Lyric discussion by formicula 

Cover art for Laura lyrics by Scissor Sisters

Amyliscious, that woman "dead as fuck" is Laura Palmer from the ever so fabulous TV show TWIN PEAKS, at least that's what the band said at the Brighton Dome Concert:

"This next song is a story. Composed about a lady. Who existed over the rainbow. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Two doors down from 10 Downing Street. And she was very beautiful. Very beautiful! Prom queen, as a matter of fact. Of Twin Peaks High School. But one fine day, she washed up on the shores of the Pacific-North-West, dead-as-fuck ...wrapped in plastic.... Her name...was Laura."

But I seriously have no clue about the connection of the character Laura Palmer to the lyrics of "Laura". Maybe the Scissor Sisters wanted to create a mystery, just like the show was. I don't know...