giving up the gun (vampire weekend)

even the chorus is inventive. whole album’s awesome.

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 still I crave that sound.

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.

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.

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...

I see you shine in your way
Go on, go on, go on…

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