One of the features of a Mansard Roof is that it normally can't been seen from the ground due to the 2 different angles of the sloped sides, so maybe seeing a Mansard Roof through the trees is about looking at things from a different perspective and seeing something that you missed before. The Falkland's war between Argentina and the UK was actually only a conflict that was very quickly won by the English, this conflict would have happened while the members of Vampire weekend were very young and maybe in adulthood they see the British fighting for islands in the south Atlantic as being less justified. The Falkland Islands on first glance seem to be irrelevant as a colony BUT on closer inspection of the strategic advantage and oil reserves in the area then you start to see why Margret Thatcher (Former English Primeminister) took such a strong stance on this and "sent in the boys" to defend a group of islands covered in sheep.
Hot garbage could also refer to the shelling of large attack ships like the Belgrano, one of the main injuries during the Falkland war was burn victims that had been on ships as they were blown up and set on fire. A salty message could be something to do with the sinking of ships into the salty sea.
One of the features of a Mansard Roof is that it normally can't been seen from the ground due to the 2 different angles of the sloped sides, so maybe seeing a Mansard Roof through the trees is about looking at things from a different perspective and seeing something that you missed before. The Falkland's war between Argentina and the UK was actually only a conflict that was very quickly won by the English, this conflict would have happened while the members of Vampire weekend were very young and maybe in adulthood they see the British fighting for islands in the south Atlantic as being less justified. The Falkland Islands on first glance seem to be irrelevant as a colony BUT on closer inspection of the strategic advantage and oil reserves in the area then you start to see why Margret Thatcher (Former English Primeminister) took such a strong stance on this and "sent in the boys" to defend a group of islands covered in sheep.
Hot garbage could also refer to the shelling of large attack ships like the Belgrano, one of the main injuries during the Falkland war was burn victims that had been on ships as they were blown up and set on fire. A salty message could be something to do with the sinking of ships into the salty sea.