Vampire Weekend "Mansard Roof" Lyrics

"Mansard Roof" Lyrics

Vampire Weekend

 

 

• 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 sinks away from view