Lean Lyrics

Everybody needs a prayer and needs a friend
Everybody knows the worlds about to end
Everybody wants to know what the end will be
Everybody wants to look before they leap
Everybody wants a sip of wine to drink
Everybody wants a little more time to think
Everybody needs a reason why they run
Everybody wants to know what they're running from

And I can see your fever's on the rise
I can see the waters in your eyes
And I can see the way the water leaks
Love will lead us all to smithereens

Dying is easy
I believe my love and my love relieves me


Dying is easy
I believe my love and my love relieves me

Said it was everything
Ahhhh

Everybody takes forever to fall asleep
Everybody's got a lie they don't want to keep
Everybody needs a prayer and needs a friend
Everybody knows the worlds about to end
And I can see your fever's on the rise
I can see the waters in your eyes
And I can see the way the water leaks
Love will lead us all to smithereens

Dying is easy
I believe my love and my love relieves me


Dying is easy
I believe my love and my love relieves me

You said it was everything
Ahhhh

And I'm going to let it in
Ahhhh

And I can see your fever's on the rise
I can see the waters in your eyes
And I can see the way the water leaks
Love will lead us all to smithereens

Dying is easy
I believe my love and my love relieves me

Dying is easy
I believe my love and my love relieves me
You said it was everything
Ahhhh

And I'm going to let it in
Ahhhh

Awesome eyes, I need
People all I lean
Awesome eyes, I need
People all I lean. (?)

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“The first Hunger Games movie grossed a million trillion dollars, so you can expect to see and hear a lot about its sequel Catching Fire in the coming weeks. Today, for example, we’ve got news about Jennifer Lawrence’s new haircut and the National’s new song for the soundtrack. Matt Berninger recently revealed that the track almost didn’t make the cut under its original name “Dying Is Easy” because it was deemed “too dark” for a movie about killing kids. So now it’s called “Lean.” But it’s still pretty dark.”

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Release Date
November 15, 2013
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