Album Name

Congratulations

Artist

MGMT

Genre

POP, 록/메탈

Release Date

2010.04.13

Release Agency

Sony Music

Congratulations - MGMT
Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters
of city officials
Attend demonstrations
It's hardly a sink or swim
When all is well
if the ticket sells

Out with a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look down from your temple
As people endeavor
to make it a story
And chisel a marble word
But all is lost
if it's never heard

But I've got someone
to make reports
That tell me how my money's spent
To book my stays
and draw my blinds
So I can't see what's really there
And all I need's
a great big congratulations

I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve
than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots
to a broken mast

The difference is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer dusk and dawn
Steinways and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock
of all the waste
And salt to taste

But damn my luck
and damn these friends
That keep on combing
back their smiles
I save my grace
with half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt
upon the lawn
Spread my arms
and soak up congratulations