The National – Space Invader Lyrics

 

Space Invader Lyrics

 

It’s a calculation
I made a mistake on
I never should have said it like I said
It’ll come to me later
Like a space invader
And I won’t be able get it out of my head

What if I’d never written the letter
I slipped in the sleeve of the record I gave you?
What if I’d stayed on the C train until Lafayette
What if we’d never met?
What if I’d only just done what you told me
And never looked back?
What if I’d only ducked away down the hallway
And faded to black?

It was too romantic
It was sad and frantic
A paperback book in a storm drain
It could go number one if I copied an earworm
From a melody that I wish I’d had

What if I’d never written the letter
I slipped in the sleeve of the record I gave you?
What if I’d stayed on the C train until Lafayette
What if we’d never met?
What if I’d only just done what you told me
And never looked back?
What if I’d only ducked away down the hallway
And faded to black?

What if I’d never written the letter
I slipped in the sleeve of the record I gave you?
What if I’d stayed on the C train until Lafayette
What if we’d never met?
What if I’d only just done what you told me
And never looked back?
What if I’d only ducked away down the hallway
And faded to black?

It’ll come to me later
Like a space invader
And I won’t be able get it out of my head

Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Why’d I leave it like that?
Why’d I leave it like that?

Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Why’d I leave it like that?
Why’d I leave it like that?
Why’d I leave it like that?
Why’d I leave it like that?
Why’d I leave it like that?
Why’d I leave it like that?

Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Quarter after four in the morning
My heart’s software gore
Why’d I leave it like that?