Lyrics for Labyrinthian Pomp as interpreted by delial

Labyrinthian Pomp Lyrics
How you want to tag my style
When I am so superior?
How you want to hate a thing
When you are so inferior?
How you want to mess
How you want to mess my spotless interior?

Let's just say you are not the destroyer

I've got my bright girl near me
She's so much taller
Wth a crisp endorsement
From the C.C.A.A. Booty Patrol
She's so metal, referenced and all
Shares my strange urge to
Smash a window in every house on our block

Delinquent days are here again

I've got my Georgie Fruit on
He's my dark mutation
For my demented past time
Giving replicators somewhere to go
But we're authentic
You can test my talons
Against your cursive body
But the controller spheres have disappeared
And it hurts

It's like to disappear forever, but I'm not afraid

There's two gods for every one, one, two gods for the beasts
An hour dead deflects our eggs
On latitude 0, 1 degree
I trusted you, no, don't explain
Moving in clipped tempos making sad dreams
Of the flags appearing
Crazy how the symbolism works
Don't look at them

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sieraM
09-16-2006

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catchy yeah! i can't believe someone leaked the album! :D. i like colquelicot the best though.

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sharkswithknives
11-22-2006

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this song is so ridiculous! haha. i love it.

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CharlatanSin
12-03-2006

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This song is a shot at Dan Bejar (Destroyer), and nobody can convince me otherwise. The only two words that come to my head to describe Bejar's lyrics (as Destroyer, anyway; he's good with the New Pornographers) are labyrinthian and pompous.

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haydiemuffin
12-05-2006

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i always heard 'you can test my talons' instead of talents, but i dunno..and also i heard 'cursed body' instead of cursive

brilliant song!! i love georgie fruit

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fun_loving_nun
12-26-2006

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i've got some corrections

- how you wanna tag my style when i am so superior?
-my spotless interior (questionable)
-refrences Stendhal
-you can test my talons
-but the controller sphere has dissappeared and it hurts
- there's two gods for everyone, one, two gods for the beasts, an hour dead deflects our eggs on latitude of 01 degree
-moving in clipped tempos

Of montreal is my favorite band, i saw them in concert and i absolutely love every song and this one is very funky it reminds me of Prince, its my second favorite song on HFAYTD, i love how it ends with "don't look at them" it leaves me wanting moooore

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Wafflepants
12-26-2006

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after the second verse and after
"oh, oh
let's just say
you are not the destroyer"

a girl says something and i can't make it out. anybody know what she is saying?

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emmyotter
12-31-2006

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correction - smash a window in every house on our block

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lepidoptera3
01-06-2007

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The Destroyer theory is interesting.

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roboclone
01-06-2007

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Who is Georgie Fruit?
I've read it's a friend of Kevin's but is it a he or a she or what?

It reminds me of Pink Floyd at the "de Gaulle..." part.
I thought he was saying "soul superior" as opposed to "so" but I'm probably wrong.
So as to the meaning? I was thinking of a pompous celebrity...

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Bajset
01-06-2007

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Theres something that is really wierd with this, the girl in the song says "du er ikke den som ödelägger fitta" in norweigan, iam from sweden but swedes understand norweigan.

but the thing is that, "du er ikke den som ödelägger" is a translation of "you are not the destroyer" but fitta is a very obscene word for a womans vagina.

hahaaha thats so fucked up.

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jakeisgiaco
01-24-2007

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Wow Bajset, that basically solidifies one of the theories I had on controller and destroyer spheres. In the liner notes he thanks the controller sphere for not becoming the destroyer sphere yet. But in the song he says the controller spheres (plural) have disappeared. I believe that the controller spheres refer to male genitals and the destroyer sphere to female...stick with me here for a moment. Georgie Fruit is appearantly a Black transvestite in KB's imagination. This process of losing one's "controller" spheres for a "Destroyer Sphere" would fit that, and if fitta means vagina then...there you go.

