Spiral Staircase Lyrics
Paint your body red and brown,
On our knees we'll feast on the sex show
Spiral Staircase! Spiral Staircase!
Greasy haircuts, a German Chinese girl,
Is gone keep ya'll busy, tuggin' at my curl,
A get your ass together,
You better walk, walk, walk, a by walking, we cannot run!
they all came to party, and there's four to every stall,
It gets frus-ta-ratin', a just a pissin' on this wall,
Seems like there's another story bangin'
Around every step you fake
Spiral Staircase goin' down
Paint your body red and brown
On our knees, we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral Staircase! Spiral Staircase!
they all came to party, and there's four to every stall
It gets frus-ta-ratin', a just a pissin' on this wall,
Seems like there's another story bangin'
Around every step you fake
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Yeah i understand whatcha mean el bastardo...almost every line creates a raunchy image in your head
Stay cool
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This song is about the house in Topanga Canyon that was the haunt of rock stars such as Love, Jim Morrison, and more importantly the "cult" leader Charles Manson. Manson and the Family nicknamed the house Spiral Staircase due to the, er, Spiral Staircase. Numerous "sex parties" and other LSD induced madness went on there. There have been various conspiracy theories that the Spiral Staircase (also known as The Snake Pit after its owner) was in fact an FBI or CIA owned house that was a cover to gain information into the "counter culture" of 60's American Rock.
Great Song.
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nexusicon, may I just say...spectacular input. now it all makes sense. The one thing that still bugs me about this, however, is the fact that they all say something slurred and inaudible near the end of the song. I can't help but feel like it's something cryptic and/or insightful and we're all just missing out on it!
Jared tweeted that this bit at the end is lines from an old Tarzan movie that their uncle used to say to them to make them laugh
Jared tweeted that this bit at the end is lines from an old Tarzan movie that their uncle used to say to them to make them laugh
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It seems that i just cannot truthfully comment on this song without making myself look like a perv.
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One comment? Come on. I think that this is one of Kings of Leon's best songs (although I like them all). Although I don't really understand the lyrics, the sheer rawness of it really gets your juices pumping, man. Great song.
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Sex, drugs and rock and roll.
We love you!!
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I love how the guitar comes in on line "sex Show"
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gosh i just love the rawness of caleb's voice in this song
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Well, if you think that this whole thing is about the actual "Spiral Staircase" place then, you should realize that what Charles Manson used to do is mutter words in a sybolic gesture, and usually turn them into words that are kinda like Got to die or something like that... and then, you also have to consider, most of Kings of Leons songs, have nothing to do with other people, the first CD was based on things they wanted to do when the get popular, and then the second was things they did, and the third was more so on their life growing up...
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I love this song so much. Love it when Caleb does his "walk walk walk" bit. I love KOL! So much! And I so agree with 'The Tallest Man'....the inaudible bit really bugs me 2! I wanna know what they're saying dammit!!!