[Extended Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Rylan, you should try to get some sun
You remind me of everyone
Rylan, did you break your mother's heart?
Every time you tried to play your part

[Chorus]
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
Everybody loves a quiet child
Underwater, you think you're free
If you wanna be alone, come with me

[Verse 2]
Rylan, we can take the quick way out
We can turn blank white in a blank white house
Say that you're a pervert, you're a vulture
Don't you wanna be popular culture?

[Chorus]
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
Everybody loves a quiet child
Underwater, you're almost free
If you wanna be alone, come with me
Is it easy to live inside yourself?
All the little kids are high and hazy
Everybody's got nowhere to go
Everybody wants to be amazing
[Bridge]
Rylan, California's rotten
Dress light blue to be forgotten
Eat your pearls on Sunday morning
Keep the conversations boring
Stay with me among the strangers
Change your mind and nothing changes
Don't let show any emotion
When you climb into the ocean

[Chorus]
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
Everybody loves a quiet child
Underwater, you think you're free
If you wanna be alone, come with me
Is it easy to live inside yourself?
All the little kids are high and hazy
Everybody's got nowhere to go
Everybody wants to be amazing

[Outro]
Rylan, you should try to get some sun
You remind me of everyone
Rylan, you should try to get some sun

[Spoken: Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner]
Aaron and I have had a long going debate about the origin of, the inspiration for this song and it's been going on for years
And I just, a couple nights ago, realized he was write
I didn't realize there was actually a debate going on
In my head
He's been having this debate with himself
He's like "When did Aaron write this song?" but actually, Bryce wrote it
Oh, intéressante, which is French for interesting
He was insulting us in French the other night, he's gonna bring that back
Wait, how is trying to figure out how to say the word Phoebe Bridgers in French
Uh, just, can you
He can't even say the openers' names in French
He couldn't say Phoebe Bridgers, which is, Phoebe's the fucking same
How do you say Big Thief in French?
Prove that you live there, Bryce
Big Thief
Grand voleur
Grand voleur!
Big Thief are fucking amazing