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Teen Angel Lyrics
When you sleep in white
You looks like a teen angel
Heaven stars sparkle light
Don't steal her soul tonight
Tube socks pulled up high
Like the Twin Towers
Hairnet paradise
Lovers at midnight
Broke hearts when we fight
Tears in our eyes
Drunken long train ride
You were new in town, all mine
You looks like a teen angel
Heaven stars sparkle light
Don't steal her soul tonight
Tube socks pulled up high
Like the Twin Towers
Hairnet paradise
Lovers at midnight
Broke hearts when we fight
Tears in our eyes
Drunken long train ride
You were new in town, all mine
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*my interpretation is kinda the obvious..
this song makes me feel like cocorosie is describing a teenage girl in which she is compared to an angel and how perfect she is and how much the artist loves her..and it describes the feelings created when staring at God's wonderful creation..i also think its about someone who is staring at a girl while she sleeps and praying that she doesnt die before she wakes...it really is just a beautifull song..PURE POETRY..
I am pretty sure instead of "tears start pouring out her eyes", the lyrics are "Tube socks pulled up high", instead of "lovers at midnight" it is "thought love was at midnight", and instead of "spin me right", it's "when we fight", and maybe even "broke hearts when we fight". I know that in a really powerful live performance of this song, Bianca begins by explaining that she is being accompanied by an electric guitar, and that it is taboo because she was abused with an electric guitar. I believe this is a song highlighting the beautiful and confusing moments of an abusive relationship.
The thought of tube socks in relation to the twin towers is haunting because it gives the image of these pieces of clothing falling off just as the towers fell, and relates the same horror in the pairing of the imagery.
The song is incredibly beautiful, it is one of my favourites.
I think the lyric is: "You looks like a TEEN ANGEL" Also, when ever I heard the line: "Drunken on train ride", before reading these lyrics I thought it was "Drunken untrained eye" Either way, I love this song! I wonder why CocoRosie never play it! It reminds me of John Keat's poem, "Eve of St. Agnes", where Porphyro is staring at Madeline, as she sleeps.
Changed the lyrics according to the new "consensus" and what I hear.
The line "thought love was at midnight" is unclear. In the 2006 version it doesn't sound like she sings the first word, so it COULD be "lovers at midnight". But in later versions, there's a word there that sounds like "thought".
Also in later versions, she sings "you look" instead of "you looks" but I kept "looks".
Lastly, to me the whole line "heaven starts to sparkle light" seems dubious, but I haven't heard any other suggestions.
The rest is pretty clear.
After listening to a new performance, it's definitely "heaven stars sparkle light".
After listening to a new performance, it's definitely "heaven stars sparkle light".
Okay, I changed "thought love was at midnight" back to just "lovers at midnight". This is definitely what she sings, and in the 2006 version it sounds very much like that's all she sings. In later version, the one syllable word in front starts with P, that much is clear. It really sounds like it ends with a K sound, not T. It sounds a lot like "puck". But I have no idea what "puck lovers at midnight" means. If it wasn't obvious (from her lips) that it starts with P, I would almost guess that she sings "fuck lovers...
Okay, I changed "thought love was at midnight" back to just "lovers at midnight". This is definitely what she sings, and in the 2006 version it sounds very much like that's all she sings. In later version, the one syllable word in front starts with P, that much is clear. It really sounds like it ends with a K sound, not T. It sounds a lot like "puck". But I have no idea what "puck lovers at midnight" means. If it wasn't obvious (from her lips) that it starts with P, I would almost guess that she sings "fuck lovers at midnight".