‘La Fee Verte’ is the fourth track from Kasabian’s 2011 album Velociraptor! It features Sergio Pizzorno on lead vocals and is an acoustic guitar and string-based song with a heavy Beatles influence.
[Verse 1]
Old green fairy, what you’ve done to me
I see Lucy in the sky telling me I’m high
I went out for some milk three days ago
I met Dali in the street, he knocked me off my feet
[Break]
Oh, oh, oh (Ah)
[Verse 2]
Now I start to see that all’s not well
There’s policemen in my bed telling me I’m dead
If only I could show them what I’ve seen
I’ll have to take you down below where insects run the show
[Pre-Chrous 1]
Sound and vision turning inside out
The lines make you look older then you’re gone
[Chorus]
And everyday I got someone bringing me down
I got the eyes of a madman, I’m chasing round
How does it feel to live your life where nothing is real?
So just send me down the river
[Verse 3]
The neighbours say that I need locking up
Well they wouldn’t be the first to want me in a hearse
No one sleeps for I am still awake
Pass me over La Fée Verte, I’ll give you all a scare
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Dogs in handbags, everyone’s a star
You look behind your eyelids then you’re gone
[Chorus]
And everyday I got someone bringing me down
I got the eyes of a madman, I’m chasing round
How does it feel to live your life where nothing is real?
So just send me down the river
[Bridge]
I’m not gonna wait for tomorrow
I just look back and wait for a sign
And I’m not gonna celebrate my freedom
So just send me down the river
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na
[Chorus]
And everyday I got someone bringing me down
I got the eyes of a madman, I can't look round
How does it feel to live your life where nothing is real?
So just send me down the river
La Fee Verte was written by Sergio Pizzorno.
La Fee Verte was produced by Dan the Automator & Sergio Pizzorno.
Kasabian released La Fee Verte on Fri Sep 16 2011.
Serge Pizzorno: “It’s about going out for some milk and not returning for three days. It’s about turning the lights off to the world because the world’s so fucking messed up that you just can’t deal with it anymore. You get the absinthe out and you go on a little trip of your own.”