Vampire Weekend es una banda de indie rock con influencias africanas, originaria de Nueva York y fundada en febrero de 2006, que se hizo conocida por medio de varios blogs de internet.
Contra es el segundo álbum de la banda. Es un álbum que fue lanzado a principios de 2010.
Aunque el single de lanzamiento fue Horchata, elegimos hoy este Giving up the gun.
Your swords grown old and rusty,
Underneath the rising sun,
Its locked up like a trophy,
Foretting all the things its done,
All though its been a long time,
You’re right back where you started from,
I see it in your eyes,
Now you’re giving up the gun.
When I was 17,
I had wrists like steel,
And I felt complete,
And now my body fades,
Behind my brass charade,
And I’m obsolete,
But if the change remains,
To see those better days,
I go to canons now,
My ears are blown to bits,
From all the rivalries,
Still I crave that sound,
Your swords grown old and rusty,
Underneath the rising sun,
Its locked up like a trophy,
Foretting all the things its done,
And though its been a long time,
You’re right back where you started from,
I see it in your eyes,
Now you’re giving up the gun,
I heard you play guitar,
Down at a city bar,
With,
You talk,
In a garbage style,
Used to save the night,
You felt the coming wave,
don´t be brave,
You said you wouldn’t flinch,
But in the years that passed,
Since I saw you last,
You haven’t moved an inch,
Your swords grown old and rusty,
Underneath the rising sun,
Its locked up like a trophy,
Foretting all the things its done,
And though its been a long time,
You’re right back where you started from,
I see it in your eyes,
Now you’re giving up the gun,
I see you shining your way,
Go on go on go on.