"Connect" lyrics - VAMPIRE WEEKEND

The memories don't fade
Surprisin' fate for days
You elegantly wasted
Before you lost your spark
Took acid in the park
We're livin' in a basement

[Pre-Chorus:]
Now is it strange I can't connect?
It isn't strange, but I could check
Walked around to where we kept the box of wires, and lately

[Chorus:]
I know once it's lost it's never found
I need it now
The grid is buried in the ground
Hopelessly down

I read the parking rules
As Amsterdam unspooled
And trucks sped on ephedrine
The things we used to see
The sandhogs in the street
The chickens in her bedroom

[Pre-Chorus:]
Now is it strange I can't connect?
It isn't strange, but I could check
Walked around to where we met the first time, overwhelmed, and

[Chorus:]
I know once it's lost it's never found
I need it now
The grid is buried in the ground
Hopelessly down

[Break:]
(Need just a sec')

[Chorus:]
I know once it's lost it's never found
I need it now
The grid is buried in the ground
Hopelessly down

[Break:]
(Need just a sec')

A country asked in June
It's happenin' too soon
Your book of Revelations
We can't unmake the bed
We used the chair instead
And called it a vacation