2008 브릿 어워드 '브리티쉬 베스트 솔로 아티스트' 및 '브리티쉬 Breakthrough Act', 2007 머큐리 상 노미네이트. 파키스탄인의 혈통을 가지고 태어난 여성 싱어 송 라이터, 멀티 인스트루멘틀리스트이자 비쥬얼 아티스트인 나타샤 칸의 솔로 프로젝트 Bat For Lashes의 데뷔작 [Fur And Gold]. 아일랜드의 신동 Patrick Wolf와 비견되는 여성 뮤지션 나타샤 칸이 자신감 넘치며 확고부동한 형식의 인디팝을 보여주고 있는 작품. 그간 Radiohead의 유로피언 투어를 서포트 하며 자신의 입지를 확고히 굳혔으며 Devendra Banhart, Jarvis Cocker 그리고 Thom Yorke까지 그녀의 팬임을 자처할 정도로 독창성과 실력을 고루 갖추고 있는 촉망받는 신예 아티스트. 비옥한 음의 어레인지먼트, 화려한 멜로디의 고스-록적인 전개와 듣다보면 어느새 그림 형제의 동화책 속 주인공이 된 것 같은 느낌을 가질 수 밖에 없는 감성 챔버-팝 곡들로 수놓아진 수작 앨범이다. .... ....
> Got woken in the night By a mystic golden light My head soaked in river water I had been dressed in a coat of armor They called a horse out of the woodland ""Take her there through the desert shores."" They sang to me, ""This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back Now."" The smell of redwood giants The banquet for the shadows Horse and I, we're dancers in the dark Came upon the headdress It was gilded, dark and golden The children sang I was so afraid I took it to my head and prayed They sang to me, ""This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."" They sang to me, ""This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."" There is no turning back There is no turn There is no turning back There is no turn There is no turning back There is no turn
The trophy that I made for us In fur and gold Got into the wrong pair of hands And truth was sold
They bought it for, oh, so much less Then it was worth And every man that touched it Found a heaven on earth
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
The queens and the court jesters Clapped, adored Their hearts swelled to overdrive And mercy soared
Mercy this and mercy that Let justice prevail But I just want my trophy back It's not for sale
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Creatures of mercy, shoot, shoot Shoot them down and set me free Creatures of mercy, shoot, shoot Shoot them down and set me free
When I got my trophy back It took some time To polish it to gold from black And shoot the lion
When I put it back inside And locked the door Our trophy of mercy Is a trophy no more
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Creatures of mercy, shoot, shoot Shoot them down and set me free Creatures of mercy, shoot, shoot Shoot them down and set me free
Community saw the best in me Exchanging the common heart for salt in the sea Children of the sun on a highway of hope Beauty of coming together in sorrow
Tahiti, we don't got no name Tahiti, we don't got no home Tahiti, we don't got no money Tahiti, we don't got no honey
But we do the dishes And we make the bread We are powdered ashes In the light of the beauty, he said
Wear those dark glasses To help us see Hot tears rolling down And our arms are knitted all around you
Creatures of the night On a highway of hope The beauty that we'll leave Each other tomorrow
Tahiti, we don't got no name Tahiti, we don't got no home Tahiti, we don't got no money Tahiti, we don't got no honey
> We walked arm in arm But I didn't feel his touch A desire I'd first tried to hide That tingling inside was gone And when he asked me Do you still love me? I had to look away I didn't want to tell him That my heart grows colder with each day When you love someone But the thrill is gone And your kisses at night Are replaced with tears And when your dreams are wrong A train to train wreck town Then I ask you now, what's a girl to do? He said he'd take me away That we'd work things out And I didn't want to tell him But it was then I had to say Over the times we've shared It's all blackened out And my bat lightning heart Wants to fly away When you love someone But the thrill is gone And your kisses at night Are replaced with tears And when your dreams are on A train to train wreck town Then I ask you now, what's a girl to do? What's a girl to do? What's a girl to do? What's a girl to do?
I don't like the things you don't say Leaving it for such a long long time Why do you show me those sad sad eyes Each time you decide to pass on by
And when you smile those sad eyes Look sadder and sadder still
Autumn's hue in those sad eyes Makes me love and love them more I'll have a bath, I'll make the dinner And then I'll go wait for a long long time But still you've not passed my door
And when you smile those sad eyes Look sadder and sadder still
I can tell that you're lonely But it seems now There's nothing you want me to do So I won't try to take the sadness From those eyes that I love Leave it open for someone else to
And when you smile those sad eyes Look sadder and sadder still
Trying to hold it together Keep my love as light as a feather Sad eyes baby it's been such a long time Keep my heart breaking in the dark Come and spend the night
Trying to hold it together Keep my love as light as a feather Sad eyes baby it's been such a long time Keep my heart breaking in the dark Come and spend the night
There's a girl that wants to stop Been thinking about having a couple of kids Comb a brush around their heads in the morning To be needed, simply and with meaning
Her name is Karen Been on the road for so long She wants to live in a place that has a number and a name Find love as an anchor before the courage is gone
She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, I tell you
She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, I tell you
To live life outside the whirl To break the cross that bears her name She's not your queen anymore, queen of the highway Needs something better than running away
She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, I tell you
She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, Prescilla She really loves him, I tell you