[00:00.000] MGMT - Congratulations [00:16.370] Dead in the water [00:19.410] It's not a paid vacation [00:23.660] The sons and daughters of city officials [00:28.050] Attend demonstrations [00:31.620] It's hardly a sink or swim [00:34.330] When all is well if the ticket sells [00:46.780] Out with a wimper [00:50.270] It's not a blaze of glory [00:54.220] You look down from your temple [00:57.000] As people endeavor to make it a story [01:01.520] And chisel a marble word [01:05.010] But all is lost if it's never heard [01:16.640] But I've got someone to make reports [01:20.480] That tell me how my money's spent [01:24.470] To book my stays and draw my blinds [01:28.170] So I can't tell what's really there [01:32.350] And all I need's a great big congratulations [01:51.100] I'll keep your dreams [01:55.470] You pay attention for me [01:59.550] As strange as it seems [02:02.130] I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me [02:07.220] The ground may be moving fast [02:10.230] But I tied my boots to a broken mast [02:22.670] The difference is clear [02:26.460] You throw it in your cauldron [02:30.450] Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn [02:34.500] Steinways and Baldwins [02:38.290] You start with a simple stock of all the waste [02:43.090] And salt to taste [02:53.080] But damn my luck and damn these friends [02:56.600] That keep on combing back their smiles [03:00.640] I save my grace with half-assed guilt [03:04.230] And lay down the quilt upon the lawn [03:08.360] Spread my arms and soak up congratulations [03:17.090] Lrc edited by bayan on Mar. 20th 2010