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Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun Lyrics 14 years ago
i will repeat: there is no guitar in this track. none. zero. zilch.

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Vampire Weekend – Horchata Lyrics 14 years ago
it's about moving to a warm place (California is most of the inspiration for this album) from a cold place, the irony of enjoying a cold drink in december, and realizing that the move to this place initially seemed great (horchata) but ultimately didn't solve the bigger problems (things fall apart, inevitably).

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Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun Lyrics 14 years ago
Ezra's indicated that it's about giving up the guitar (hence why there's no actual guitar used in this song) "Wrist of steel" is his playing hand, and how dexterous it was when the player began playing.

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