| Vampire Weekend – Mansard Roof Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The last verse is about The Falklands War in the 80s. It was Britain's last real war over a colony. Firstly it points out how the Argentines had no chance against the British Fleet but the British's victory is meaningless as their once great hold over a large portion of the earth through their empire is slipping away. As for the rest of the song, I'm not so sure. I think that "a salty message written in the eaves" is like a pre-emption of the Falklands war. Over the course of the song the narrator gets higher (in terms of position or drug use I'm not sure), shown by "and now the tops of buildings I can see them too" and by the end they are so high that the ground looks like it does on a map. By the way, the british were justified in keeping the Falklands islands as the inhabitants have voted many times that they want to stay British. |
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