Vampire Weekend - Obvious Bicycle Lyrics

This was the song I obsessed over when I was eighteen, driving around town skipping school in my dead grandma's haunted Cadillac Seville. Today I listened to this song for the first time in years and it took me right me back.

It's no pizza party, but it's okay.

my Top favorite video game creator is Notch

This song just oozes high school energies

que genial disco cuando, mientras llueve suave y se condesa

Out of all theirs songs, this is the one that makes me cry the most.

Such a beautiful song, I love Vampire Weekend so much

I'm sorry Peyton. More than you'll ever know.

Perfection

Does this song make anyone else feel sad or just me? Idk why it just does

Brought here by the necronomicon met mein kampf

whats the title meeeean

Is it not obvious?

Song: * stapler stapler stapler stapler * + a bit of music in the background

Tahp nahtch

[Verse 1]
Morning’s come, you watch the red sun rise
The LED still flickers in your eyes
Oh, you ought to spare your face the razor
Because no one’s gonna spare their time for you
No one’s gonna watch you as you go
From a house you didn’t build and can’t control
Oh, you ought to spare your face the razor
Because no one’s gonna spare their time for you
You ought to spare the world your labor
It’s been twenty years and no one’s told the truth

[Chorus]
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don’t wait
Don’t wait
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don’t wait
Don’t wait

[Verse 2]
So keep that list of who to thank in mind
And don’t forget the rich ones who were kind
Oh, you ought to spare your face the razor
Because no one’s gonna spare their time for you
Why don’t you spare their world a traitor?
Take your wager back and leave before you lose

[Chorus]
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don’t wait
Don’t wait

[Bridge]
So while the sun’s coming out
Cover ground, cover ground
And if you find some love for these clowns
Turn around, turn around
I’ll be half-asleep on the floor of a high school gym
Thinking of you and wondering if anyone else could begin

[Pre-Chorus]
To listen
Listen
Don’t wait
Don’t wait

[Chorus]
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don’t wait
Don’t wait

Morning's come, you watch the red sunrise
The LED still flickers in your eyes
Oh, you oughta spare your face the razor
Because no one's gonna spare the time for you
No one's gonna watch you as you go
From a house you didn't build and can't control
Oh, you oughta spare your face the razor
Because no one's gonna spare the time for you
You ought to spare the world your labour
It's been twenty years and no one's told the truth
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait
So keep that list of who to thank in mind
And don't forget the rich ones who were kind
Oh, and don't you spare your face the razor
Because no one's gonna' spare the time for you
Why don't you spare their world a traitor
Take your wager back and leave before you lose
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait
So while the sun's coming out
Cover ground, cover ground
And if you found some love for these clowns
Turn around, turn around
I'll be half asleep on the floor of our high school gym
Thinking of you and wondering if anyone else could begin
To listen
Listen
Don't wait
Don't wait
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait

Phallus

Morning’s come, you watch the red sun rise
The LED still flickers in your eyes
Oh, you ought to spare your face the razor
Because no one’s gonna spare their time for you
No one’s gonna watch you as you go
From a house you didn’t build and can’t control
Oh, you ought to spare your face the razor
Because no one’s gonna spare their time for you
You ought to spare the world your labor
It’s been twenty years and no one’s told the truth


So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don’t wait
Don’t wait


So keep that list of who to thank in mind
And don’t forget the rich ones who were kind
Oh, you ought to spare your face the razor
Because no one’s gonna spare their time for you
Why don’t you spare their world a traitor?
Take your wager back and leave before you lose

So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don’t wait
Don’t wait

So while the sun’s coming out
Cover ground, cover ground
And if you find some love for these clowns
Turn around, turn around
I’ll be half-asleep on the floor of a high school gym
Thinking of you and wondering if anyone else could begin


To listen
Listen
Don’t wait
Don’t wait

Trope torch. Luv yeez.

