| Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur a Contra Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I had a feeling once That you and I Could tell each other everything For two months But even with our oath And with truth on our side When you turn away from me It's not right I think you're a contra [x4] My revolution votes Your little lies of desire I wanna trace them to the source and the wire But it's not useful now Since we both made up our minds You're gonna watch out for yourself And so will I I think you're a contra I think that you lied Don't call me contra 'Til you've tried You wanted good schools and friends with pools You're not a contra You wanted rock and roll, complete control Well I don't know Never pick sides Never choose between two But I just wanted you I just wanted you Said never pick sides Never choose between two But I just wanted you I just wanted you I think you're a contra I think that you lied Don't call me contra 'Til you've tried That's what I got out of it at least. |
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| Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I meant it's not in their lyrics. | |
| Vampire Weekend – Campus Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I don't really think this is about boning a teacher. I think the 'cruel professor' thing is just meant to call her cruel ('professor of love', I don't think it means actual romances). It's about a guy who has recently broken up with a girl and is now avoiding her but keeps running into her and is really still in love with her. He sees her walking on campus, accidentally spills kefir on her keffiyeh and when he sees her sitting around on the grass, he avoids her and just sleeps (after class is meant to say that he could be doing better things because he's done with class for the day). Also, she's been giving him the cold shoulder (shoulder's cold). That's my take on it. |
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| Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In 2005, vocalist Ezra Koenig travelled through London en route to India and said that the trip got him "thinking a lot about colonialism and the aesthetic connections between preppy culture and the native cultures of places like Africa and India." This inspired Koenig to write a short story exploring those connections, and called it "Cape Cod Kwaasa Kwaasa", from which the song was named.[2] -Wikipedia I think Mr. Me had it pretty close. Although their lyrics don't actually say "fuck" I think that's probably what they say. Overall I think the song is about how a lot of our culture (especially preppy culture) is based in other cultures. Why? Well, the song title: Cape Cop (rich, preppy people) Kwassa Kwassa (African rhythm that they use in the song). Also the reggaeton (which is NOT pasta, it's a genre of latin music mixing latin music with reggae and hip-hop, see: Pit Bull, Daddy Yankee, etc.) which I think is meant to show how we kind of indulge in other people's cultures but only in our own, kind of watered down way (Luis Vuitton, reggaeton, Benetton, Peter Gabriel, even Vampire Weekend). This makes us feel good about ourselves for being "culturally aware" but at the end of the day we don't really care (sorry for the rhyme) about people in other parts of the world, we just wanna screw. |
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| Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don't Stand a Chance Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Yeah it definitely is morning and devastating according to the album and their website. As for the meaning, it seems all over the place to me. I think the person who mentioned the drug trade might be on to something. They mentioned the opium fields and that fits perfectly with the line, "ignoring all the history," since opium has been around for a really long time. I think the song is about how kids don't feel like they have any choice (don't stand a chance) but to go into drugs especially with the incentives of money (40 million, pure Egyptian cotton). That being said, I have no idea what the backstroke and France references have to do with anything. | |
| Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Just a quick note....If you listen closely to the lyrics, the first time they mention Lil' Jon they're very careful to say, "lil'," and not , "little," but the second time at the end they definitely say, "little," and not, "lil'." So I think that the person who thought they were referencing John Bolton might actually have it right, especially with the UN reference. ALSO! I just found out that there is a painter/artist whose name is also John Bolton. That might be a stretch but I don't think it's a coincidence. | |
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