Vampire Weekend

Giving Up The Gun

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Album:
Contra (2010)

Giving Up The Gun

Your sword’s grown old and rusty
Burnt beneath the rising sun
It’s locked up like a trophy
Forgetting all the things it’s done
 
And though it’s been a long time
You’re right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes
That now you’re giving up the gun
 
When I was 17
I had wrists like steel
And I felt complete
 
And now my body fades
Behind a brass charade
And I’m obsolete
 
But if the chance remained
To see those better days
I’d cut the cannons down
 
My ears are blown to bits
From all the rifle hits
But I still crave that sound
 
CHORUS
 
I heard you play guitar
Down at a seedy bar
Where skinheads used to fight
 
Your Tokugawa smile
And your garbage style
Used to save the night
 
You felt the coming wave
Told me we’d all be brave
You said you wouldn’t flinch
 
But in the years that passed
Since I saw you last
You haven’t moved an inch
 
CHORUS
 
I see you shine in your way
Go on, go on, go on
 
CHORUS
 
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Akmesa Akmesa
submitted on 1 Aug 2010 - 13:40
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Writer(s): Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig
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