Trophy (song)

"**Trophy**" is the second track on Bat For Lashes' debut album, *Fur and Gold*. It was released as the second single off the album on 30 October 2006.

## Background

"Trophy" is a song about Natasha Khan cherishing her own abilities and not allowing them to be cheapened.

> "At the time someone had really pissed me off – some promoter or something – and he was really sexist and really smarmy. He made me feel really ill, so it was like ‘This is my trophy, I’m protecting it, so fuck off’. Y’know, but I don’t want to be singing, like, ‘Don’t touch my heart… it’s soooo precious to me…’ or whatever. So I’m imagining this beautiful, precious thing – the trophy – and the landscape around it. At the time I might’ve been into queens and jesters, and lions and, y’know, this regal thing, so maybe I was attracted to that. So then you get these themes, and a story evolves – so this person has a trophy, and these people are trying to take it off them, and the creatures of mercy are swirling around the sky and they’re going to come and help you."
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A demo version of the song was released on a earlier demo CD Natasha sold in 2005 before the release of her debut album. This version lacks backing vocals by Josh T. Pearson and other effects from the final studio version. You can listen to the demo here.

When performed live during the *Fur and Gold* tour, the song had a intro where Natasha sang Nico's "Le Petit Chevalier."

## Music video

A music video for the song was filmed, but only an incomplete version leaked in 2012.

## Lyrics

* Album version
* Demo version

The trophy that I made for us

In fur and gold

Got into the wrong pair of hands

And truth was sold

They bought it for, oh, so much less

Than it was worth

And every man that touched it

Found a heaven on earth

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

The queens and the court jesters

Clapped, adored

Their hearts swelled to overdrive

And mercy soared

Mercy this and mercy that

Let justice prevail

But I just want my trophy back

It's not for sale

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

When I got my trophy back

It took some time

To polish it to gold from black

And shoot the lion

And when I put it back inside

And locked the door

A trophy of mercy

Is a trophy no more

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

The trophy that I made for us

In fur and gold

Got into the wrong pair of hands

And truth was sold

They bought it for, oh, so much less

Than it was worth

And everyone that touched it

Found a heaven on earth

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

The queens and the court jesters

Clapped, adored

Their hearts swelled to overdrive

And mercy soared

Mercy this and mercy that

Let justice prevail

But I just want my trophy back

It's not for sale

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

When I got my trophy back

It took some time

To polish it to gold from black

And shoot the lion

And when I put it back inside

And locked the door

A trophy of mercy

Is a trophy no more

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

Creatures of mercy

Shoot, shoot

Shoot them down

And set me free

## Credits

* Natasha Khan - vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion, strings arrangement
* Josh T. Pearson - backing vocals, guitar
* Howard Gott - violin
* Sophie Sirota - violin

## References

1. ↑ "Bat for Lashes – Trophy (7")". *Discogs*.
2. ↑ "DiScover: Bat For Lashes / In Depth". 11 September 2006. *Drowned in Sound*.
3. ↑ "CD: Unique Bat for Lashes demo CDs (2004-2005)". *ValueYourMusic*.