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destroyalltacos
02-04-2007

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According to wikipedia, Georgie Fruit is the glam-rock alter-ego Kevin Barnes turns into for the last 5 songs of the album. Thus things getting funkier and "sassier" after "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal", I guess. Also, in regards to destroyer spheres, norweigan, and the female anatomy, I think it's maybe not to be taken literally and could just mean "you are not the destroyer, you pussy!".

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stars&satellites
02-19-2007

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isn't the girl who sings in this nina? the voice sounds the same as the voice on 'keep sending me black fireworks' which is sung by nina.

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Roofle
02-20-2007

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The girl singing in this is dottie.

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spanwayhits
03-01-2007

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Yeah, that part and "Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks" are sung by Dottie. She also sings "The You I Created".

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brainseatloser
03-07-2007

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Anyone have any idea about what C.C.A.A. stands for?
I saw them and we actually asked them and they said it's a secret!

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flamingo_dream
03-14-2007

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CCAA has been driving me crazy! because they have it on their stand for the synth...or something. and ya georgie fruit is the alter ego... its very obvious when you see them live..although i didnt get to see it because our show the power blew and they played acoustic. but las vegas show anyone??! haha

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souljamike
03-15-2007

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@ Roofle and spanwayhits

Actually the female vocals on those two songs are provided by Nina Barnes (Kevin's wife/girlfriend).

CCAA is bothering me too! A bunch of people from the Elephant 6 message boards started bugging the band about the meaning after their shows, and Kevin has said that he promised the originator that he would never disclose the meaning. And now from what you said, its like they're teasing us with these CCAA signs and hoodies too. Ahh =p

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xXPlankOfWudXx
03-20-2007

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Theres something that is really wierd with this, the girl in the song says "du er ikke den som ödelägger fitta" in norweigan, iam from sweden but swedes understand norweigan.

but the thing is that, "du er ikke den som ödelägger" is a translation of "you are not the destroyer" but fitta is a very obscene word for a womans vagina.

hahaaha thats so fucked up.
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DUDE!!! Lolz!! Seriously? "You are not the destroyer vagina" XD! Wow, that is like wierd.


C.C.A.A!! Omg, what does that mean?? Perhaps something 'dirty' LOLZ!

I seem pretty stupid whenever I post anything >.

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fursoftasfur
03-21-2007

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haha georgie fruit! i thought it was his onstage alter-ego? hence the make up/dresses/fishnets, etc. maybe not.

this song fucking rocccccks

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fursoftasfur
03-21-2007

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also (double post alert!) i love the way he says "don't look at them!" its sounds so different from anything ihe sings. i like it a lot.

p.s. flamingo dream- oh how i wish i could have been at the vegas show. but the milwaukee show was badass as hell, so i won't complain.

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spanwayhits
03-25-2007

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Could be Nina. Or it could be Dottie.. since, as you know, "The You I Created" was part of her side project called My First Keyboard. This is Dottie.. not Nina.

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fursoftasfur
04-13-2007

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ok, update on georgie fruit. from rolling stone:

"In addition to drawing on his personal demons, Barnes created four different personae for the record: Georgie Fruit (a verbally abusive, she-male soul singer), LIst Kristy (a sweet-natured but foulmouthed optimist) and a pair of twin nymphs named Chandelera and Champagne. "I'm not suffering from split personality or anything," Barnes claims. "This just gives me an opportunity to write from a different perspective. I don't want to become this James Taylor character always writing about my life.""

interesting, no? i can definitely tell which songs are georgie fruit, but i'm not sure which are list kristy, or chandelera and champagne.

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Sound Ships
04-20-2007

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I think "You are not the destroyer vagina" is better translated into, "You're not the destroyer, cunt"

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fprefect
05-04-2007

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Bajset, really.. She most definitely does not say "fitta". It's more likely the norwegian word "futtet". So: "Du er ikke den som ødelegger futtet". Where "futtet" could be translated into english as.. the energy / spark. It's most commonly used when someone is very energetic and full of life / joyful - i.e. they have a lot of "futt".

Also, a more direct translation of "du er ikke den som ødelegger" is: "you're not the one who destroys".

And yea, I'm actually norwegian, not swedish ;)

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