Morning's come, you watch the red sunrise
The LED still flickers in your eyes
Oh, you oughta spare your face the razor
Because no one's gonna spare the time for you
No one's gonna watch you as you go
From a house you didn't build and can't control
Oh, you oughta spare your face the razor
Because no one's gonna spare the time for you
You ought to spare the world your labour
It's been twenty years and no one's told the truth
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait
So keep that list of who to thank in mind
And don't forget the rich ones who were kind
Oh, and don't you spare your face the razor
Because no one's gonna' spare the time for you
Why don't you spare their world a traitor
Take your wager back and leave before you lose
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait
So while the sun's coming out
Cover ground, cover ground
And if you found some love for these clowns
Turn around, turn around
I'll be half asleep on the floor of our high school gym
Thinking of you and wondering if anyone else could begin
To listen
Listen
Don't wait
Don't wait
So listen, oh
So listen, oh
Don't wait
Don't wait

Yea not feeling the bern Ezra jerkoff !!!

Hop scotch

The best part of this song is the simple and powerful advice: Don't wait.

Why do I feel like I've heard this before?

i came here to say the same. it was my first time to properly listen to this album as whole today and when i heard this song, i immediately felt like i've known this song my whole life.

Such an underrated band. People only really know them for a punk...but all their songs are amazing. I have never found a bad song by them

Taupe natchez

Flashback

Chop toss

terp nerch

Nop totch?

Hop knot

troop mocha

Tippitytopnotch

Vampire weekend 2019

I thought this was a video game playlist....

Fuck. Every time I listen to this album I am in tears.

Tough nawtch

I listened to this whole album one time at like 6 am watching the sun rise sobering up from one of my week long benders of drugs and alcohol back when I was lost and alone. This album really made that moment okay

Just wondering, did you get any kind of message from the entire album or this song? And if so what did it make you feel and think about?

This came out when I was 15, now I'm 21. where the fuck did the time go?

rain drop

Pop nacho

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Jajaha

2:30 - 3:00 ❤

Tap crotch

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS SONG.

under-rated, great band.

2018???

trap nutcsh

teep neetch!

Torn potch

they broke up

they were on hiatus

ɥɔʇoᴎ do⊥

Kind Souls why is everyone spelling top notch weirdly?

A meme perhaps?

D_Mack what do you think Einstein

listen pal

Taupe notion

Timp narsh

Pinnacle Indent

The piano at the end gives me life.

Brian Collins best part of the album ❤️

i demand more

Topthany notchtano

since im in a mood, it sucks that men are stronger and leave evidence behind in such a way

Da frick

Is that reoccurring sound effect a stapler?

hcton pot

anyone here from chloe lmao ??

Laila Rousseau same

Nop Totch?

This is the kind of song you listen to with your eyes closed. (:

cop cotch

touch nose

His voice reminds me of a slightly higher pitched Matt Schultz.

toopy nootchy

So beautiful.

tup nooche

King of the Large Hadron Collider

tenedict numberbatch

tawghp naughtch

Totch crotch

Drums sound like Rastaman Chant by Bob Marley

The further into the comments you get, the worse the spelling of "top notch" gets. Any reason for this phrase's constant use on this video?

It's a top notch song?

Song's top notch, Deniel.

@Vincent Rose greetings, fellow vincent.

Just the internet doing its thing.

Vincent Rose HOLY CRAP IT'S YOU I DEFINITELY DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE…Weren't you the one who commented all the lyrics on the '08 demos??

truppest nutchest

We need a new Vampire Weekend album

I've got some good news for you!

We got it!

Wish granted.

This comment ages well

the comments are great

cross eyed The comments here are fucking awful.

The comments are terp nertch

tawp nawtch

Tobvious Nicycle

Obvious bicycle is obvious.

Tough nazi

totch nop

Tope notche

0:09 "oh, you oughtta spare and face the raisin"

Razor, silly.

Raisin would still make sense in the context of that verse, especially if you're using raisin in terms of wrinkling. "you oughtta spare your face the raisin, because no one is going to the time for you", as in, why are bothering growing older when no one is going to spare the time to acknowledge you?
Razor is the actual lyric and far less macabre, but still sad.

First of all no you are completely overthinking the meaning of a dried grape second of all the lyrics you are referencing go like this "Oh you ought to spare your face the razor, because no one gonna spare their time for you"

Obvious Bicycle is

A pretty good song

Crocmaster McGeezax eh spares the raisin and doesn't afraid of anything

This song will forever have blissful nostalgia for me.

+Stellarskyane “Zedge” *every vampire weekend song*

tap nuts

toupee nut

Tohp nache!

Trump notch

Micah S. Moore you don't get what that meme means nowadays

Trump Nruptch

such a good song

telptch nelptch

toppest notchest

terp nertch

Tump Nutch