The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
This song is named for, and based on, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s 1870 novella Venus in Furs, in which the male main character seeks to be enslaved by his fur-adorned lover.
The song and its topic challenged songwriting conventions at the time, the celebration of sexual masochism out in the open wa...
[Verse 1]
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
[Verse 2]
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorned, imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there
[Chorus]
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
[Verse 3]
Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
[Verse 4]
Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me
[Chorus]
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
[Verse 5]
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Venus in Furs was written by Lou Reed.
Venus in Furs was produced by Andy Warhol & Tom Wilson.
The Velvet Underground released Venus in Furs on Sun Mar 12 1967.