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Sacred Trickster Lyrics
I want you to levitate me
Don't you love me yet?
Press up against the amp
Turn up the treble, don't forget
Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster and the no tech sound
I wish I could be
Music on a tree
Noise Nomads and me
Levitating on the ground
Uh-huh, Uh-huh (x4)
What's it like to be a girl in a band?
I don't quite understand
That's so quaint to hear
I feel so faint my dear
Doing nothing, sitting around
Sacred trickster and the no tech sound
I wish I could be
Music on a tree
Noise Nomads and me
Levitating, spinning around
Don't you love me yet?
Press up against the amp
Turn up the treble, don't forget
Sacred trickster and the no tech sound
Music on a tree
Noise Nomads and me
Levitating on the ground
I don't quite understand
That's so quaint to hear
I feel so faint my dear
Sacred trickster and the no tech sound
Music on a tree
Noise Nomads and me
Levitating, spinning around
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Submitted by
rachel_mtr On Apr 20, 2009
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I think that the metaphore of a woman who wants to literally embody the music is used to symbolize how misogynistic the music culture is and how little impact most female artists have. With Kim screaming this opening, this is also an ironic song about how women's voices are rarely acknowledged no matter how loud they may be speaking. Words continue to be put in thier mouths. Hence the fake dialogue - "what's it like to be a girl in a band? i don't quite understand. That's so quaint to hear. I feel so faint my dear."
not sure what this one's about, but it's awesome to dance to! :]
i think it may be about a groupie who loves the music & the band members, & who maybe wants to join the band?
I think that the metaphore of a woman who wants to literally embody the music is used to symbolize how misogynistic the music culture is and how little impact most female artists have. With Kim screaming this opening, this is also an ironic song about how women's voices are rarely acknowledged no matter how loud they may be speaking. Words continue to be put in thier mouths. Hence the fake dialogue - "what's it like to be a girl in a band? i don't quite understand. That's so quaint to hear. I feel so faint my dear."
I think that the metaphore of a woman who wants to literally embody the music is used to symbolize how misogynistic the music culture is and how little impact most female artists have. With Kim screaming this opening, this is also an ironic song about how women's voices are rarely acknowledged no matter how loud they may be speaking. Words continue to be put in thier mouths. Hence the fake dialogue - "what's it like to be a girl in a band? i don't quite understand. That's so quaint to hear. I feel so faint my dear."
At the same time, the woman is also asking for the male to do some of the work for her - to levitate her, to make sure that she is also heard.
Um, somehow I was thinking levitation was just a coy way of talking about tantric sex.
Um, somehow I was thinking levitation was just a coy way of talking about tantric sex.
I figured that levitation/treble bit is just saying that even if the girl was saying anything important, it doesn't matter because half the listeners are just listening in their rooms thinking, 'this band is really neat' and not getting affected. the listeners are levitating the band, and the band has no control over their sound or its effect
I figured that levitation/treble bit is just saying that even if the girl was saying anything important, it doesn't matter because half the listeners are just listening in their rooms thinking, 'this band is really neat' and not getting affected. the listeners are levitating the band, and the band has no control over their sound or its effect