Song Review
This afternoon’s track is another from MGMT‘S ridiculous debut album Oracular Spectacular, released in January of last year. Weekend Wars can be found as the second song on the album, and reminds me very much of The Handshake in the way it ebbs and flows throughout. Its crazy to think that MGMT formed from two guys sharing music with one another during their freshman year of University; I jammed with buddies all throughout my college career, and not once did we come close to producing gold like this.
Evil S I yes to find a shore,
A beach that doesn’t quiver anymore,
Where we can crush some plants to paint my walls,
And I won’t try to fight in the weekend wars
Was I? I was to lazy to bathe
Or paint or write or try to make a change.
Now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch
And I don’t have to love or think too much
Instant battle plans written on the sidewalk
Mental mystics in a twisted metal car
Tried to amplify the sound of light and love
Christ is cursed of faders and maders
Might even take a knife to split a hair
Or even scare the children off my lawn
Giving us time to make the makeshift bombs
Every mess invested was a score
We couldn’t use computers anymore
It’s difficult to win unless you’re bored,
And you might have to plan for the weekend wars
Try to break my heart I’ll drive to Arizona.
It might take 100 years to grow an arm
I’ll sit and listen to the sound of sand and cold
Twisted diamond heart, I’m the weekend warrior
My predictions are the only things I have
I can amplify the sound and light and love
I’m a curse and i’m a sound,
When I open up my mouth,
There’s a reason I don’t win,
I don’t know how to begin
