Lyrics for Faberge Falls for Shuggie as interpreted by delial

Faberge Falls for Shuggie Lyrics
Those with the golden axe have tried to tell me
(What they say)
That the bird in my chest was dead
But that's never, never, never

She ain't my thug no more, ain't no kind of killer
And she can break them off if she damn well pleases
Just as long as she brings it home to me
(And it's still hot)

Can you touch what I'm saying?
It's like, oh, did Shuggie do it yet?
(No, not yet, wait)

Those with the golden axe have tried to tell me
(Tell you what?)
That the sex in my walk was cotton soft
But that's never, never, never

With question marks in my eye
And your strange name pressed to our lips
We arrived at number eleven
So charged and ready for slavery
I won't take the stage straight, understand
Under capes with druggy cock dragons
I want to put out so bad
But something bad says the kid's probably right

Are you deflating at the question?
I don't know
Now that the parachute has opened, well
Don't it make you feel good?

Be careful how you touch me
My body is an earthquake
Ready to receive you
Mind's making glaciers
Metals for my soldiers
Let's be like strangers touching for the first time

Skeletal lamping, the controller sphere, false priest

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weezerandrosierocks
09-11-2006

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noice

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Clap Your Hands
09-14-2006

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ABBA has nothing on Of Montreal.

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Arrian
10-09-2006

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"Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" is final, clinching proof that Kevin Barnes is totally crazy. And totally awesome.

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roboclone
01-08-2007

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Probably my favorite off the album. I love the dialogue.
I saw the band perform this song and Kevin does this thing with a sword...crazy stuff.

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pumkinhed
01-25-2007

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In this song at least, Kevin sounds a little bit like Jake Shears on crack.

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seldomburn
01-27-2007

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I think it might be "druggy cock dragons"

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JACKIE THE HOBO
01-30-2007

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it's def druggie cock dragons.

i love this song! its stragly sexual and i love that.
i head that AHAHAHAHAHAH noise in the middle of it was supposed to be some kind of orgasm?
i dont really hear it as an orgasm, just wanted to know what others think.

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sarcasticSmith
02-04-2007

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god this song is good
also, arrian, you got it exactly right.
I have no clue what this song means, but does "faberge" refer to those crazy gold eggs?

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stars&satellites
02-14-2007

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isn't it golden 'x'?

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the_polymath
02-18-2007

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This is just nit picking, but it's not just "no wait", it's "No, not yet, wait".

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fursoftasfur
03-21-2007

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this song was freaking SWEET live. especially the, my body is an earthquake part.

seriously though. what the fuck. i love it so much.

you're right, jackie. but of montreal is definitely a strangely sexual band. also: a strangely fucking AWESOME band.

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nicolo
03-29-2007

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it's "druggy cock dragons." not dirty.

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thepoptimist
03-29-2007

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He really does sound like Jake Shears. I actually thought it was him, so I googled it & I everything could neither confirm nor deny it.

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ciprianiii
05-05-2007

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This song is actually very sad if you have ever held a conversation with him :(... In the beggining he talks about nina twin (wife) as the golden axe person-- after he cheated on her with a women in georgia named Eva she said he was heartless and divorced him. and after that she started calling him repetetivley and daring him to sleep with other women, when he stayed loyal to her she said he was sexless (cotton soft) and that he would never have anyone after her (this was a VERY bad part of their relationship).. kevin after about 4 months of this decided to give in and he slept with groupies (I cant blame him) and got into drugs such as acid and weed agian ( im guessing that SOMEWHAT explains druggy cock dragons...) the "And she can break them off if she damn well please Just as long as she brings it home to me
(And it's still hot)" part of the song refers to the call he made to her about taking her back and saying she had to bring herself to him "hotly"----TOO much to go along about bubt its very sad if u ever get to talk to him about it.

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shankle
08-17-2007

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i would assume it is also an homage to shuggie otis.

