La Rapet

The title, La Rapet, is taken from a character in a short story by Guy de Maupassant called The Devil. The story is about an old woman, called La Rapet, who is paid a flat rate to watch over a farmer's dying mother. After 3 days La Rapet fears that she'll lose profits if she watches over the woman any longer, and tells her stories about the devil until she's on edge. Then she dresses like her description of the devil and gives the farmer's mother a heart attack. It's a really cool story, and both the farmer and La Rapet are extremely materialistic about the ordeal.

Anyway, I think the person from whose perspective these lyrics are written sees himself as La Rapet, and feels a bit guilty but also freed from a burden. The song is clearly about the death of Isabelle. In the end he is putting away her clothes and such. I love the line, "Some people's lives awake to itsy bitsy I'm so sorries."

The first part of the song is a little confusing to me, though. I suppose it sets things up. It appears as though Isabelle suffers from insanity, or is dying because of the man. He talks about freeing chances and setting up the ball and seeing the angel. I think he wants to get rid of Isabelle to be with the angel. Or something similiar.

Thanks for putting this up here... feel free to post the other ones from the forum too... I'm too lazy, especially with the songmeanings loadtimes being slow as they are lately.

Let me just warn that there's a good chance I got about half the words wrong here.

Really like this song though... If the words are right, then I guess it's kind of just a short story... And the alternative high pitch/low pitch voices have a conflicting opinion on what to do with these "angels"... one of them wants to keep them, the other wants to get rid of them... and eventually they get fed to the guy in a pie.

Well, in a less literal way, i always saw the album (spirit they've gone spirit they've vanished) as a sort of concept album about childhood and the loss of innocence.

so the song to me is sort of like the moment that innocence is lost. it's kinda abstract and i dont know how to really explain it, but it makes sense to me

Official lyrics straight from Avey Tare him-self

Its what you see in men, does my rugged face cut scars like daggers Faces on the wall we cant touch you but you move our hobby reach into the hall step around the feast and find the lobby open up the door see an angel and youll lose your body

Picking out a name, stretching out on your sheets isabelle isabell cant you hear me i cant tell Is the devil in the room is he hiding in the first drawer hold me dear hold me dear cant you feel me touch your ear

Meat was on the Bone, but the children huddled and devoured Keep them in the home let their minds go where their bikes cant take them flinching finds me first so ill hide till she is in the basement when i light the match touching angels shadows on the ceiling

racing round the room your forehead is on fire isabelle isabelle their all talking your not well looking like a ghost doctors shaking their heads say my name say my name cant you hear me im to blame

(theyre have been sadder days...) starting to rotting..pretty angel

grab the preachers throat cant you see the light within the shutters who set up the ball dont you see your dancing frees my chances put me on my feet theres an angel with a hand thats open write my name in ink send a letter to the ground and beg him

folding all your clothes changing all your bed sheets isabelle isabelle your not with me where i dwell drinking from your glass smash it on the pyre its a shame its a shame dont you see me im to blame

Some peoples lives awake to itsy bitsy im so sorrys the branch breaks you crack a window and the wind might say "The birds are calling for you please dont follow"

double sharks, you beat me to the posting...

are you on the ac message board?

btw, this is a beautiful song!

I think this is one of the most underrated songs on the album. Its my clear favorite, and I love the first lines. Just such a breathtaking song.

Why do they never play this live?

If your a musician I think the last part Goes

B E F# The birds are calling for yeah pleas don't follow

It sounds right when playing along. If anyone knows anything better please tell me Id love to know.

the Phantom warped her brain

this doesnt sound right to me... i feel it sounds like "Phantom warped the bride".

"i'm the phantom"

Does anybody else agree that this doesn't sound right either? it sounds more like Panther... that can't be right, but he really accentuates the 'P' sound.