Rosemary
Heaven restores you in life
You're coming with me
Through the aging, the fearing, the strife
It's the smiling on the package
It's the faces in the sand
It's the thought that holds you upwards
Embracing me with two hands
Right will take you places
Yeah maybe to the beach
When your friends they do come crying
Tell them now your pleasure's set up on slow-release

Hey wait
Great smile
Sensitive to faith, not denial
But hey whose on trial?

It took a life span with no cellmate
The long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?

We speaks about travel
Yeah, we think about the land
We smart like all peoples
Feeling real tan
I can take you places
Do you need a new man?
Wipe the pollen from the faces
Make revision to a dream while you wait in the van

Hey wait
Great smile
Sensitive to faith, not denial
But hey whose on trial?

It took a life span with no cellmate
To find the long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, you are exotic
You need something for which to care
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?

Leave some shards under the belly
Lay some grease inside my hand
It's a sentimental jury
And the makings of a good plan
You've come to love me lightly
Yeah you've come to hold me tight
Is this motion ever lasting
Or do shudders pass in the night?

Rosemary
Oh heaven restores you in life
I spent a lifespan with no cellmate
The long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, semi-erotic
You need someone to take you there
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
Why can't we just play the other game?
Why can't we just look the other way?



Lyrics submitted by jasonlund, edited by xtreme2252, hybrid_rainbow, fildawg

Track duration: 03:35

"Evil" as written by Charles Edward Daniels

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:First of all...the lyrics are wrong...the song doesn't say "Sandy, why can't we look the other way?"
    it says: Saying, 'Hey why can't we look the other way?'
    so it has nothing to do with a lesbian love affair...
    also somebody said that it's based on Rosemary West's confession...no it's not...Rosemary West never confessed...and always maintained her innocence...despite all the evidence against her. A blogger wrote the supposed confession as a ficticious work...to go along with song in 2009. "Look it up kids." Seriously, do your research before you state so-called facts. Lastly, Interpol has never said what the song is actually about...so all interpretations are fair game...I wish they would give us their interpretation...the first time I heard the song my friend said "Hey, I heard this really cool song with your name in it." I said "Really? What's it called?" and wondered what the song was really about ever since. I can see how the Rosemary West think can make some type of sense... she helped him rape and murder his victims...they were both sadistic and got off on it all... "When your friends they do come crying
    Tell them now your pleasure's set up on slow-release" she never confessed...and always maintained that she was unaware of her husband's crimes...even though jurors visited the house and decided it was too small and that there was no way murder and torture could have gone unnoticed "Saying, 'Hey why can't we just look the other way?' also "Sensitive to faith, not denial, But Hey who's on trial?" Also read somebody's post about the song being about a girl who's emotionally unavailable afer being alone for so long "Lifespan with no cellmate"...mayber referring to ball and chain...marriage and jail are synonymous :P Last thing...maybe it's about taking a girl's virginity...a girl who wants to wait till marriage...she wants to in the moment...but also believes it would b a sin=evil?...be about a dude trying to persuade her "Sensitive to faith, not denial"..."I can take you places...do u need a new man?"..."wipe the pollen from the faces" sexual reference wiping cum from the face?"..."make revision to a dream while you wait in the van"...dreams of being married before being deflowered lol? maybe that's a long shot.
    Flag rosemaryxon March 05, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:I could be wrong with this, but my interpretation of the song (also based on the video because it's a male puppet who ends up dying) is that it's from Fred's point of view that's he's frustrated Rosenary did not commit suicide with him and would rather be left alone in prison for a "lifetime with no cell mate" than be with him, and he's upset about this, because we know that during the trial Fred was very emotional about Rose's rejection which ultimately lead him to commit suicide in prison. Also when the song goes "why can't we just look the other way?" , it's almost as though he's saying why can't they just turn a blind eye to what's happened, but he knows that she resents him for everything that did. I'm probably wrong but hey ho :)
    Flag Joce_90on July 26, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The song is about the British serial killing couple Fred and Rosemary West. The song is about how Fred commited suicide before the sentence leaving Rosemary to face time in jail alone.
    Flag MisterJimon May 15, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this song is apparently about a couple, husband and wife, who were serial killers that got caught and he killed himself in his cell. Creepy, huh? But such a good song.
    Flag iforgetwhat8wasforon May 14, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song reminds me of that old scary movie Betty Davis was in called "What ever happened to Baby Jane". The reference to the beach (where she berried her sister) and "Who is on trial" a reference to her crime being associated to her mental disorder. Also her pleasure being set upon "slow release" was about how she drew out the abuse of her sister in the wheelchair. "Heaven restores you in life." could mean that her character was reverting back to a childhood state, driven mad by her jealousy. If there was ever a remake of "What ever happened to baby Jane" this would be a great spooky song to go with it's soundtrack. But of course I have read that this song is actually about a cereal killer named Rosemary.
    Flag DavidWolfon December 15, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:The song is based on Fred and Rosemary West, a couple that enjoyed murdering innocent people. "It took a life span with no cell mate" refers to when Fred West comitted suicde before the sentence.
    Flag whythisusernameon September 03, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:haha my name is rosemary, that's what I go by too. I clicked on to this song in one tab and switched back to another. I heard the beginning and I was like "okay, this may be good." hearing my name at 1 AM in a dark house creeped me OUT hahaha. good song for something named evil involving my name.
    Flag rosiegpon August 01, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:The lyrics are STILL wrong...

