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High Violet (Expanded Edition)
Terrible Love (Alternate Version)

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Terrible Love (Alternate Version)

From High Violet (Expanded Edition)Track 124:19

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"Terrible Love (Alternate Version)" is a track by The National, from the album High Violet (Expanded Edition). The track is 4:19 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about The National.

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Lyrics

Terrible Love (Alternate Version)

It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
This quiet company
This quiet company
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
This quiet company
This quiet company
This quiet company
And I can't fall asleep
Without a little help
It takes a while to settle down
My shivered bones
Until the panic's out
It takes an ocean not to break
It takes an ocean not to break
It takes an ocean not to break
It takes an ocean not to break
Company
This quiet company
This quiet company
But I won't follow you
Into the rabbit hole
I said I would but then I saw
Your shivered bones
They didn't want me to
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
It takes an ocean not to break
It takes an ocean not to break
It takes an ocean not to break

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Track details

From High Violet (Expanded Edition)

4:19

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Album

High Violet (Expanded Edition)

Track number

12

1Terrible Love
4:40
2Sorrow
3:25
3Anyone's Ghost
2:54
4Little Faith
4:37
5Afraid of Everyone
4:19
6Bloodbuzz Ohio
4:36
7Lemonworld
3:24
8Runaway
5:34
9Conversation 16
4:19
10England
5:40
11Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
4:12
12Terrible Love (Alternate Version)
4:19
13Wake Up Your Saints
4:14
14You Were a Kindness
4:26
15Walk Off
2:41
16Sin-Eaters
3:39
17Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live At Current)
3:53
18Anyone's Ghost (Live)
2:58
19England (Live)
5:27

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