She says I'm boring her camera It takes more to delight the cadaver Night eyes on icy patrols Your's were not so Nazi feline Mine were as dead as monks and Our particles are in motion Night eyes producing ashes We love to view unfortunate passions Still she takes my photo to bed No mere limp verse could incite Identity destruction Our particles are in motion Sometimes we're not legible But we're the same strange animal Let them say our love is peculiar, don't care There's only now, no ever after We won't let it end in disaster You are my twin, no, I will never go there



Lyrics submitted by delial

Track duration: 04:58

"We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling" as written by Kevin Barnes

Lyrics © BUG MUSIC

Lyrics powered by LyricFind


We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling song meanings
Add your thoughts

23 Comments

sort form View by:
  • +1
    General Comment:first off: love the song... the acoustic version off the sony connect ep is amazing (along with the rest of the tracks on it). highly recommend getting a hold of it if you haven't.

    second: everyone pretty much has the meaning down as far as the song goes, but i too think it's ridiculous that anyone still really debates kevin's sexuality. if you wanna go way back to cherry peel the track "tim i wish you were born a girl" is evidence of that. mind you it pushes the boundries of sexuality (like kevin HAS and probably will continue to do), but seriously... if he were gay he wouldn't have to wish that a guy he finds attractive were a girl.

    finally: the new songs. skeletal lamping is a concept album that centers around kevin's onstage persona georgie fruit. georgie is in many ways similar to david bowie's ziggy stardust and if you don't understand the connection i'm making here you really need to run to a record store or go on itunes and buy some bowie. georgie's story is all over the internet if you want to do research. also... this is what kevin had to say about the album being gay: "What I was trying to do was create this idealistic human consciousness where anything goes and there are no restrictions and no boundaries."

    the rest of the interview can be found at:

    thenewgay.net/2008/10/…

    should shed some light on the sexuality questions...
    Flag johnovaon September 18, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:hmmm. its definitley about Barnes trying to make up with his wife. maybe when he says "particles in motion" hes referencing how even through fighting or breaking up, time is still passing and everything inside of us is mere chemistry...kinda of a "lab objectivist" kinda deal. im not sure.

    THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE INTRO TO THIS SONG, IT REMINDED ME DEFINITLEY OF MGMT'S ELECTRIC FEEL.
    now i see why Kevin and Andy are collaborating...MGMT and Of Montreal sound similar in alot of Hissing Fauna's (Of Montreal) and Climbing To New Low's (MGMT's) songs. i dont think im the only one who hears the similarities in the intros of Electric Feel and this song. :) its just nice to hear.
    Flag xomgkillmeon July 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:SO in generalality the song is about him making up with his wife but specific lines like night eyes on icy patrol and particles in motion what do those specifically mean?
    Flag melvunon May 28, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:@osall1291

    "No one wants to dance, they're outside
    Smoking cigarettes
    Matthew was there, yes
    He gave me the eye, saying, "It doesn't kill to try"
    Then blue lights all around"

    How is this referencing to homosexuality? This song is about him hitting on a girl named Eva at a dance club in Athens, Georgia. Matthew is giving him the eye saying ''it doesn't kill to try''... meaning he's telling Barnes to go ahead and try banging this girl Eva. Blue lights all around are just the blue lights outside of the dance club.. which by the way is called GO BAR
    Flag The_Variableon May 28, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Very high five imaginaryordinary!!
    Flag ummmyeahon March 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:osall1219,

    I always got the impression that Matthew is encouraging him to give hooking up with his "crush for the night" a try, to help forget Nina? But who knows!
    Flag tehfailon January 13, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"Our particles are in motion"

    Fantastic line.
    Flag boohskeyon October 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The way this song sounds makes me think of ambiguous-looking spaceships emitting vapor trails and criss-crossing eachother inside of some purple nebula. I don't really know why.
    Flag Elegnaimon July 20, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:can we please stop arguing about Kevin Barnes' sexuality? First of all, it is irrelevant to the song. Second of all, it really just doesn't matter! I think it is sad that a man cannot decide to wear makeup and dresses in public without being considered gay. it is just something he likes to do! It doesn't mean that he's gay!

    As far as his daugher's name, he told me that he named her alabee simply because he wanted her to be named something compltely orginal.
    Flag imaginaryordinaryon March 23, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Adding to the potential gay comments, found this line in 'Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider' interesting:

    "No one wants to dance, they're outside
    Smoking cigarettes
    Matthew was there, yes
    He gave me the eye, saying, "It doesn't kill to try"
    Then blue lights all around"

    Potential allusion to homosexuality? Who knows
    Flag osall1291on February 25, 2008   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

Back to top
explain