    Rosemary, heaven restores you in life
    You're coming with me
    Through the aging, the fearing, the strife

    It's the smiling on the package
    It's the faces in the sand
    It's the thought that moves you upwards
    Embracing me with two hands

    Right will take you places
    Yeah, maybe to the beach
    When your friends they do come crying
    Tell them now your pleasure's set upon slow release

    Hey wait
    Great smile
    Sensitive to fate, not
    Denial
    But, hey, who's on trial?

    It took a life span with no cellmate
    The long way back
    Sandy, why can't we look the other way?

    We speaks about travel
    Yeah, we think about the land
    We smart like all peoples
    Feeling real tan

    I could take you places
    Do you need a new man?
    Wipe the pollen from the faces
    Make revision to a dream while you wait in the van

    It took a life span with no cellmate
    To find the long way back
    Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
    You're weightless; you are exotic
    You need something for which to care
    Sandy, why can't we look the other way?

    Leave some shards under the belly
    Lay some grease inside my hand
    It's a sentimental jury
    And the makings of a good plan
    You've come to love me lightly
    Yeah, you come to hold me tight
    Is this motion everlasting
    Or do shudders pass in the night?

    Rosemary, oh, heaven restores you in life

    It spent a life span with no cellmate
    The long way back
    Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
    You're weightless, semi-erotic
    You need someone to take you there
    Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
    Why can't we just play the other game?
    Why can't we just look the other way?
    Flag manicdepressivestoneron May 09, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Rosemary: the herb, the singing style of Rosemary Clooney, Rosary a garden of roses or maybe a unique herb or the beads.

    But of course the video throws in a severely traumatic event into the situation, but the scent of the Rosemary herb, through the ages, by so many, is with you and all who were ever born and not alive today.

    Then, I think the song addresses the superficiality of some of life( when traumatic things aren't occurring)
    Thinking lifts you upwards(less superficial) then the hands of superficiality get a grip of you and start pulling you back in (al pacino).

    No? Maybe it is about masturbation and he needs two hands for it(they never said there would be boasting)
    (Grease in the hand of the lonely man, shards in the belly of the lonely nonpregnated woman)

    wipe the pollen from the faces? Wow, wipe a sex secretion from a face? I think they are hiding jokes in their songs here.



    Flag WaywrightBon April 29, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:its a frame -up cuz look : "It's a sentimental jury
    And the makings of a good plan" .
    Flag pocketpocketson March 19, 2011   Link

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