Daisy Dead Petals Lyrics
that is her name
she's in her phone booth phase, so
underneath the shade of a peppermint tray,
she can turn it out with a heal on
she just rides into town
knowing what they'll say,
knowing they're around the corner.
got a crack in,
got a crack in some strange places.
that is her name
so maybe she tastes like a hamburger maid, well
these dead petals, honey, brought me here
she said, "these dead petals, honey, brought me here."
hearing mother cry,
maybe she's around the corner
got a crack in some strange places
on my back with,
on my back with some dirty dishes
all over the river
falling down, falling down,
falling down...
go on like this forever
falling down, falling down,
falling down...
might as well stay,
might as well fry some eggs
and wave to the shade of the peppermint tray
she's a new friend not a skeleton to
ride into town.
knowing what they'll say,
knowing she tastes like a hamburger maid, but
"these dead petals, honey, brought me here."
she said, "these dead petals, honey, brought me here."
I think this a song about someone who recognizes they are different in a way people view as bad or generally not positive, and embraces it. She has dead petals, and she is like, "you know what? Fuck it. These dead petals, honey, brought me here." Her petals may be dead, but she loves them. Good for her!
can the "petals" actually be "pedals"? as in piano pedals? the idea just crossed my mind. love how multi-layered Tori's music is, that after 20 years i'm still learning
can the "petals" actually be "pedals"? as in piano pedals? the idea just crossed my mind. love how multi-layered Tori's music is, that after 20 years i'm still learning
I see this song as possibly being related to sexual abuse among other things. Flowers or being 'plucked' can be a reference to losing virginity/sexual activity. Daisies are often related to innocence and childhood, as well as death (pushing up the daisies). After sexual abuse, it is common to feel the perpetrator is 'just round the corner' and to feel you're hurt or 'cracked' in strange places. You also feel you know what people are saying. The daisies can also be seen as escaping difficult childhood (dancing on a dime, hearing mother cry, maybe she's around the corner). The maybe she's around the corner line could also relate to the girl in the song being 'around the corner', the best self as it were, the one who's settled - and the song character is working to get to her.
However, the song character's dead petals bring her to a new place, she's no longer a skeleton, no longer not a part of life or dead, but instead someone making the best of it.