Vampire Weekend – White Sky

This is a relatively new group that I’ve begun listening too. My friends turned me on to them and I love their sound! Vampire Weekend is classified as an American indie rock band. They formed their group in New York City in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. The band released its first album Vampire Weekend in 2008, which produced the singles “Mansard Roof”, “A-Punk”, “Oxford Comma” and “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”. The band’s most recent album, Contra, was released in 2010. White Sky is the first song to be written on Contra, dating back before their debut album was released. Enjoy.

An ancient business
A modern piece of glasswork
Down on the corner that
You walk each day in passing
The elderly sales clerk
Won’t eye us with suspicion
The whole, immortal corporation’s given it’s permission

The little stairway
A little bit of carpet
A pair of mirrors that
Are facing one another
Out in both directions
A thousand little Julias
That come together
In the middle of Manhattan

You waited since lunch
It all comes at once

Around the corner
The house that modern art built
I ask for modern art
To keep it out the closet
Of people who might own it
The sins of pride and envy
And on the second floor
The Richard Serra Skatepark

You waited since lunch
It all comes at once

Sit on the park wall
Ask all the right questions
Why are the horses
Racing taxis in the winter
Look up at the buildings
Imagine who might live there
Imagining your Wolfords
In a ball upon the sink there

You waited since lunch
It all comes at once