The National - Racing Like A Pro

[@laurenreedy7165]

omg.. how have i never heard this song before... so beautiful.

[@luvsyafob]

It's 3:30 in the morning and I started thinking about this song. I couldn't remember anything but "racing" and "oh my god". I still managed to find my way here. It makes me all kinds of sappy and nostalgic because my brother put this on a mixtape for me when I was 15. Sigh.

[@messisterial1187]

You're pink, you're young, you're middle-class They say it doesn't matter Fifteen blue shirts and womanly hands You're shootin' up the ladder Your mind is racing like a pro now Oh my god, it doesn't mean a lot to you One time, you were a glowing young ruffian Oh my god, it was a million years ago Sometimes you get up and bake a cake or something Sometimes you stay in bed Sometimes you go, la, di, da, di, da, di, da, da Until your eyes roll back into your head Your mind is racing like a pro now Oh my god, it doesn't mean a lot to you One time, you were a glowing young ruffian Oh my god, it was a million years ago You're dumbstruck, baby You're dumbstruck, baby, now you know You're dumbstruck, baby You're dumbstruck, baby, now you know Your mind is racing like a pro now Oh my god, it doesn't mean a lot to you One time, you were a glowing young ruffian Oh my god, it was a million years ago You're dumbstruck, baby You're dumbstruck, baby, now you know You're dumbstruck, baby You're dumbstruck, baby, now you know You're dumbstruck, baby

[@ripelivejam]

That resigned little sigh at the end

[@Hugh23132]

Sometimes you get up and bake a cake or somethin' Sometimes you stay in bed Sometimes you go la-de-da-de-da-de-da-da Until your eyes roll back in your head Classic

[@stewiegriffin993]

"Your mind is racing like a pronoun..." :D

[@brunoma66ot]

I love this song!!

[@schism1986]

Just had an university exam where we had to talk about this song regarding instruments, rythm, texture etc and it got stuck in my head now :O nice song..

[@ronniet6078]

The most depressing song of The National. Love it.

[@mightbediane2]

Ronaldo T Actually for me its Exile Vilify

[@ronniet6078]

Ral Diaz Yeah that's a good one too

[@Diogo_CF]

+Ronnie T please. About Today takes the cake.

[@A42883]

Personally I think this song would be perfect BGM for when one is high..

[@subpar.smoocher]

exile, villify, guys.

[@ehaworth9]

Darkly beautiful

[@punkwalshy]

Easily new favourite song.

[@joedysea7823]

sometimes you get up and bake a cake or something

[@sshfhrsghsdrtdj]

sometimes you stay in bed

[@Dance_Yrself_Clean]

sshfhrsghsdrtdj Sometimes you go, la, di, da, di, da, di, da, da

[@averagebusinessmen2]

robertgreally till your eyes roll back into your head

[@cananpalantoken4581]

Favorite song.

[@junenardini9797]

Beautiful chord progressions...

[@andrewchambersmusic]

It's actually "Your mind is racing like a pro, now"

[@panadee507]

amazing!

[@willzer808]

KZbin are increasing the length of its adverts bit by bit at the start of every video. Soon, it will become worse than the TV

[@james.pearson]

Here we are 9 years later you get two ads before videos some minutes long of you don't skip

[@irishfanatic2]

Listened to this and thought: "I totally should comment, 'your mind is racing like a pronoun...'" I can't believe I thought nobody would have come up with that and posted it...

[@iRoxC]

Now I can't unhear that, shit.

[@classicalmusic1175]

200 dislikes? Are you people insane?

[@carysbowen5793]

Just looking at some of the comments and honestly some of you need to look up the lyrics!!

[@jasonbrewer101]

Are you mates with Doctor Octopus? That'd be pretty sound

[@assaeffie]

I just burned the shit out of the reply button. Okay, now back to burning it some more.

[@Adriaan2005]

" You're Durmstrang baby.." HA! Take that, Hogwarts!

[@junenardini9797]

Lmao

[@jasonbrewer101]

Special mention to Doctor Obvious

[@Jcop42]

Jealous. I would love to analyze this song.

[@Georgia.J]

It's about the transition of an innocently mischievous beautiful child to being an adult climbing the corporate ladder and the banality and lack of substance that life offers.But this young man is to busy trying to climb to the top that he doesn't really dwell on the aimless soul less nature of this life, it means nothing to him.

[@junenardini9797]

Reminds me of Hozier..

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Is this song about prostitution? If are interested in an iconic song about prostitution, check out the Bronx genius Laura Nyro's 'Buy and Sell' (1967). Nyro was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2012. Many regard her as America's greatest songwriter, and she is probably the best and most influential female musician of the last 50 years.

[@Doctor_Pazuzu]

I kinda think it's about a girl who gets into drugs and starts to waste her life or something (National songs are always super cryptic, one of my favorite things about them honestly). Laura Nyro is fantastic, btw. Great taste.

[@GalaVelasevic]

your mind is racing like a pronoun

[@javiercarrasco701]

188 clowns are here...

[@EvilBunnyism]

It's racing like a pro now. Not pronoun. That doesn't make sense. Look up the lyrics

[@EvilBunnyism]

brendan foy then why would the song be called racing like a pro and not racing like a pronoun?

[@heebieggs]

how does 'get out of bed' not make sense? o.o

[@willzer808]

I have this image of the word pronoun with legs on a bike

[@willberthepig]

thought it was wrestling like a pronoun

[@charliealcock]

Your mind is racing like a pronoun...