Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Rostam Batmanglij, the primary writer of the song, based “Campus” on “Cruel Professor,” a short story in Ezra Koenig’s collection Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa from his senior honors writing seminar at Columbia.
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor, studying romances
[Chorus]
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?
[Verse 2]
Walk to class in front of ya
Spilled kefir on your keffiyah
You look inside and turn to the door
Drag your feet along the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus
Cruel professor, studying romances
[Chorus]
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?
[Bridge]
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
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
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
Campus was written by Rostam & Ezra Koenig.
Campus was produced by Rostam.
Vampire Weekend released Campus on Tue Jan 29 2008.
The song is meant to be set at Columbia University in NYC where Ezra Koenig attended, which is alluded to with the line and annotation:
In the afternoon, you’re out on the stone and grass
Which is a reference to Columbia’s numerous lawns, the most famous of which is South Lawn.