The Silicone Veil is an image, as Susanne herself says. This image is supposed to represent a limit between life and death. This song is extremely powerful and full of images that contrast with each other, much like her own feelings are controversial as she goes in and out of this Silicone Veil
[Verse 1]
I'm a larva wrapped in silk;
I am dying in burning flesh
Let me out, let me ache
Let me out, let me ache and itch
[Verse 2]
Get me out of this suit
I go to a funeral every day
I follow these people around
I follow these people like a rat's tail
[Pre-Chorus]
I carry their caskets, I sing them good night
They're better off without me
[Chorus]
Beauty is poisonous
Disruptive
Oh, heaven must be an iron rose
Unfolding...
Oh, let me in, let me out,
let me in, let me out!
[Verse 3]
This is a retirement
from plumbing the veins of rats and kings.
Let the stars be my eyes then
unchain the knuckles and latches;
unbutton my wrists.
[Verse 4]
My skin so thin you can see black holes within;
my eyes so clear they light up the sky...
[Pre-Chorus]
And sometimes I'll bend into the silicone veil
and enter this world again as a ghost.
[Chorus]
Beauty is poisonous
Disruptive
Oh, heaven must be an iron rose
Unfolding...
Oh, let me in, let me out,
let me in, let me out!
[Post-Chorus]
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out
The Silicone Veil was written by Susanne Sundfør.
The Silicone Veil was produced by Lars Horntveth & Susanne Sundfør.
Susanne Sundfør released The Silicone Veil on Fri Mar 23 2012.