The National - Smoke Detector

’Smoke Detector’ is taken from The National’s new album ’Laugh Track’ out now, via 4AD: Lyrics: Smoke detector, smoke detector All you need to do is protect her Smoke detector Smoke detector, smoke detector Blink and bless her and let her rest Don’t let my memory dissolve Make a list of your loved ones in order of height Laugh at the blackbirds in the knack of the night Forgive all the favorites in your phone Imagine yourself completely alone Sit in the backyard in my pharmacy slippers At least I’m not on the roof anymore In a year or so I hope nobody remembers This run of episodes of my time on the floor Need to recharge, light from the stars Won’t really reach anything will it? Binary capsules of all human culture History and science, and headless sculptures Stories of monkeys and digital religions Like life on a note of the last living pigeon Smoke detector, smoke