The Handshake - MGMT - Album

The Handshake - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
I just shook the handshake
I just sealed the deal
I'll try not to let them
Take everything they can steal
People always told me
Don't forget your roots
I know I can feel them underneath my leather boots

You toss all the mornings lost to the clouds and you watch it go
Your fairweather friends on a parachute binge get lost when the wind blows
The handshake's stuck on the tip of my tongue
It tastes like death but it looks like fun

I was a loner
I was just waiting by myself
When you, warped temptress
Rose to bring me happiness and wealth
Black tears, black smile, black credit cards and shoes
You can call all the people you want
But it's you who's being used

Under your black eyes, honey
Right beneath your nose
A curse on all creation
Every single thing you know
White smoke, white light, white marble on the floor
It would only take a few seconds of darkness to figure out what's in store
Little girl

You convince yourself that you want it, but you don't know
You keep trying to wash the blood from your hands, but it won't go
We're gonna keep you on the run

We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake under our tongue
We got the handshake x15

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[samastardust]

I've been a Hardcore MGMT fan for awhile now, but I have to say... You cannot say you are a hardcore MGMT fan without listening to stuff other then Electric Feel, Time To Pretend, and Kids. Just saying. But, MGMT is amazing. And, this is my favorite song by them. This Flash Delirium, Of Moons Birds and Monsters, Brian Eno, It's Working, We Don't Care, and many more.

[waterbottleboy1]

People always told me, don't forget your roots

I know I can feel them underneath my missing left shoe.

[elangiscool]

@patwalshacoustic that's fasho

[bestplayabk09]

2 seconds in and i was already in a trance

[marubmdq]

I'm on a quest to find those 7 ppl who dislike this song and make them suffer!!!

[spottedleaf116]

Foster the People and MGMT are my favorite bands and from 2:12 on, if each band sang that part till the end I think i'd have a real hard time telling who was singing which one. Andrew's voice sounds so similar to Mark Foster's at that part. <3 i love them both!

[patwalshacoustic]

I live for music. I'm a musician and take music very seiously. I have never been able to compare any band to the amazing music the Beatles have made. But there is something about MGMT that reminds me of a new-age Beatles. It's real music.

[TheKidninja]

best song on the album maybe

[SmileChelseaSmile]

@samastardust lol thats cool.

[AlexANDMackenzie96]

this song is so good, that it gives me the chills

[MaxxHilll]

@samastardust the kids quartet is by far their best song

[Brabant07]

so fucking good i cant believe humans created this beautiful music