- Next guest are a Grammy nominated band
from Cincinnati, Ohio, here to perform their hit, Day I Die.
Please welcome, The National.
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- I don't need you, I don't need you.
Besides I barely ever see you anymore.
And when I do, it feels like you're only halfway there.
Young mothers love me even ghosts of girlfriends
call from Cleveland.
They will meet me anytime and anywhere.
The day I die, the day I die, where will we be?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- Don't do this, I don't do this to you.
Don't expect me to enjoy it.
'Cause I really don't have the courage
not to turn the volume up inside my ears.
For years I used to put my head inside the speakers
in the hallway, when you get too high, and talk forever.
The day I die, the day I die, where will we be?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- I get a little punchy with the vodka, just like my great uncle
Valentine Jester did.
But he had to deal with those people like you, who
made no goddamn common sense.
I'd rather walk all the way home right now,
then to spend one second in this place.
I'm exactly like you Valentine, just come outside
and leave with me.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- Let's just get high enough to see our problems.
Let's just get high enough to see our fathers' houses.
The day I die, the day I die, where will we be?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
- Thank you so much, thank you so much.
The name of the cd is, Sleep Well Beast.
Everybody in the audience, you're going home with a copy.
We'll see you tomorrow.