Alien Days

is the first track off MGMT, and the first single released off the album. VanWyngarden explains the song as the feeling when "a parasitic alien is in your head, controlling things". The band began the recorded this song From 2010 - 2012 the band debuted at Valentine’s Day party In San Antonio was the world premiere On February 14, 2010 the band kinda wrote In 2010-2012 while debuting it live
The music video of this song was filmed by indie director Sam Fleischner.
== Lyrics ==
 
Sometimes the windows combine with the seams in a way 
That twitches on a peak at the place where the spirit was slain 
Hey, one foot leads to another, night's for sleep, blue curtains, covers 
Sequins in the eyes, that's a fine time to dine 
Divine who's circling, feeding the cards to the midwives 
Who love those alien days 
The nonstop alien days 
Ooh, the alien days 
Must've skipped the ship and joined the team for a ride 
A couple hours to learn the controls and commandeer both my eyes 
Hey! Be quick dear, times are uncertain, one month crawling, next year blurring 
Decades in the drain, monograms on the brain 
Decide what's working and what's moved on to the last phase 
The floodgate alien days 
I love those alien days 
Mmm...the alien days 
When the peels are down it feels like traveling in style 
You don't need wings to hover forty-ton stones for a mile 
And in the summer, virgin visions, mindless humming 
Numbers can't decide if the day's supposed to smile 
Today, find infinite ways it could be plenty worse 
It's a blessing but it's also a curse 
Those days taught me everything I know 
How to catch a feeling and when to let it go 
How all the scheming, soulless creatures 
Can't find dreamer's honey in the hive 
If it's right beneath the nose 
And when the light is new, the sky shows trembling cartoons 
You don't need smoke to cover most of the world in a gloom 
But here comes racer number 7 
Watch my fingers ripping out the lines 
If it looks like we could lose 
If it looks like we could lose 
If it looks like we could lose 
If it looks like we could lose 
 
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