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
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
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
Other versions
120 Minutes of Harmony Hall Guitars
Christmas Time Is Here → Harmony Hall
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Golden Gate Park30 October 2021
Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival7 March 2020
U.S. Cellular Center1 February 2020
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La Riviera25 November 2019
Razzmatazz24 November 2019
AFAS Live19 November 2019
Ancienne Belgique18 November 2019
Le Zénith16 November 2019
Alexandra Palace13 November 2019
Teatro Metropolitan21 October 2019
Red Rocks Amphitheatre9 October 2019
Red Rocks Amphitheatre8 October 2019
Clive Davis Theater4 October 2019
CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU3 October 2019
Hollywood Bowl2 October 2019
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium1 October 2019
Life Is Beautiful22 September 2019
Piedmont Park15 September 2019
Town Hall7 September 2019
Madison Square Garden6 September 2019
Mann Center for the Performing Arts4 September 2019
Agganis Arena3 September 2019
James L. Knight Center24 August 2019
Austin City Limits22 August 2019
White Oak Music Hall17 August 2019
NOS Alive Festival12 July 2019
Down the Rabbit Hole Festival6 July 2019
Roskilde Festival5 July 2019
Open’er Festival3 July 2019
Trinity College1 July 2019
Pyramid Stage30 June 2019
Firefly Festival23 June 2019
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre22 June 2019
Huntingon Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island16 June 2019