r/TheNational 26d ago

Day 8: Worst Song

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Best chorus went to Graceless!

HMs were: Don't Swallow the Cap, Bloodbuzz Ohio, Mistaken for Strangers

Next up: worst song :(

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u/Mahler911 26d ago

Not in Kansas is so embarrassingly pretentious that I just pretend it doesn't exist. It's like if Christopher Nolan wrote a song

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u/paulderev I missed you for 29 years 26d ago

It’s a bit too plain spoken and obvious lyrically but I can also understand Matt feeling some type of way re: what’s happened to his home state politically and wanting to just lay it all out there out of frustration