Along with the track “2021,” “Harmony Hall” is the first single released from Vampire Weekend’s fourth album Father of the Bride, their first since 2013.

The song breezes along with an infectious energy… Read More [Verse 1]

We took a vow in summertime

Now we find ourselves in late December

I believe that New Year's Eve

Will be the perfect time for their great surrender

But they don't remember

[Pre-Chorus]

Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize 'til they can't hear anything

I thought that I was free from all that questionin'

But every time a problem ends, another one begins

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Verse 2]

Within the halls of power lies a nervous heart that beats

Like a Young Pretender's

Beneath these velvet gloves I hide

The shameful, crooked hands of a moneylender

'Cause I still remember

[Pre-Chorus]

Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize 'til they can't hear anything

I thought that I was free from all that questionin'

But every time a problem ends, another one begins

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[Chorus]

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight

Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die