Turn off the House - The National

Put everything in boxes

Your head in a paper bag

Leave all the windows open

Leave the beds unmade

Tell them that you’ve gone to see

If you can find out what it means

When your mind leaves your body

Turn off the house

Turn off the house

Nothing you need to get back to

No one you need to see

Leave all the messages blue

Don’t even look at the screen

Full body gentle shutdown

So many people to let down

Don’t even think about me

Turn off the house

Turn off the house

You’re bailing out

You’re free of it now

Full body gentle shutdown

So many people to let down

Don’t even think about me

Turn off the house

Turn off the house

Turn off the house

Turn off the house

You’re bailing out

You’re free of it now

You’re bailing out

You’re free of it now