Congratulations by MGMT

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters
Of city officials attend demonstrations
It's hardly a (1)________ 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 endeavor 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 (2)__________ 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 than have you (4)____________ 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 damn my (5)________ and damn these friends
That keep on combing (6)________ their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my (7)________ and (8)________ up:
Congratulations

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