Vampire Weekend - Unbearably White

Baby, I love you

But that's not enough

And pulling away has been unbearably buff

I ran up the mountain

Out of your sight

The snow on the peak was just unbearably white

The city was freezing

An elegant flow

The wind at the doorway was unbearably cold

You walked through the bedroom

And sat down to write

The page in your notebook was unbearably white

There's an avalanche coming

Don't cover your eyes

It's what you thought that you wanted

It's still a surprise

It's hard on the body

It's hard on the mind

To learn what kept us together, darling

Is what kept us alive

Sooner or later

The story gets told

To tell it myself would be unbearably bold

Presented with darkness

We turn to the light

Could've been smart, we're just unbearably bright

There's an avalanche coming

Don't cover your eyes

It's what you thought that you wanted

It's still a surprise

It's hard on the body

It's hard on the mind

To learn what kept us together, darling

Is what kept us alive

Call it a day

Call it a night

Careless and cold

And just unbearably white

Call it a day

Call it a night

Careless and cold

And just unbearably white

Call it a day

Call it a night

Careless and cold

And just unbearably white

Baby, I love you

But that's not enough

And pulling all the weight has been unbearably buff

I ran up the mountain

Out of your sight

The snow on the peak was just unbearably white

Call it a day

Call it a night

Careless and cold

And just unbearably white

Vampire Weekend - This Life

Baby, I know pain is as natural as the rain

I just thought it didn't rain in California

Baby, I know love isn't what I thought it was

'Cause I've never known love like this before, oh, yeah

Baby, I know dreams tend to crumble at extremes

I just thought our dream would last a little bit longer

There's a time when every man draws a line down in the sand

We're surviving, we're still living, I'm stronger

You've been cheating on, cheating on me

I've been cheating on, cheating on you

You've been cheating on me

But I've been cheating through this life

And all its suffering

Oh Christ

Am I good for nothing?

Baby, I know hate is always waiting at the gate

I just thought we'd lock the gate when we left in the morning

When I was told that war is how we landed on these shores

I just thought the drums of war beat louder warnings

You've been cheating on, cheating on me

I've been cheating on, cheating on you

You've been cheating on me

But I've been cheating through this life

And all its suffering

Oh Christ

Am I good for nothing?

Baby, I know death probably hasn't happened yet

'Cause I don't remember living life before this

And, darling, our disease is the same one as the trees

Unaware that they've been living in a forest

You've been cheating on, cheating on me

I've been cheating on, cheating on you

You've been cheating on me

But I've been cheating through this life

And all its suffering

Oh Christ

Am I good for nothing?

This life

And all its suffering

Oh Christ

Am I good for nothing?

Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

We took a vow in summertime

Now we find ourselves in late December

I believe that New Year's Eve

Will be the perfect time

For their great surrender

But they don't remember

Anger wants a voice

Voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize

Till they can't hear anything

Thought that I was free

From all that questioning

But every time a problem ends

Another one begins

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind can never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

Within the halls of power lies

A nervous heart that beats

Like a young pretender's

Beneath these velvet gloves I hide

The shameful crooked hands

Of money lender

'Cause I still remember

Anger wants a voice

Voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize

Till they can't hear anything

Thought that I was free

From all that questioning

But every time a problem ends

Another one begins

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind can never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind can never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind can never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

Vampire Weekend feat. Danielle Haim - Married in a Gold Rush

Something's happening in the country
And the government’s to blame
We got married in a gold rush
And the rush has never felt the same

Shared a moment in a café
Shared a kiss in pouring rain
We got married in a gold rush
And the sight of gold will always bring me pain

I don't wanna hear the rumors, please don't say it loud
I just wanna go out tonight and make my baby proud
Boy, who’s your baby?
Girl, if you don't know by now
There's two seats on the midnight train
The gold won't weigh us down

Hanging gardens turned to desert
All that loving turned to hate
We got married in a gold rush
And those wedding bells were ringing out our fate

I don't wanna hear the rumours, please don't say it loud
I just wanna go out tonight and make my baby proud
Boy, who's your baby?
Girl, if you don't know by now
There’s two seats on the midnight train
The gold won’t weigh us down

The rush is on to somewhere else, we're running out of time
Everything was ours, now it’s just an empty mine
Animals don't understand the words on the danger sign
For them, it's just some shade from the morning shine
I thought you might learn the language
I thought you might learn to sing
We were born before the gold rush
So why can't I remember anything?
I want to put things back together
I wanna give, don’t wanna take
Time to disavow the gold rush
And the bitterness that's flourished in its wake

I don't wanna hear the rumours, please don't say it loud
Please don't say it loud
I just wanna go out tonight and make my baby proud
Boy, who's your baby?
Girl, if you don't know by now
There's two seats on the midnight train
The gold won't weigh us down
I don't wanna hear the rumours, please don't say it loud
Please don't say it loud
I just wanna go out tonight and make my baby proud
Boy, who's your baby?
Girl, if you don't know by now
There's two seats on the midnight train
The gold won't weigh us down