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Sadie Rohm
10-28-2007

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This song sounds to me like some of those crazy Prince songs that only hardcore Prince collectors have in their collections. Likewise for the falsetto on "Labyrinthian Pomp." I hear a heavy overall Prince influence on this album (keyboard sounds, rhythm guitar, falsetto, time signature shifts, etc.).

F*ck if I know what the lyrics mean though. I'll believe what ciprianiii has to say though, as it sounds plausible.

Faberge, BTW, created beautiful jeweled gifts, most famously the Easter eggs for Czar Nicholas at the beginning of the 20th century, before the revolution. They were emblematic of a conspicuous and deliberate disregard for the starving Russians. Think of Marie Antoinette's alleged remark "Let them eat cake" just before the French Revolution. I got nothing to connect it to Shuggie Otis, though.

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Fidelio-Roo
01-01-2008

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...Seriously... What the fuck is "Skeletal lamping"?... I love this song and this whole album, but that phrase just gets to me; I must know. XP

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bringmetp
04-03-2008

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Skeletal lamping, the controller sphere, false priest

according to urban dictionary lamping is having sex with.

Some crazy/awesome website said the controller sphere was male genitalia (the destroyersphere =female)

Which to me could mean that when having sex without intimacy male genitalia is a false controlling priest if it all wraps up nicely

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loveproject
07-03-2008

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Skeletal lamping, as defined by Kevin Barnes:

Lamping is the name of a rather dreadful hunting technique where, hunters go into the forest at night, flood an area in light, then shoot,or capture,the animals as they panic and run from their hiding places.

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coralFM
08-22-2008

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the dialogue in this is god.
legitemate.

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laurelm
10-05-2008

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I always thought he was saying:
"are you deflating? That's a question!"
I kinda liked my interpretation better for some reason

it seems this is about the transformation of Georgie Fruit (parachute has opened)
ciprianiii could be right, but I have really no clue.

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wereTHRIVING
03-06-2009

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I can dig this tune for sure.

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evancesanek
04-08-2009

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The first stanza references Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Siddhartha, who is seeking enlightenment, gets caught up in a life of physical pleasures and satisfaction of the senses. He grows rich and reckless, but loses an essential part of him, a strongly guided strength of spirit. He has a dream in which he finds a beautiful bird, belonging to his lover, dead outside of its golden cage and he throws it out the window. Later, Siddhartha talks about the bird in his chest as the guiding voice within him, as well as his overall sense of living his life with a real sense of purpose, to the fullest extent.

So, not really sure exactly how that relates to the song as a whole, but i love Barnes's literary references. Anybody wanna guess at the larger significance?

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HopeSoForYou
05-27-2009

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@Evancesanek: Thank you for reminding us of that reference. It had completely slipped my mind until now, although really the meaning of the reference is something that was not entirely lost on me.

The significance of this line plays right into the overall analysis ciprianiii gave. The bird in Siddhartha's dream is in this reference (although unspoken) probably alluding to the past love between Nina and himself.

The bird in his chest (which is where Kevin picks up with the allusion) is his memory of this love, and is his guiding voice, the rope pulling him forward (although here in more of a romantic sense than spiritual). And although those with the golden axes (Nina) have tried to convince him that his soul, his ability to love, is dead, he exclaims that that will never happen. "Never, never, never!"

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HopeSoForYou
05-27-2009

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@ciprianiii: This really is such a sad, sad song despite some of the very groovy and happy-sounding melodies. Example: "Now that the parachute has opened, well, don't it make you feel good?" It seems (at first) relatively harmless from a lyrical standpoint and has a really awesome melody, but it's really such a sappy line if you understand what he is talking about and who he's talking to. The evolution of Kevin's songwriting and wit and lyrical range is really a thing of beauty.

Also, it should be noted that this song is not only a sad song, but also a somewhat empowering song. Because while he is being torn apart by Nina (and that is certainly nothing to be happy about), he also responds strongly and with conviction to her proddings with "Never, never, never!"

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