Harmony Hall lyrics

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

Till they can't hear anything

Thought that I was free

From all that questioning

But every time a problem ends

Another one begins

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind can 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 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 money lender

'Cause I still remember

Anger wants a voice

Voices wanna sing

Singers harmonize

Till they can't hear anything

Thought that I was free

From all that questioning

But every time a problem ends

Another one begins

And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness

Anybody with a worried mind can 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 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 can 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 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 can 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.

• Artist:Vampire Weekend
• Album:Father of the Bride (2019)