Ottoman (Soundtrack Version)
Vampire Weekend"Ottoman (Soundtrack Version)" is a song by Vampire Weekend, released in 2008 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:47 long and contains 24 lines and 172 words.
Lyrics
0:18Ottoman couch how handsome your furniture
0:22Lovelier now but dressed for a funeral
0:26Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall
0:30To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall
0:53Elegant clothes you want to be seen with her
0:57Under your tweeds you sweat like a teenager
1:01Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall
1:05To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall
1:13Today is for you
1:22They laid it out for you
1:27For you
1:31There will be six bells a-ringing
1:35And white women singing for you
1:40But this feels so unnatural to Peter Gabriel too
1:59All of the cards and all of the time it took
2:03Soon it's all lines of red in a leather book
2:07Begging you to wait for a minute by the door
2:11Your creeping feet where they've never been before
2:19Today is for you
2:28They laid it out for you
2:33For you
2:37There will be six bells a-ringing
2:40And white women singing for you
2:47But this feels so unnatural Peter Gabriel too
Ottoman couch how handsome your furniture Lovelier now but dressed for a funeral Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall Elegant clothes you want to be seen with her Under your tweeds you sweat like a teenager Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall Today is for you They laid it out for you For you There will be six bells a-ringing And white women singing for you But this feels so unnatural to Peter Gabriel too All of the cards and all of the time it took Soon it's all lines of red in a leather book Begging you to wait for a minute by the door Your creeping feet where they've never been before Today is for you They laid it out for you For you There will be six bells a-ringing And white women singing for you But this feels so unnatural Peter Gabriel too
Translation
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