Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof lyrics

I see a mansard roof through the trees

I see a salty message written in the eaves

The ground beneath my feet

The hot garbage and concrete

And now the tops of buildings, I can see them too

The Argentines collapse in defeat

The admiralty surveys the remnants of the fleet

The ground beneath their feet

Is a nautically-mapped sheet

As thin as paper

While it slips away from view