I would like to apologise for the delay. As in addition to the #jazz-matinee, the family also demands attention, sometimes a few days can squeeze in between the “should” and the “will”. 😮😉

But now to your question about 'The National'. Which song? Almost impossible to answer, as this decision is probably too much in tune with the mood of the moment. In the end, I went with “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend”. It's the kind of thing that keeps going through my head when I'm writing articles, essays, or prose. 😣
With the albums, it's a similar story. If I judged them by the fingerprints I left on the covers, they'd probably be in this order:
“Trouble Will Find Me” — “The Boxer” — “Sleep Well Beast”.