The Shakes

What a depressing song. Although one might see this as Bradford writing a song about himself (and he can apparently relate to the lyrics), he wrote the song as a narrative about someone else.

He stated this in a recent Pitchfork interview: " I was really afraid that song would be taken as autobiographical-- I thought it was really strange that the first lines on the record were "found money and fame," with my picture on the cover. But I wrote that as a narrative about someone else. Still, I can honestly relate to that character very much. People roll their eyes and say, "Oh god, he's not rich or famous." I say it's relative. I mean, look at me: I'm 115 pounds and I grew up without money. To me, I'm rich because I don't have to worry about paying rent. I don't think about money now."

Source: http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8707-bradford-cox/?utm_source=related

i'm not sure, but i don't hear it as "my material, my friends"... maybe "my material leverage"?

THEY see the horror on my face

and what the flksdhui8rftfkauhgk is Blue Star Moonbeam Trace?

Yeah pretty depressing song alright! The narrator is looking back and reflecting on his life and lamenting on his 'friends' which could be interpreted as material posessions rather than 'real' people and literal friendships. In his pursuit for 'money and fame' he has ended up with nothing but emptiness even though he is trying to convince himself he is surrounded by people that care about him even though he's in denial:

"I made lots of friends I made lots and lots of friends And on me did they depend"