Lyrics for Icicle Tusk as interpreted by wonderfulmetropolis

Icicle Tusk Lyrics
I'll shoot you dead
For the father
Of the coal miner's daughter
Beneath the icicle tusk
You and me among the flattering dusk

In my haste I draw my weapon
Designing your final lesson
As you recede to the floor
All is silent but the fluttering door

Twenty-five grand on the table
Of the high wall street stable
I'm not responsible for
The reputation of the
Neighborhood whore

But I'm a keyhole peeker
And you're my surveilance keeper
And though my memory rusts
I will always see the icicle tusk

And I must admit
That it gets lonesome on my shelf
This much I can tell
This much I can tell

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JeebusChristie
07-12-2008

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This is the best song on the Fleet Foxes EP. I don't know what it's about, but the singing is very soulful.

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Lyle
08-05-2008

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To me, it's about the sorrow that comes with hard decisions and what you feel must be done because its right, to you. One is killed, but not in the name of money but because it was right to another. And then of course, living on with yourself, as the last few lines explain.

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amatterofgrace
09-04-2009

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I think the person speaking witnessed the coal miner's daughter being murdered for money. He was peeking through the wall at the prostitute with her murderer (keyhole peeker).

"Twenty-five grand on the table
Of the high wall street stable
I'm not responsible for
The reputation of the
Neighborhood whore"

The murderer tries to rationalize the act to the witness after the fact, using her reputation as a prostitute against her. The speaker isn't concerned with this fact, and takes justice into his own hands as he sees fit. "Icicle tusk" represents the weapon used, perhaps an ice pick.



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