The National’s ‘Sleep Well Beast’ sentences prompt.
Nobody Else Will Be There
“What did you know?” “Nobody else will be there.” “It's getting cold again but New York's gorgeous.” “Why are we still out here?” “I need you alone.”
Day I Die
“I don't need you. Besides I barely ever see you anymore.” “Don't do this, I don't do this to you.” “Don't expect me to enjoy it.” “I'd rather walk all the way home right now than to spend one more second in this place.”
Walk It Back
“I’m always thinking about useless things.” “Forget it, nothing I change changes anything.” “That's not the way the world really works anymore.” “I can't stay and I can't come back.” “I'll just keep awake.” “I won't collapse.”
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
“Maybe I listen more than you think.” “Why are you hiding from me?” “I thought that this would all work out after a while.” “I cannot explain it any other way.”
Born to Beg
“Nothing else I needed to do.” “I thought you and I might be okay.” “I'd cry, crawl. I'd do it all.”
Turtleneck
“This is so embarrassing.” “They'll just get whatever my salvation gave them.”
Empire Line
“So what did you see?” “There's a line that goes all the way from my childhood to you.” “Can't you find a way? You are in this too.” “I've been trying to see where you're going, but you're so hard to follow.” “I don't think we're getting anywhere anytime soon.” “I want what I want and I want everything.”
I’ll Still Destroy You
“They all have something against me.” “Nothing I do makes me feel different.” “I'm gonna miss those longs nights with the windows open.” “I'm just trying to stay in touch with anything I'm still in touch with.”
Guilty Party
“You're sleeping night and day. How you do it?” “It's not working.” “It's nobody's fault.” “I don't know why I care.” “I'm the one doing this.”
Carin at the Liquor Store
“I wasn't a catch, I wasn't a keeper.” “So blame it on me. I really don't care.” “It's a foregone conclusion.”
Dark Side of the Gym
“The first time I saw you, you were walking out. I wanted to ask if you could stay.” “There was nothing I could say.” “I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while.”
Sleep Well Beast
“We've been stuck out here in the hallway for way, way too long.” “Go back to sleep, let me drive, let me think, let me figure it out.” “I don't know what we should do.” “I came back to see if you were here, but everything was different.”










