A "femme fatale" is a very seductive woman who will leave a man worse off than she found him. The inspiration for this song was actress Edie Sedgwick, who was a member of Andy Warhol's "Factory" crowd. Warhol was the manager of the Velvet Underground for a time, and good friends with Velvet Underground leader Lou Reed. He asked for this song to be written for Edie, playing up her image as a heartbreaker.
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