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Vampire Weekend - Sympathy (Official Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Danielle Haim
Danielle Haim
Background Vocals
Ezra Koenig
Ezra Koenig
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ezra Koenig
Ezra Koenig
Songwriter
Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ezra Koenig
Ezra Koenig
Producer
Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid
Producer
Chris Kasych
Chris Kasych
Recording Engineer
Shawn Everett
Shawn Everett
Recording Engineer
John DeBold
John DeBold
Recording Engineer
Hiroya Takayama
Hiroya Takayama
Recording Engineer
Takemasa Kosaka
Takemasa Kosaka
Recording Engineer
Chris Allgood
Chris Allgood
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Emily Lazar
Emily Lazar
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I think I take myself too serious
It's not that serious
[Verse 2]
Alone in someone’s bedroom
She firmly took my hand
The isolation ended
I began to understand
[Verse 3]
In the ping-pong match of constant desire
I was never gonna get ahead
'Cuz I was looking in the mirror
[Verse 4]
Now we’ve got that sympathy
What I'm to you, you are to me
Let’s go
[Verse 5]
Judeo-Christianity
I never heard the words
Enemies for centuries
Until there was a third
[Verse 6]
In the ping-pong match of constant desire
I was never gonna get ahead
'Cuz I was looking in the mirror
[Verse 7]
Now we got that sympathy
What I'm to you, you are to me
Let's go
[Verse 8]
Diego Garcia
Surrounded by the waves
Lonely in the ocean
But in every other way
It was full of love
And the warmest fellow-feelin'
[Verse 9]
Now we got that sympathy
What I'm to you, you are to me
Let's go
[Verse 10]
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 throw the pieces in the river
[Verse 11]
Now we got that sympathy
What I'm to you, you are to me
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
[Verse 12]
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 mosquitos
[Verse 13]
Now we got that sympathy
What I'm to you, you are to me
Let's go
Written by: Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig

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