Battery Kinzie Lyrics

Lyric discussion by goddesscaroline 

Cover art for Battery Kinzie lyrics by Fleet Foxes

This is my favorite FF song. I have loved it since Robin performed an early version at one of his concerts. I only have two questions. First, what does the title mean (originally the title was Lorelai)? Also, what does "He paid the wage you sent to me" mean?

This song isn't Lorelai, Lorelai goes "So, guess I got old, I was like trash on the sidewalk...I was old news to you then."

This song was earlier called 'Lorelai', though

I think the line means the girl was asking of a certain something in the relationship (wage) that the new guy could offer (pay)...I think it says "sent to me" because it originally was a wage demanded of robin first..or whomever