Congratulations by MGMT

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters
Of city officials (1)____________ demonstrations
It's hardly a sink or swim
When all is well if the ticket sells

Out with a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look down from your temple
As people (2)________________ to make it a story
And chisel a marble word
But all is lost if it's never heard

But I've got someone to make reports
That tell me how my money's spent
To book my stays and draw my plans
So I can't tell what's really there
And all I need's a great big:
Congratulations

I'll (3)________ your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve (4)________ have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

The difference is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer
Dusk and dawn Steinways and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock of all the waste
And salt to taste

But (5)________ my luck and damn these friends
That keep on (6)______________ back their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay down the (7)__________ (8)________ the lawn
Spread my arms and (9)________ up:
Congratulations

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