Trophy

Bat for Lashes * Track #2 On Fur and Gold

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Album Fur and Gold

ALBUM

Bat for Lashes

2006

Trophy by Bat for Lashes

Release Date

Mon Sep 11 2006

Performed by

Bat for Lashes

Produced by

Natasha Khan & David Kosten

Writed by

Natasha Khan

About

“Trophy” is the second track and single off Bat for Lashes' debut album, Fur and Gold. The CD single release includes the B-side “Howl.”

The song is about Natasha Khan cherishing her own abilities and not allowing them to be cheapened.

Trophy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 than it was worth
And every man that touched it found a heaven on earth

[Refrain]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Refrain]
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

[Chorus]
Creatures of mercy
Shoot, shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free
Creatures of mercy
Shoot, shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free

[Verse 3]
When I got my trophy back it took some time
To polish it to gold from black and shoot the lion
And when I put it back inside and locked the door
A trophy of mercy is a trophy no more

[Refrain]
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

[Chorus]
Creatures of mercy
Shoot, shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free
Creatures of mercy
Shoot, shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free

Trophy Q&A

Who wrote Trophy's ?

Trophy was written by Natasha Khan.

Who produced Trophy's ?

Trophy was produced by Natasha Khan & David Kosten.

When did Bat for Lashes release Trophy?

Bat for Lashes released Trophy on Mon Sep 11 2006.

What did Bat for Lashes say about "Trophy"?

Khan told the story behind the song in an interview with Drowned in Sound:

At the time someone had really pissed me off – some promoter or something – and he was really sexist and really smarmy. He made me feel really ill, so it was like ‘This is my trophy, I’m protecting it, so fuck off’. Y’know,...