Vampire Weekend: White Sky Meaning
White Sky Lyrics
A little stairway, a little...
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It's just describing things all around Manhattan, more specifically in the vicinity of the MoMA. Koenig said himself in an interview that the line about the "thousand little Julias" and the two mirrors is a litteral reference to the awkward situation in a store when, near a dressing room, there stands a woman in between two mirrors, a 'Julia' so to speak, and there are infinite reflections of her body; at the same instance, Ezra walks by and experiences the phenomenon of seeing himself walk in two directions. In another interview, he states that he and his former girlfriend would often go to the MoMA, where they have free show on Fridays after lunch (the line about waiting since lunch). The "white sky" refers to the gallery ceiling. Ancient business=art. Modern piece of glasswork is self explanatory. I analyze this in depth in my blog. Google HissingFaunaShiva4
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This song is all about the Halal stand on 53rd and 6th in new york city. the song describes everything that surrounds it.
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Prostitution?! Seriously? Please. Koenig's referring to MoMa, off 53rd in (the center of) Manhattan. It's a mostly glass building, if I remember correctly, and Richard Serra has been displayed there.
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At least part of the song is a more literal description of a place on manhattan, including the "Richard "Serra" skatepark which refers to a sculpture resembling a skatepark.
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Eavalenz, you're way off mate. The links you make are tentative at best, and even if the connections were rock solid it still wouldn't make literary sense; but implying that "horses" is a metaphor for "porverished" people? Really?? Try harder mate
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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