Evil and a Heathen

This song is about 'forbidden' sex, imho. Gay, infidelity, whatever... it is up to the listener. Here's my take:

Words fall from my mouth Like plates from shaking hands Smash upon the silence Of the smooth naked canal

Stuttering and sputtering and being struck speechless when confronted with the object of one's lust's naked body.

I like how you pretend That the end will be the end So fill up first then Drink a curse To the death of death instead

I like that you pretend there is no heaven or hell - no consequences. Let's get drunk and pretend that we'll never die instead.

Utrecht led me to the Sacré Coeur Where the smoke curled round Now the ice blows off Lake Michigan When the ice blows, The ice floe knocks you down

I've been to church - I know about religion, but in the real world, life is hard.

Your teeth are black with wine As you place those lips on mine the moon hangs heavy and forbidden high On the...night of our lives

Uh-huh... self-explanatory. :) Or, OMG this feels good.

Well I'm evil and a heathen I'm a heathen and evil like you There's not a lot Not a lot I couldn't do

I am willing to be 'bad'. And so are you.

I think this would make a great future single.

My favorite line: "Your teeth are black with wine/As you place those lips on mine"

This could have been called 'Around the World in 3 and a half minutes by what the verses say

Is it a bad sign when I find this song speaks perfectly to me?

I swear, on this one all you do is submit yourself to the darker side and listen as the warplanes with searchlights fly over you.

This song, like most of FF songs, rings of homosexuality. Gays are seens as evils and heathens in the Catholic Church. The line about Utrecht relates to an uprising against the church hundreds of years ago. Read more about it here - http://torc.blogspot.com/2005_02_27_torc_archive.html

cactusdave, please, it's understandable that you don't like a band, but you don't have to ruin everyone else's fun by posting here.

In point of fact, Franz Ferdinand have never written a song about real homosexuality, Michael is essentially an inside joke about two of the band's friends dancing together at a club, the song Do You Want To is sung from a female perspective and this song is about sleeping with a bad girl, who, under different circumstances you would completely ignore, but due to alcohol and possibly drugs, you give in.

Why is it such a big deal whether or not they've written a song about homosexuality? Granted, this one, when understood in the initial context, is not about being gay but if they did have one that was actually a 'homosexual' song what difference would it make?

I really like this song... I don't think it really relates to homosexuality... being non-Christian or anti-Christian really doesn't have much to do with sexuality, at least it shouldn't. [CactusDave] and [TheFranzFerdinand] I can hardly believe people would like or dislike a band based on sexuality... not that Franz Ferdinand are even gay from what they've said.

sorry to double post, but does anyone understand the first verse? Its kinda drawn me to agree with cactusdave, what with the ambiguous meaning of 'canal', do we think canal refers to anatomy, as in a tube or duct? Kinda sexual.

Its about realising the potiential evilness inside you, nothing to do with homosexuality or anything dodgey like that,