They made special clothes, often big haute-couture-like dresses and used effects like fake blood, make-up, confetti, and various stage designs. Among their special shows was the one at the Swedish Arvikafestivalen 2007, where they made a dystopian performance in three acts with short novel films, produced only for this show, in between the acts. They made extraordinary photo shoots, like the studio photo with Princess surrounded in feathers and Pearl with paint dripping on his chest, all set up for one second moment with the premise of not using Photoshop.
They had several hits, the best known “Tar Heart ” has been named as one of the smartest marketing ideas during the Myspace era, when it was tagged on an early leak of the knife's “Silent Shout” (2006) under the name “F as in knife”, and became a big mystery until it was explained that it actually was a Zeigeist song named “Tar Heart”. Pitchfork Media listed the leaked demo of “Tar Heart” as one of the best songs 2006 on their yearly “Top 100 tracks of..."
In the same time as they declared their all-of-a-sudden split up, they released their last single, a cover of Roxette’s first single “Neverending Love”, with their own "Chasing your shadow all around the world" as a B-side. The split up was explained, as so many other fictive and dramatic things by Zeigeist, with a “termination” on their website that they had their personal reasons to “kill her".
Cuffs
Zeigeist Lyrics
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You were my sex and I'm your miss
We've reached the bottom line
I held your head and you did mine
You gave me folds and I turned blind
Gave in from time to time
It's like the first time that we kiss
If you grab my hands like this
Your unleashed wrath will be unmade
Our porn film clip that I adore
You start all over like before
No longer gives a damn
Your giant leap to something new
Gave me the insight of what you've screwed
Stop telling me who I am
If you grab my hands like this
It's like the first time that we kiss
If you grab my hands like this
Your unleashed wrath will be unmade
You told me lies like all the rest
And now you've flunked my basic test
I saw the things you hide from me
The bottom line won't you agree
If you grab my hands like this
It's like the first time that we kiss
If you grab my hands like this
Your unleashed wrath will be unmade
If you grab my hands like this
It's like the first time that we kiss
If you grab my hands like this
Your unleashed wrath will be unmade
If you grab my hands like this
It's like the first time that we kiss
If you grab my hands like this
"Cuffs" by Zeigeist is a song that revolves around the themes of power dynamics and unraveling of relationships. The song is about a woman who is in a sexual relationship with a man, but realizes that he has been lying to her and is not the person she thought he was. The lyrics suggest that the woman feels disillusioned about the relationship, and that the man's behavior has made her question her own identity.
The lyrics, "I never thought you'd do like this, You were my sex and I'm your miss, We've reached the bottom line," suggest that the relationship has reached a breaking point. The woman feels betrayed that the man she was intimate with turned out to be someone different than who she thought he was. She also blames herself for not seeing through his lies earlier in the relationship. The lyrics, "You told me lies like all the rest, And now you've flunked my basic test, I saw the things you hide from me, The bottom line won't you agree" reinforce this idea.
The chorus of the song, "If you grab my hands like this, It's like the first time that we kiss, Your unleashed wrath will be unmade," implies that there is a power struggle between the two characters. The woman is warning the man that she is no longer bound by the relationship, and that her anger and frustration towards him can no longer be contained. The song uses sexually charged imagery to convey a sense of desire and aggression, as well as to suggest that sex and power are intertwined.
Line by Line Meaning
I never thought you'd do like this
I didn't expect you to behave this way
You were my sex and I'm your miss
We had a sexual relationship and I was your partner
We've reached the bottom line
Our relationship has come to an end
I held your head and you did mine
We were intimate with each other
You gave me folds and I turned blind
You showed me your vulnerabilities and I became blind to your faults
Gave in from time to time
I submitted to your desires sometimes
If you grab my hands like this
Your touch still affects me deeply
It's like the first time that we kiss
I still feel the passion we once shared in this moment
Your unleashed wrath will be unmade
Your outbursts and anger towards me will no longer have an effect on me
Our porn film clip that I adore
Our intimate moments that were special to me
You start all over like before
You try to relive our intimate moments
No longer gives a damn
It no longer has the same effect on me
Your giant leap to something new
Your decision to move on to something else
Gave me the insight of what you've screwed
I now understand your true intentions and actions
Stop telling me who I am
Stop trying to define me
You told me lies like all the rest
You lied to me like others did in the past
And now you've flunked my basic test
Now you have failed to live up to my expectations
I saw the things you hide from me
I have discovered the things you kept from me
The bottom line won't you agree
The truth is inevitable, can't you see?
Contributed by Bentley D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@littledreamer0117
aw! used to love and dance at this song like 8 or 9 years ago or so... I totally forgot about Zeigeist, until yesterday that Laut.fm played Cuffs <3
@felipe1504
Awesome. Love this song!
@izdebiz5098
j'adoooore
@mariapiccioni7265
🚀
@kidjo06
cool
@pabloferrerperez5503
i love it. someone know some kind of music like this???
@shineeis5657
metric and older royksopp music is similar.
@pabloferrerperez5503
+jessica froot yeah I love royksopp!!!! thanks :)
@KaTeNizola
also looking for something simmilar, try Schwefelgelb–Zu Zweit
@pabloferrerperez5503
Thanksssss