There isn't much that I feel, I need a solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl and by my spouse I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel, I need a solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl and by my spouse I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel, I need a solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl and by my spouse I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel, I need a solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl and by my spouse I only want a proper house

I don't care for fancy things or to take part in a pressured race
But to provide for them when they ask I will with heart on my father's grave
I don't care for fancy things or to take part in a pressured race
But to provide for them when they ask I will with heart on my father's grave (on your father's grave)
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social stats
I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social stats
I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls

There isn't much that I feel, I need a solid soul and the blood I bleed
But with a little girl and by my spouse I only want a proper house

I don't care for fancy things or to take part in a pressured race
But to provide for them when they ask I will with heart on my father's grave (on your father's grave)
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
On my father's grave, on your father's grave
On my father's grave, on your father's grave (on your father's grave)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social stats
I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social stats
I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social stats
I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social stats
I just want four walls and adobe slats for my girls



Lyrics submitted by kstemz, edited by Smxxch, Mellow_Harsher

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  • -1
    My Opinion:Am I the only person who think that the first time he sings "On my father's grave" he actually sings "on my mother's name"?
    Flag spacecadet0on July 20, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:To address all the confusion about the 'adobe' lyric.

    He does indeed say "adobe slats" which refers to the adobe roof tiles (shingles) that are used on practically every home in Portugal...where Noah Lennox and his girls live (i.e. his wife and daughter)
    Flag Whodini24on February 09, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It's not " Dolby Sets", it's adobe slabs. Adobe being one of the simplest and cheapest way to make a house.
    Flag Galacticjew42on December 06, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I love Merriweather Post Pavilion so much. Such a masterful piece of work.
    Flag DrakelikesNachoson September 27, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Beautiful song. About wanting to break away from the superficiality of society, wanting to share spiritual experiences and the need for simplicity with your family.
    Flag Elysium18on September 26, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:it's clearly "Or to take part in the FRESHEST WAVE"
    :)
    Flag bradleymustardon July 10, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:My God, this is the best song I've heard in a long time.
    Flag gomordecai1on May 17, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is so sweet. Such a rare topic for a song these days, not to mention it's so damn catchy.

    I really think he is saying "vicious wave" in the second line of the second verse. It not only sounds like it, but also "wave" rhymes with "grave" in the last line, so it seems to fit better than anything else.

    Anyway, Animal Collective FTW.
    Flag kumugenzobion March 11, 2010   Link
  • -3
    General Comment:A very catchy song indeed. The first 100 times I heard it I thought the meaning was quite clear cut, yknow at the end of the day family is the most important thing. Though it always kinda rankled with me that the family is so specific as in wife and daughters, but I found with time that it's strength is that the titular girls could be something more sexual like a harem or just the girls that one picks up on the weekend and takes home. But then I chanced upon another interpretation, and this one could be a little controversial, the girls he's referring to could actually be cannabis plants. The reason I say this is cuz I once knew a guy who grew pot (I would never do this because I'm perfectly happy with legal drugs like alcohol) and he often referred to his plants as his "babes" or his
    "girls". I asked him why and he told me that guys who do what he did/does only want their beloved plants to be female because males fertilise the females and make the pot have seeds which is apparently a bad thing. So when I remembered that the other day my view of this song changed completely.
    Flag rockman_exeon March 09, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I love the music video for this song and if people lived by this song that would kick ass 10 times more than stupid materialistic dumb silly world of today. People are silly. This song is so good!
    Flag mikeskatesnjon February 25, 2010   Link

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