Chloe in the Afternoon Lyrics
You're all legs
I'm all nerves
Black lacquered
Horse hair whip
By your heels
Heal my hurt
Horse hair whip
Be your floor
[Chorus]
Chloe in the afternoon
Chloe in the afternoon
Chloe in the afternoon
Chloe in the afternoon
Chloe in the afternoon
[Bridge]
No kisses, no real names
No kisses, no real names
[Verse 2]
Who will hear
Hear your word
Ring, ring phone
Send you home
Find my heels
Heal my hurt
White, white shirt
Back to work
About
The opening track of St. Vincent’s third album, Strange Mercy describes a sexually active dominatrix and her loyal wounded client who’s desperate for some emotional connection through the usual whips and chains.
The song takes its title from the French 1972 film of the same name.
Annie Clark described “Chloe In The Afternoon” as one of the two tracks she was most proud of on Strange Mercy (the other being the title track) because, as she puts it, it’s “quite strange”.
In this NME interview, Clark further elaborates:
I like the textures and syncopation in that song very much. I’m very fond of it, and of playing it. With ‘Chloe..’ it needed to sound breathless, right, because it’s a song about sex, so it needed to sound high and breathless. It just didn’t make sense in my brain any other way! So I had to sing it just a little too high…"
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