Rosemary
Heaven restores you in life
You're coming with me
Through the aging, the fearing, the strife
It's the smiling on the package
It's the faces in the sand
It's the thought that moves you upwards
Embracing me with two hands
Right will take you places
Yeah, maybe to the beach
When your friends, they do come crying
Tell them now your pleasure's set upon slow release
[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, wait
Great smile
Sensitive to fate, not
Denial
But hey, who's on trial?
[Chorus]
It took a lifespan with no cellmate
The long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
We speaks about travel
Yeah, we think about the land
We smart like all peoples
Feeling real tan
I could take you places
Do you need a new man?
Wipe the pollen from the faces
Make revision to a dream while you wait in the van
[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, wait
Great smile
Sensitive to fate, not
Denial
But hey, who's on trial?
[Chorus]
It took a lifespan with no cellmate
By the long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, you are exotic
You need something for which to care
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
[Verse 3]
Leave some shards under the belly
Lay some grease inside my hand
It's a sentimental jury
And the makings of a good plan
You've come to love me lightly
Yeah, you come to hold me tight
Is this motion everlasting
Or do shudders pass in the night?
Rosemary
Oh, heaven restores you in life
I spent a lifespan with no cellmate
The long way back
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, semi-erotic
You need someone to take you there
Sandy, why can't we look the other way?
Why can't we just play the other game?
Why can't we just look the other way?
“Evil” was the second single off of Interpol’s second album Antics. It charted well internationally, reaching #24 in the United States.
The video for the track featured a marionette puppet fans named “Norman”, and is rumored to have been visually inspired by Christopher Walken.
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The puppet’s whereabouts were unknown until 2014, when it went up for auction on icollector.com under the title, “ANIMATRONIC CREEPY GHOUL PUPPET FROM MUSIC VIDEO.” Pictures showed Norman intact, but with noticeable blemishes, holes and rotted latex. It was subsequently given away, but YouTuber John Kolbek managed to locate it and set up a gofundme page to fund the recovery and restoration of Norman. However, the campaign was given a deadline of 1 October 2019, and since it did not reach its target by this deadline, we can probably assume the project was abandoned, or at least postponed.
- 1.Next Exit
- 2.Evil
- 3.Narc
- 5.Slow Hands
- 8.C’mere
- 11.Direction
