Lyrics for Campus as interpreted by carlitalolitax

Campus Lyrics
I wake up, my shoulders cold
I've got to leave here, before I go
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor
I pull my shirt on, walk out the door
Drag my feet along the floor

Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances

How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again

Walked to class, in front of ya
Spilled kefir on your keffiyeh
You look inside and turn to the door
Drag your feet along the floor

Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor studying romances

How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again

In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class
In the afternoon, you're out on the stone and grass
And I'm sleeping on the balcony after class

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carlitalolitax
10-04-2007

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Lyric correction: "spilled coffee on your keffiyah"

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dcfcsspu
11-27-2007

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LOVE this song

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JACKIE THE HOBO
01-31-2008

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me too.
it's already my favourite. :]

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ap0theosize
01-31-2008

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KEFIR on your keffiyah!
this song is fantastic. i love how upbeat it is, even though he "never wants to see you again."

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muffy327
02-02-2008

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I go to a prep school, and this song pretty much summarizes what it feels like to see someone that is your ex or someone that you are supposed to hate but secretly love. School campuses are sooo small, but ive been in situations where ive had to pretend ive never wanted to see a guy again. i love this song because it really captures getting up, walking across a quad, and then seeing the person your supposed to hate... but really love.

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Twotapsyes
02-07-2008

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its "cruel professor studying romances"

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dfitzd
02-13-2008

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yea it is clearly "cruel professors studying romances"

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divachem
03-11-2008

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I just recently discovered Vampire Weekend, and their CD has been the only thing coming from my speakers for about three days.

I recently told one of my guy friends that I like him ... feelings that he didn't reciprocate. We haven't talked since. I really relate to the song on that level. How am I supposed to pretend that I never want to see him again?


Alternatively (and also something I've had experience with), this song describes that horrible moment that happens especially at small schools where you pass your one night stand one your way to class ... awkward!!!

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jodofosho
03-11-2008

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I had a high school sweetheart, and we ended up going to the same college...just because it was both of our dream colleges, and I thought it was just a great coincidence that we were going to be together. She broke up with 2 weeks after we got there, started with another guy a couple weeks later...but i still love her. This song speaks volumes to having to see her and him and acting like I hate her because of what she did, but at the same time wanting to be with her.

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twocent
03-22-2008

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Sounds like somebody slept with their Post-colonial studies professor!

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caitlennon
03-24-2008

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This song reminds me of my english teacher who i'm madly in love with..hahahah.

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MuisicallyJenny
04-21-2008

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Yep, seeing an awkward crush in your school's campus and supressing your feelings.
i really like how upbeat it is.

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MikeF
05-13-2008

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I actually think this song is about a one night stand and the following morning wanting to leave before they get up cos of the awkwardness. Draging his feet along the floor possibly in regret of what he's done.

Then he sees her walking 'cross the campus, the "cruel professor studying romances", i think, is the girl overthinking the situation and wondering if there was more to it than a one night stand etc...

The chrorus isnt "how am i supposed to pretend i never want to see you again [as he likes her]" its "How am i supposed to pretend [theres more to it than just a one night stand when really], I never want to see you again" The comma makes it a whole different thing he's saying/thinking.

Ending with shes on the stone and grass (i.e. campus) maybe waiting to bump into him again whereas he's "sleeping on the balcony after class" simply catching up from a lack of sleep last night - another indication of the one night stand - not thinking about her anymore.

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VampireWeekend=Love
05-29-2008

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i looked on VW's website and it has the lyrics like this:

Then I see you
You're walking cross the campus
Cruel professor
Studying romances
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again?
How am I supposed to pretend
I never want to see you again?

Because there's no comma, i think this means that he really likes the girl, but for some reason he has to pretend to hate her. Maybe this is the morning after a break up with the girl. Both of them are dragging their feet, so maybe they both had rough nights after the break up (they both feel bad about it)? or maybe they both just had "late" nights.

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kelseymay
06-13-2008

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I think this song is definitely about someone having an affair with their professor! haha. He sings, "I see you...cruel professor studying romances", so I think the "you" is this professor. And I agree with Vampire Weekend=Love, I think he really does love her, but because of the stigma of dating a professor, he has to pretend he never wants to see her again. Anyway, I love the song and how upbeat it is.

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let uss be free
06-18-2008

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i agree with muffy327 , but the "cruel professor studying romances" part makes it very ambiguous. i mean, all of the theories like muffy327's make complete sense to me, but then when it comes to the professor part, it just does not fit in at all. i definitely think it's what kelseymay said it was...just think about the professor line...maybe a professor and a student got together one night and the student is upset because the professor pretty much took advantage of the student...referring to the cruel professor studying romances. it meant more to the student than it did to the professor hence the "how am i supposed to pretend i never want to see you again"

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xocouturecouture
06-20-2008

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adoreee this song! i agree with 'let uss be free'. but what's kefir and a keffiyah? i definitely know what it feels like to see someone you 'hate'

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ap0theosize
06-26-2008

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xocouturecouture:
kefir is that drink that's halfway between yogurt and milk.
a keffiyah is that middle-eastern big checkered scarf that people fold in half and tie around their necks in a triangle.

incidentally, i agree this song is about boning your professor. it is still my favorite on the album

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japobere
07-11-2008

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I don't really think this is about boning a teacher. I think the 'cruel professor' thing is just meant to call her cruel ('professor of love', I don't think it means actual romances). It's about a guy who has recently broken up with a girl and is now avoiding her but keeps running into her and is really still in love with her. He sees her walking on campus, accidentally spills kefir on her keffiyeh and when he sees her sitting around on the grass, he avoids her and just sleeps (after class is meant to say that he could be doing better things because he's done with class for the day). Also, she's been giving him the cold shoulder (shoulder's cold).

That's my take on it.

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reasonablydebatable
07-14-2008

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i agree with mike f. 100% except i personally think the last line means that he's sleeping in the balcony after class as a way of avoiding the girl until the coast is clear.

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muffy327
07-17-2008

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as for the cruel professor part (this is an update to my earlier post) professor/student stuff happens a lot.

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iluvaon
07-28-2008

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if the meaning of the song actually means the affair between professor and student, it would be interesting. it could be a real situation which happened or just a guy loved a girl. no, i don't think so. they are vampire weekend. it must be something extraordinary.

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qrnb100
08-01-2008

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whoever the object of his affection is, i believe that "in the afternoon [she's] out on the stone and grass" means she's out getting high. you know, stoned. on grass.

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kim51490
08-04-2008

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I agree with japobere in that I really don't think this is about a student-professor affair. I just think he's describing the girl as a "cruel professor" of "romances" because her ideas of romance seem to differ from his....perhaps he's taught her some harsh lessons about love?

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poooody
08-30-2008

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This song, to me, was always about a student-teacher relationship that ended- badly. I always thought possibly that the first verse was him leaving her room, but it doesn't quite fit. i really like mikef's one night stand theory, as that fits as well with the first verse, and the final bit about sleeping on the balcony.

Yeah- essentialy, he keeps running into her. In my mind, the song sorta says it's hard not to run into her as she's a teacher. As for the 'he still loves her' idea, i'm not sure. I'm in two mind about that comma in the "how am i supposed to pretend / I never want to see you again" bit.

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