The National - Tropic Morning News (Unofficial Music Video)

This is a music video celebrating the works of acclaimed anime filmmaker (and one of my favorite directors) Makoto Shinkai, set to the music of acclaimed indie rock band (and one of my favorite bands) The National, featuring “Tropic Morning News“ from their latest album “First Two Pages of Frankenstein“. Stream/buy: B&W version: TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.“ No copyright infringement intended. I do not own anything depicted in this video. All credit goes to their rightful owners. ----------- Movies featured: She and Her Cat (1999) Voices of a Distant Star (2002) The Place Promised in our Early Days (2004) 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) The Garden of Words (2013) Your Name (2016) Weathering with You (2019) Suzume (2022) ----------- Lyrics: I wasn’t starting yet, I didn’t even think you were listening I wasn’t ready at all to say anything about anything interesting It’s a thing you have, you just don’t know that you do it You wait around in a conversation while I get in and start stumbling through it I was so distracted then I didn’t have it straight in my head I didn’t have my face on yet Or the role or the feel of where I was going with it all I was suffering more than I let on The tropic morning news was on There’s nothing stopping me now From saying all the painful parts out loud Got to my feet feeling that I’d let you down Wanted to say it slow and perfect but it all somehow got switched around Something went off on its own, my dumb automatic chit chat It’s not what I meant to say at all, there’s no way you can attach me to that Got up to seize the day With my head in my hands feeling strange When all my thinking got mangled And I caught myself talking myself off the ceiling I was suffering more than I let on The tropic morning news was on There’s nothing stopping me now From saying all the painful parts out loud Oh, where are all the moments we’d have? Oh, where’s the brain we shared? Something somehow has you rapidly improving Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on? Oh, where’s the gravity gone? Something somehow has you rapidly improving You found the ache in my argument You couldn’t wait to get out of it You found the slush in my sentiment You made it sound so intelligent You can stop and start an athlete’s heart How do I feel about it? I would love to have nothing to do with it I would like to move on and be through with it I’ll be over here lying near the ocean making ocean sounds Let me know if you can come over and work the controls for a while I was so distracted then I didn’t have it straight in my head I didn’t have my face on yet Or the role or the feel of where I was going with it all I was suffering more than I let on The tropic morning news was on There’s nothing stopping me now From saying all the painful parts out loud Oh, where are all the moments we’d have? Oh, where’s the brain we shared? Something somehow has you rapidly improving Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on? Oh, where’s the gravity gone? Something somehow has you rapidly improving #TheNational #MakotoShinkai