Death and the Maiden (The Verlaines song)

"Death and the Maiden" is a song by New Zealand rock band The Verlaines. It was released as a single in 1983 and is arguably the most popular song in their discography.
The 'B' side of the record was "CD, Jimmy Jazz & Me".
"Death and the Maiden" later appeared on the 1987 album "Juvenilia", which was a collection of The Verlaines early singles and EP's.
New Zealand rock band Elemeno P released a cover version of this song on their 2005 album "Trouble in Paradise". Former Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus also recorded a version for the Flying Nun tribute album "Under the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun Records" in 2002. Boston band Prickly covered the song on their 1997 LP "Velleity."
Meaning of the lyrics.
"You'll only end up like Rimbaud"<br>"Get shot by Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine..."<br>
The lyrics above refer to Paul Verlaine, a 19th-century French poet. After going into a drunken rage, Verlaine shot his lover – fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud in July 1873. The Verlaines took their name from the French poet.
"Shall we have our photo taken?"<br>"We'll look like Death and the Maiden"<br> 
This is a reference to a painting of the same name by Egon Schiele, which shows a woman embracing a skeleton. The image is reproduced on the label of Verlaines' side of the "Dunedin Double" EP, issued in 1982 which is the year before the release of "Death and the Maiden".