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Harmony Hall

By Vampire Weekend

From the fourth studio album "Father of the Bride"​

Track nhạc thứ 2 "Harmony Hall" thuộc thể loại Indie Pop kể về một người nhìn lại một hoàn cảnh trong quá khứ của họ nhưng vẫn phải vật lộn để đương đầu với những vấn đề tương tự ở hiện tại. Trong bài hát, nhân vật phải đối mặt với cảm giác tức giận và bối rối vì những vấn đề lặp đi lặp lại mà cuộc sống ập đến, điển hình là những "wicked snakes" trong Harmony Hall được cho là "dignified". Bài hát kết thúc với lời tuyên bố rằng nhân vật không muốn sống trong hoàn cảnh này nhưng vẫn không thể đứng lên và thay đổi, cuối cùng than thở về tình trạng hiện tại của mình.

Lời bài hát (English)​

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

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

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

Ooh, ooh, ooh

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

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

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

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

Ooh, ooh, ooh

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

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

Ooh, ooh, ooh

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

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