This song uses a fur coat as a metaphor for beauty and vanity. Fur coats are beautiful and soft on the outside, but when you come “around the fur” you find the dead and ugly skin. Chino is comparing people who are vain to a fur coat, saying they can be beautiful on the outside, but dead and ugly on...
[Verse 1]
Hey, vanity
This vial's empty, so are you
Hey, glamorous
This vial's not God anymore, yeah
[Chorus]
Speak! I don't get it
Should I ignore the fashion or go by the book?
I don't want it
I just want your eyes fixated on me
Coming back
I'm coming back around the fur
[Verse 2]
Prostitute, climb back down
From the floor
Please don't fuck around
And die like this
'Cause I love her
[Chorus]
Speak! I don't get it
Should I ignore the fashion or go by the book?
I don't want it
I just want your eyes fixated on me
Coming back
I'm coming back around the fur
[Outro]
Speak! Oh, you're so bad to me
I don't wanna get dressed up anyway
Come on, have some fun
I'm innocent, drop your weapons and come on
Speak! You're a liar
You're a liar and I don't care about
Her, her, her!
Around the Fur was written by Stephen Carpenter & Chi Cheng & Abe Cunningham & Chino Moreno.
Around the Fur was produced by Deftones & Terry Date.
Deftones released Around the Fur on Tue Oct 28 1997.
According to Chino Moreno,
“…basically about being infatuated with the dirtiness of life. I’ll do anything to try to get into it and understand it, because I want to see where everybody’s coming from. I’m hoping that people don’t take it as a sexual reference, because it’s not about that at all
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