“ You’re right back where you started from / I see it in your eyes / Now you’re giving up the gun
— “Giving Up The Gun,” a pop masterpiece from Vampire Weekend’s new Contra.
A stage for the pastor without a pulpit, the rebel without a cause, the politico without a vote: Meaning that the below will invariably be my narcissistic and condescending commentary on any range of subjects, which, when taken together, symbolize my attempts to justify my internalized conception of 17 year-old intellectual superiority.
— “Giving Up The Gun,” a pop masterpiece from Vampire Weekend’s new Contra.