We took a vow in summertime
Now we find ourselves in late December
I believe that New Year’s Eve
Will be the perfect time
For their great surrender
But they don’t remember
Anger wants a voice
Voices wanna sing
Singers harmonize
Til they can’t hear anything
I thought that I was free
From all that questioning
But every time a problem ends
Another one begins
Chorus:
And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness
Anybody with a worried mind
Could never forgive the sight
Of wicked snakes
Inside a place
You thought was dignified
I don’t wanna live like this
But I don’t wanna die
Within the halls of power lies
A nervous heart that beats
Like a Young Pretender’s
Beneath these velvet gloves I hide
The shameful, crooked hands
Of a moneylender
Cuz I still remember
Anger wants a voice
Voices wanna sing
Singers harmonize
Til you can’t hear anything
I thought that I was free
From all that questioning
But every time a problem ends
Another one begins
Chorus
Harmony Hall
Written by Ezra Koenig / Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid & Ezra Koenig / Additional production by Rostam Batmanglij / Engineered by Ariel Rechtshaid, Dave Schiffman, Chris Kasych, John DeBold, Hiroya Takayama & Takemasa Kosaka / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios (North Hollywood, CA) / Mix Engineer Chris Galland assisted by Robin Florent & Scott Desmarais