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Hope by Vampire Weekend

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Vampire Weekend

Hope

Release date: 4th April 2024

From Only God Was Above Us
Track 10
7:58
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'Hope' by Vampire Weekend is a 2024 alternative track from the album 'Only God Was Above Us'. The lyrics set out a grim chain of reversals and defeats, from violence and victory to meaning collapsing into metaphor, before returning to a repeated plea, “I hope you let it go”. It then pivots to images of destruction without renewal, bodily damage, and the absence of anyone left to judge, before ending on the presence of an enemy.

"Hope" is a track by Vampire Weekend, from the album Only God Was Above Us, released 4th April 2024. The track is 7:58 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Vampire Weekend.

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Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

Lyrics

Hope

The bull has gored the matador
The U.S. Army won the war
The meaning died in metaphor
I hope you let it go

The phoenix burned, but did not rise
Now half the body's paralyzed
There's no one left to criticize
I hope you let it go

I hope you let it go
I hope you let it go
The enemy's invincible
I hope you let it go

The prophet said we'd disappear
The prophet's gone, but we're still here
His prophecy was insincere
I hope you let it go

The righteous rage was foolish pride
The conquerors did not divide
The call keeps coming from inside
I hope you let it go

I hope you let it go
Hope you let it go
Your enemy's invincible
I hope you let it go

When everyone who lived it died
The files were declassified
The slobs still called it suicide
I hope you let it go

The signatories broke the pact
The surfer sacked the quarterback
The bag fell down onto the tracks
I hope you let it go

I hope you let it go
Hope you let it go
The enemy's invincible
I hope you let it go

The embassy's abandoned now
The flag that flew is on the ground
The painting burned, the statue drowned
I hope you let it go

The moving train accelerates
It's always fast and always late
It never leaves the Empire State
I hope you let it go

I hope you let it go
I hope you let it go
Our enemy's invincible
I hope you let it go

The sentencing was overturned
The killer freed, the court adjourned
A hope betrayed, a lesson learned
I hope you let it go

I did the things you asked me to
I testified what wasn't true
But now I lost my faith in you
I hope you let it go

I hope you let it go
I hope you let it go
My enemy's invincible
I've had to let it go

I hope you let it go
I hope you let it go
I hope you let it go
I hope you let it go

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Track details

From Only God Was Above Us

7:582024
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Album
Only God Was Above Us
Only God Was Above Us
Vampire Weekend
5th April 2024
Track number
10
Release year
2024
  1. 1Ice Cream Piano
    3:36
  2. 2Classical
    4:20
  3. 3Capricorn
    4:10
  4. 4Connect
    5:10

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    • Credits

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    Writer
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    Producer
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    Drums
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    Guitar
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    Vocals
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    Acoustic Guitar
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    Additional Drums
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    Additional Engineering
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    Assistant Mixing Engineer
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    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Benjamin Knapp, Logan Taylor
    Baritone Saxophone
    George Shelby, Mike Nelson
    Bass Guitar
    Baio
    Bass Trombone
    Devon Taylor
    Cello
    Ira Glansbeek, Peggy Baldwin, Richard Dodd (Cellist)
    Clarinet
    George Shelby, Mike Nelson
    Concertmaster
    Eric Gorfain
    Conductor
    Will Canzoneri
    Cymbal
    Ariel Rechtshaid
    Double Bass
    Jules Levy, Stephanie Payne, Tim Eckert
    Electric Guitar
    Ariel Rechtshaid
    Flute
    Ashley Jarmack, Sara Andon
    French Horn
    Amy Sanchez, Danielle Ondarza, Dylan Hart, Teag Reaves
    Glockenspiel
    Ariel Rechtshaid
    Immersive Mixing Engineer
    Dave Fridmann, Jon Fridmann
    Mastering Engineer
    Emily Lazar
    Mixing Engineer
    Dave Fridmann
    Orchestra Arranger
    Ariel Rechtshaid, Ezra Koenig, Will Canzoneri
    Orchestration
    Will Canzoneri
    Piano
    Ezra Koenig
    Recording Engineer
    Ariel Rechtshaid, Dave Schiffman, Jim Scott, Kyle Parker Smith, Matt DiMona, Will Canzoneri
    Slide Guitar
    Ariel Rechtshaid
    Timpani
    MB Gordy
    Trombone
    Devon Taylor
    Trumpet
    Javier Gonzalez (Trumpeter), Rob Schaer
    Tuba
    Devon Taylor
    Viola
    Isabel Hagen, Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz
    Violin
    Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Joel Derouin, Lisa Dondlinger, Marisa Kuney, Mark Robertson, Neel Hammond, Songa Lee
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