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We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling Lyrics
She says I'm boring her camera
It takes more to delight the cadaver
Night eyes on icy patrol
Yours 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
It takes more to delight the cadaver
Night eyes on icy patrol
Yours were not so Nazi feline
Mine were as dead as monks
And our particles are in motion
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
But we're the same strange animal
Let them say our love is peculiar, don't care
We won't let it end in disaster
You are my twin, no I will never go there
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I read in an interview that "Leafling" is a reference to his daughter, Alabee. So he and Nina are getting back together at least for the sake of their common bond and duty- raising their daughter.
"Night eyes on icy patrol" "You are my twin" Nina Twin Twin Twin
Fucking A I love this
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.
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:
http://thenewgay.net/2008/10/of-montreals-kevin-barnes-new-gay.html
should shed some light on the sexuality questions...
Methinks it's "She says I'm boring her camera"
no mere limp verse?
This song is about singer Kevin and his wife Nina making up after their seperation
I love this song, it puts a really good ending note on the album.
Also, Kevin Barnes is one of the gayest straight men I have ever seen
I believe it's "Still, she takes my photo to bed"
That's awesome. This is def. by far the best album off the track. Anyone disagree? I will fight you.