Nosferatu Man Lyrics
[Spoken Verse 1]
I live in a castle
I am a prince
On days I try
To please my queen
Soon as I start to smile
With my smiling queen
Who sits across the table
By the food she made
[Chorus 1]
Like a bat, I flushed the girl
And I flew out my back door
And I came to no one no more
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
[Spoken Verse 2]
Eyelids are opened
When the sun is high
I slip away from my queen's
Weary stare
I can be settled down
And be doing just fine
Until I heard that old train
Rolling down the line
I live in a castle
I am a prince
On days I try
To please my queen
Soon as I start to smile
With my smiling queen
Who sits across the table
By the food she made
[Chorus 1]
Like a bat, I flushed the girl
And I flew out my back door
And I came to no one no more
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
[Spoken Verse 2]
Eyelids are opened
When the sun is high
I slip away from my queen's
Weary stare
I can be settled down
And be doing just fine
Until I heard that old train
Rolling down the line
[Chorus 2]
With the light she disappeared
And set me in a whirl
And I hope that beautiful girl
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
[Spoken Verse 3]
She peeked around the corner
She offered me her hand
My teeth touched her skin
Then she was gone again
[Spoken Verse 4]
Now my queen is lying
In her early grave
After that girl I'll keep alone
There's nothing left to save
With the light she disappeared
And set me in a whirl
And I hope that beautiful girl
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
[Spoken Verse 3]
She peeked around the corner
She offered me her hand
My teeth touched her skin
Then she was gone again
[Spoken Verse 4]
Now my queen is lying
In her early grave
After that girl I'll keep alone
There's nothing left to save
About
Genius Annotation
Nosferatu (1922) is a classic German expressionist and horror film that was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. Because the film studio did not own the rights to the novel, several names were changed, as in the case of “Nosferatu”, meaning “vampire”.
The lyrics of “Nosferatu Man” were heavily inspired by the film, and contain vampire-like and horror imagery and fuses its themes to paint an imagery of isolation within a relationship. A man stays hot and cold with a girl until he finally hurts her, taking out her essence like a vampire.
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Credits
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Vocals
Electric Guitar
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Engineer
Label
Recorded At
River North Records, Chicago, IL
Release Date
March 27, 1991
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