Venus in Furs
The Velvet Underground * Track #4 On The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground
Release Date
Performed by
The Velvet UndergroundProduced by
Andy Warhol & Tom WilsonWrited by
Lou ReedAbout
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...
Venus in Furs Lyrics
[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 Q&A
Who wrote Venus in Furs's ?
Venus in Furs was written by Lou Reed.
Who produced Venus in Furs's ?
Venus in Furs was produced by Andy Warhol & Tom Wilson.
When did The Velvet Underground release Venus in Furs?
The Velvet Underground released Venus in Furs on Sun Mar 12 1967.