Vampire Weekend — Sympathy

[Intro: Steve Lacy] I think I take myself too serious It's not that serious [Verse 1] Alone in someone's bedroom, she firmly took my hand The isolation ended, I began to understand In the ping-pong match of constant desire I was never gonna get ahead 'Cause I was looking in the mirror [Chorus] Now we've got that sympathy What I'm to you, you are to me Let's go [Verse 2] Judeo-Christianity, I'd never heard the words Enemies for centuries, until there was a third In the ping-pong match of constant desire I was never gonna get ahead 'Cause I was looking in the mirror [Chorus] Now we've got that sympathy What I'm to you, you are to me Let's go [Verse 3] Diego Garcia, surrounded by the waves Lonely in the ocean, but in every other way It was full of love In the warmest fellow-feeling [Chorus] Now we've got that sympathy What I'm to you, you are to me Let's go [Verse 4] I didn't have your sympathy, but I knew where to start Explaining to you patiently that the one who broke my heart Would have broken yours And thrown the pieces in the river [Chorus] Now we've got that sympathy What I'm to you, you are to me Let's go [Bridge] Sympa— Sympa— Let's go Sympa— Let's go Sympa— Let's go Sympa— [Verse 5] Desperate for an enemy, but too afraid to kill Use the pain of someone else and triumph for their will And spill the blood Of the arrogant mosquitoes [Chorus] Now we've got that sympathy What I'm to you, you are to me Let's go