favorite just for the typically National skewed raw expressionist romantic yet grounded in reality telegraph of a certain kind of honest emotion I’ve entertained many times over.

Somebody bring me the head of a love song,
Somebody bring me the head of a lie,
Wanna be a blank slate, wanna wear a white cape,
Wanna tackle young girls off their beautiful boyfriends.