Lyric discussion by lxsdr 

Cover art for Giant lyrics by Vampire Weekend

This doesn't even make any sense. What I've got:

it was all a dream I used to read Thrasher magazine looking at pictures of skateboarders California so envy me S.O.S. LAPD docking the yacht in such low waters (?)

now it's a different game 80% still agree: they're winning 'cause it pleases God we're losing 'cause (?)

at the duty-free gifts are wine and Hennessy beautifully made with such fine water Robert Smithson and an ancient sea spiral cheddar baby cheese leaving the rocks with such black (?) Coliseum

now it's a different game 80% still agree: they're winning 'cause it pleases God we're losing 'cause (?)

now it's a different game 80% still agree: they're winning 'cause it pleases God we're losing 'cause (?)

if he says "robert smithson" which i think you're right about, that would make it "spiral jetty" instead of "cheddar." robert smithson is an artist who made this crazy thing called spiral jetty in the great salt lake in utah...

http://factoidz.com/images/user/10754.gif

and if that's true then the "ancient sea" line fits too.

don't know what that has to do with baby cheese....

probably because some cheeses have a spiral design

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenica