April and the Phantom

i think that this means that i, difonderbof would rather have sex with animal collective, as a whole, then anything else in the whole world

I think this is about sexual liberation. At first she asks her mom if she slept with strangers. By the end her secret mate or love or whatever is dead, and she's stuck with kid, and still a teen("watch me as I lead the way from infancy to grown up babies"). Though women are supposed to be more free sexually now, its still "secret code." The phantom is a girls sexuality, tempting her away from her suffering and leading her right back to it.

I am familiar with an entirely different version of the lyrics. Ctc23 from the "Animal Collective Discussion" (http://www.rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?t=7&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30&sid=bb3038d6ff301ee45abebf45c060845a) message board interpreted them as this:

When April passes by, she thinks of playing Bach She tells her mother, I am not afraid Of dying in the bath, or swinging on the breeze She asks her mother if she slept with strangers Phantom was the bright way out Of all the things her mother said A whisper to her scream An autumn in my green December, hello frost Her mother would say "Dad, I don't know where April went"

She ran out in nature! She ran out in nature! She ran out in nature! She ran out in nature! She ran out in nature…

I found the Phantom would go Across the river and hide from suffering Like the shades of trees Take off my dress and flow into the stuff we’re in She ran out in nature What'd she find? She ran out in nature Where'd she go? She ran out in nature Phantom light She ran out in nature Take her home

Everybody wants it! Aaah! Can't you see me wastin’? She ran out in nature…

We've gotta buy land When they go out and take all the stuff we’re in We've got neither, reachin' for the stars And beg and keep us sufferin’ She ran out in nature What'd she find? She ran out in nature Where'd she go? She ran out in nature Can't somebody She ran out in nature Take her home?

Everybody wants it! Aaah! Can't you see me wastin’!

I finally see a baby girl, I’m sorry April, but you'll be fine ‘til then, I'm the Phantom, I'm the Phantom, I'm the Phantom, And I sneak around, and you're on top, A frenzy April, let me write it down I'm the Phantom, I'm the Phantom, I'm the Phantom, And in the end, your mother knows, I’m sorry April, but a child grows I'm the Phantom, I'm the Phantom, I'm the Phantom, I am… Watch me as I lead the way From infancy to grown up babies

-Phantom, please put on my make-up! I am breathin’, I’ll keep callin' -Phantom, you're all white and naked! Have your baby, I'll keep callin' -I'm not right, I'm not fakin'! I am burnin’, and I'm shakin' -April, no, it's just a spirit! I am there, end is nearin’

April and the Phantom They were just like lovers Always sneakin' kisses for the weekend Everything's just okay with me Everything's just alright with… April and the Phantom spoke in secret code Until they buried Phantom by the road Everything's just alright with me... Everything’s just alright with Phantom…

Kid has got no friends… Kid has got no friends at all

I have to say I do enjoy this version of the lyrics much better. I also read online that this song is about the death of a pet cat. How, I'm unsure: http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/reviews.php?artist=animal

Most under-rated song by Animal Collective!

I'M NOT RIGHT! I'M NOT FAKING!

The screams are just so desperate sounding, and even though it's not 100% coherent and vague, it's an interesting story to try to understand. I think it's about a secret relationship or an imaginary friend or something.

My theory is that it's about a romance between a girl and her imaginary boyfriend. Her friends and family "kill" the Phantom when they bury him by the road, or exposing him as a fantasy.

so what's the story with the references to this katy person? in we tigers part of the chorus is "katy did it, katy did it"

poor katy.

ya, whos katy?

my favorite ac song.

When i first herd this song i knew everytime i made a mixtape for a girl from that point out I would put this song on it because this song is sex. And I agree with difonderbof

creepy pretty