Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son lyrics

It's not right, but it's now or never
And if I wait, could I ever forgive myself?
On a night when the moon
Glows yellow in the riptide
With the light from the TVs
Buzzing in the house

'Cause, I'm gonna cut it where I can
And then I'm gonna duck out behind them
If I ever had a chance, it's now then
But, I never had the feeling I
Could offer that to you
To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you

He was a diplomat's son, it was '81
He was a diplomat's son, it was '81
Oh oh, oh oh

Dressed in white with my car
Keys hidden in the kitchen
I could sleep wherever I lay my head
And the sight of your two
Shoes sitting in the bathtub
Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet

'Cause, I'm gonna take it from Simon
And then I'm gonna duck out behind them
If I ever had a chance, it's now then
But, I never had the feeling I
Could offer that to you
To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you

He was a diplomat's son, it was '81
He was a diplomat's son, it was '81
Oh oh, oh oh

I know, you'll say I'm not doing it right
But this is how I want it
I can't go back to how I felt before
There's–

That night I smoked a joint
With my best friend
We found ourselves in bed, when I woke up
He was gone

He was a diplomat's son, it was '81
He was a diplomat's son, it was '81

Looking out at the ice cold
Water all around me
I can't feel any traces of that other place
In the dark
When the wind comes racing off the river
There's a car
All black with diplomatic plates