Mistaken for Strangers Page #5

but it's going to be good.

It's fast paced.

It's colorful.

I put some of my music in there,

as well as some National music.

I don't want to know

too much about it.

I know.

Tom, did you ever

get in touch with that girl?

Actually-- No, no.

I don't want a girlfriend

just right now.

I don't have the clothes to wear

that they probably want me

to go out and wear.

I don't have the bed

that they probably want.

I don't have the sh*t.

Like, I don't have any dishes.

I don't have f***ing anything.

You have dishes.

No, I don't have dishes.

I thought you did.

Yeah, it's expensive here.

Don't you eat the stuff

in the fridge?

No, I don't really

fix stuff for myself.

Well, where do you eat?

Other than our food?

Well, you can get slices

of pizza pretty cheap.

Here and there.

Pizza slice here.

Pizza slice there.

Chinese food every couple days.

I don't know.

It's going to be good.

It's going to be good.

I'm not feeling very good

at the moment.

I think I'm going to throw up.

No. It will be good.

It'll be over in an hour,

and everybody will go

get to see The National.

Which they came to see anyway.

It's just a rough cut.

I spent about six months

to about eight months,

traveling with these guys.

And this is my impression

of the band.

Thank you, everybody,

and, yeah, that's it.

Thank you!

Oops!

Why is this happening to me?

I don't know.

The digital projector

keeps stopping and--

It's not over.

You should have been in there,

hours and hours ahead.

Or, you should have gone

the day before

to make sure

everything was working.

I felt terrible for you.

But I was also

totally pissed off.

How did you let bad luck

stop you again?

Everyone has bad luck.

It's easier for you to say

when everything seems to be

going right in your life.

But it doesn't.

Stuff goes as wrong for me

as it does for you.

I have been lucky.

Maybe I have been luckier

than you have.

The worst thing that can happen

is that you let this

paralyze you again.

And suck all your air out.

I'm seeing this

as a fortuitous opportunity

to re-cut a few things.

And I'm not depressed.

Okay. Good.

Tom, are you depressed

right now?

Yeah. Well, of course!

I always am.

And it's really hard

to be creative.

I did shoot myself crying

last night.

For the movie?

I needed something--

I don't know, it was real...

Raw emotion that I felt like--

I'm feeling this now...

I might as well get my camera.

You were crying about the movie?

Yeah.

You don't have to cry

about the movie.

It's just a rock documentary.

I'm sorry.

See what I'm saying?

I know it's been

super stressful.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I've never seen him cry at all.

He's probably seen me cry,

like, four times.

I've seen you cry, like,

a hundred times.

I've never seen you cry.

I cry.

I just want to make

something good.

For him.

For the band, to believe in me.

As well as myself.

Welcome to Paris.

Oh. This doesn't even look

like my arm.

Looks like another person

in the room when I do this.

All right.

Sit down, Matt. Sit down.

What's it like--

I mean...

Tonight, you're

going to be playing

in front of 5,000?

I can't believe...

I can't imagine playing--

I don't think I ever met

more than 5,000 people.

That's amazing!

Yeah. I know it is amazing.

It's pretty nerve-racking

but it's awesome.

For so long, we would go on tour

and no one would be coming.

It was so humiliating for us.

And that happened a lot!

And I remember the first time

we played at Mercury Lounge.

And there was nobody there.

After that show,

I went straight home,

closed the door

and started crying.

I think when we started

putting tension and anxiety

and fear and humiliation

into the music,

just putting it out there,

it made us closer to each other.

And for the people

that did come to the shows,

that was the connection.

Where were you?

Who were you with?

I was with Bryan and Scott!

They were on the bus!

But you needed to do something

and complete something.

You always wanted

to quit things.

The worst thing that can happen

is if you let this

paralyze you again

and suck all your air out.

Having Matt as my older brother

kind of sucks.

Because he's a rock star

and I am not.

And it has always been that way.

But there was this one time

when I was in high school

and he was in New York.

And he called me up,

because he had

a horrible nightmare.

And his nightmare was awesome.

He was being attacked

by some crazy guy on the street.

And he said that I came

out of nowhere with an axe

and I just axed

this crazy guy to death.

I mean, I saved his life!

It's just

that that made me realize

that my brother sees

something in me

that I, you know,

sometimes don't see in myself.

I want you to wipe

right across your eyes

so I can get a good shot

of your eyes.

- Across the mirror.

- Yeah.

And you got to have that look

of you don't know who--

you don't know

who you are anymore.

Okay?

Okay.

And action.

Hold on.

Let me zoom in.

Say I am not The National.

The National is everybody's now.

Say that!

Actually, that's good!

Just say it.

You don't think I sound

like a total a**hole?

I'll say it.

I will say it.

The National belongs

to everybody now.

Nope. No.

- Look at me.

- Okay.

The National...

The National belongs

to everybody now.

Keep doing that!

Keep doing that!

I zoomed in on your face!

This might be good

for the ending!

Do one more of those!

Tom, you focus on

the wrong stuff.

It's true.

You are terrible

at a lot of things.

But there are a couple of things

that nobody else does

as well as you do.

It drives me bananas

that you will throw yourself

away completely

because of one or two things

that you think

are wrong about you.

That's what breaks my heart.

You got to ignore those,

and lean towards the things

that make you like yourself.

Forget everything else.

Fake it.

Fake your way upwards.

Hey, Tom.

Tom!

Will you get out of here!

Is it off?

I turned it off.

I'm leaving!

Put the camera down.

It's off.

- Alright. It's off.

- Is it off?

I'm just checking the progress.

I'm getting close.

Alright.

Just let me figure it out, okay?

It's a terrible love

AndI'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's quiet company

It's quiet company

It's quiet company

And I can't fall asleep

Without a little help

It takes awhile

To settle down

My shiver 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 It's quite company

It's quiet company

It's quiet company

But I won't follow you

Into the rabbit hole

I saidI would But then I saw

Your shiver bones

They didn't want me, too

It's a terrible love

And I'm walking with spiders

It's a terrible love

And I'm walking in

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