I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hold my head
We'll trampoline
Finally through the roof
On to somewhere near
And far in time
Velouria
Her covering
Traveling career
She can really move
Oh velveteen!
My Velouria, my Velouria
Even I'll adore you
My Velouria
Say to me
Where have you been?
Finally through the roof
And how does lemur skin
Reflect the sea?
We will wade in the shine of the ever
We will wade in the shine of the ever
We will wade in the tides of the summer
Every summer
Every summer
Every
My Velouria
My Velouria
Forever green
I know she's here
In California
I can see the tears
Of Shastasheen
My Velouria, my Velouria
Even I'll adore you
My Velouria
We'll trampoline
Finally through the roof
On to somewhere near
And far in time
Velouria
Her covering
Traveling career
She can really move
Oh velveteen!
My Velouria, my Velouria
Even I'll adore you
My Velouria
Say to me
Where have you been?
Finally through the roof
And how does lemur skin
Reflect the sea?
We will wade in the shine of the ever
We will wade in the shine of the ever
We will wade in the tides of the summer
Every summer
Every summer
Every
My Velouria
My Velouria
Forever green
I know she's here
In California
I can see the tears
Of Shastasheen
My Velouria, my Velouria
Even I'll adore you
My Velouria
Lyrics submitted by riffic
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While I agree with much of GodzillaFoil for his insight I'd also like to reference that 'Shasta' is a sanskrit deity & also a generic term for 'guru' & teacher. I think there are refernces to death/enlightenment as well as what you commented on. California is particularly populated with those who believe in 'Lemuria'. I think there's double entendre in there - or a couple of levels - just as Cobain often used.
Nice, perfect interpretation, it feels right, thank you!!!
@GodzillaFoil I think this a great analysis of the song. I believe "Velouria" is someone that the writer is infatuated with and maybe only saw once. A women that he constantly comes back to in his mind's eye and perhaps envisions an ideal world where they could be together. <br /> <br /> The one line that gets me is "even I'll adore you", suggesting that she's so mysterious and graceful that even the writer adores her. This might be telling us something about the writer himself. That maybe he is cynical and usually doesn't see the beauty in people. This woman, on the other hand, encompasses so much wonder (maybe even simply in her appearance alone), that this cynical man can't help, but adore her. <br /> <br /> I think this is something we do all the time, men and women alike. We see someone that embodies our notion of beauty and we instantly become infatuated and start imagining a separate world where we could meet and fall in love with that person. Even though we may never actually talk to that person in this world. It's superficial yes, but it's also very human.
I used the moniker "GodzillaFoil" for a short while. Been using Gargumma for years now. Same person. :)
Drugs? What a load of bull. Black Francis didn't even do any drugs, except for the occasional joint. Why can't people seem to accept that not every song ever written is about drugs? Jesus, I just don't get it.
Yes i agree Weezer did do a great cover for this song but the original is better.
@Mr. Bojangles - the original has Kim Deal... need I say more?
I just checked out the Weezer version. The Pixies version is WAY better. Weezers versions not bad but it doesn't touch the original.
@JeffKaos71 <br /> WEEZER's is way better
wonderful song. i'd love to fall in love with a girl called velouria, it's such a beautiful name. weezer have done a really good cover of this song too, just as good as the original. anyways, thats what i think...
...beautiful
one of the greatest songs by the pixies, at least i think. weezer did a great cover, i like this version better though. long live the pixies.
glorious song.
is it just me or does weezer sound a lot like the pixies? i still like the pixies better this song rocks
nah man, i get it. i think its the guitar though, in the weezer cover, they really nail the guitar "singing" first time i heard it, i thought there was a few backups behind the guitar.
...it's just you... unless you're referring to the fact that weezer ripped off where's my mind with say it ain't so...
Some chords/chord changes feel a bit the same, but to call "Say It Ain't So" a rip-off is just unfair. The similarities wouldn't hold up in court, for example, in a copyright hearing.