I Found a Whistle Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kerrigwen 

Cover art for I Found a Whistle lyrics by MGMT

It's a love song.

"15 centuries of dissolution and grief to return a yellow trickster and a thief"

Are (currently, anyway) my favourite lines/words in any of the songs off of Congratulations. =)

"15 centuries of dissolution and grief to return a yellow trickster and a thief" .....what does that line mean?