Thursday, 29 July 2010

Lyrics of Vampire Weekend's "Mansard Roof"


Video for 'Mansard Roof' by Vampire Weekend. Released in the UK on Abeano Music on Monday 12th November 2007.



Vampire Weekend - "Mansard Roof"

I see a mansard roof through the trees
I see a salty message written in the eaves
The ground beneath my feet
The hot garbage and concrete
And now the tops of buildings, I can see them too

The Argentines collapse in defeat
The admiralty surveys the remnants of the fleet
The ground beneath their feet
Is a nautically-mapped sheet
As thin as paper
While it slips away from view.

Vocabulary:
mansard roof - foto / a hip roof having two slopes on each side
eaves - the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
defeat - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
admiralty - the office or jurisdiction of an admiral
remnant - that which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc
fleet - To sail, to float; moving very fast; To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf,
slip away - pass by, as of time, leave furtively and stealthily.

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