When you tried to kiss me
I only bit your tongue.
When you tried to get me together
I only came undone.
When you tried to tell me
The one for me was you,
I was in your mattress back in 1982.

Daria, I won't be soothed.
Daria, I won't be soothed over like,
Smoothed over like milk,
Silk, a bedspread, or a quilt,
Icing on a cake,
Or a serene translucent lake.
Daria, Daria, Daria,
I won't be soothed.
I won't be soothed.

When you tried to tell me
Of all the love you had,
I was cleaning oil from beaches
Seeing only what was bad.
When you tried to feed me
I only shut my mouth.
Food got on your apron
And you told me to get out.

Daria, I won't be soothed.
Daria, I won't be soothed over like,
Smoothed over like milk,
Silk, a bedspread, or a quilt,
Icing on a cake,
Or a serene translucent lake.
Daria, Daria, Daria,
Daria, Daria, Daria,
Daria, I won't be soothed.
I won't be soothed.



Lyrics submitted by Ice

Track duration: 03:44

"Daria" as written by John Mccrea

Lyrics © Cake - Stamen Music

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  • 0
    General Comment:Even though this song predates the premiere of Daria by about a year and is not inspired by it, it was featured in the end credits for the Daria season 2 episode "The New Kid."
    Flag JohnnyLurgon January 31, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think this is a song all about how a girl tries her hardest to get him out of his pit of self-despair. But, it never works.

    "When you tried to kiss me
    I only bit your tongue."
    ~She gave him love, he gave her pain

    "When you tried to get me together
    I only came undone."
    ~Any attempts to cheer him up only annoyed him

    "When you tried to tell me
    The one for me was you,
    I was in your mattress back in 1982."
    ~He was desperate for someone to love that as soon as he heard she loved him; an exaggeration of being so quick, he went back in time.

    "Daria, I won't be soothed.
    Daria, I won't be soothed over like,
    Smoothed over like milk,
    Silk, a bedspread, or a quilt,
    Icing on a cake,
    Or a serene translucent lake."
    ~He has little faith that she can ever fix him. He's not easily changeable like water, or able to be manipulated to one's desire like all the things he mentions.

    "When you tried to tell me
    Of all the love you had,
    I was cleaning oil from beaches
    Seeing only what was bad."
    ~She keeps trying to prove she loves him, but he's only looking at all the horrible messes he has to clean up in his life.

    "When you tried to feed me
    I only shut my mouth.
    Food got on your apron
    And you told me to get out."
    ~After some time, with all of her efforts of trying to be nice, and he just shoves them all back in her face as if her words meant nothing.
    Flag Ragnarok163on August 18, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Maybe its about an older woman hitting on him... like his mothers friend that use to change his diapers when the mother brought him over on the bed (back in 1982). she invited him over when he was older tried to kiss him (i only bit her tongue) he wont be soothed into sleeping with her (the one for me is you) so after him denying her (she was trying to hand feed him)she told him to get out


    "when you tried to tell me the the one for me was you"---- WTF Woman your to old for me

    "i was in your mattress back in 1982"----- Sheesh i was a kid when you were a younger woman

    "Daria i wont be soothed"----Um get away from me hag

    "when you tried to tell me of all the love you had" Omg wow

    "i was cleaning oil from beaches seeing only what was bad."--Many bad relationships.. im pure

    when you tried to feed me i only shut my mouth.--- i don't want her

    food got on your apron and you told me to get out. --stop hand feeding me I'm only here because you asked me over... Now your kicking me out cause i don't wanna hit on you?


    this is what i see :P

    he doesn't say anything about boyfriend girlfriend stuff in song so this is how i feel.
    Flag Phrostyon August 27, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:TOTALLY jumped out at me... after all these years. Childish but the hidden meaning makes total sense and makes me laugh. Sing it just ever so slightly differently "Di(a)-rrhea!".

    What does it feel like? smooth... milk.. silk...(and gets on a) bedspread or a quilt

    (feels like) icing on a cake... (wet as a) serene translucent lake

    dont forget:
    "i was in your mattress back in 1982. "


    Thoughts anyone?
    Flag CAKEisa4letterwordon January 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I always thought it had something to do with a chick wanting him to settle down, as opposed to his restless musician lifestyle. I won't be soothed meaning that he wont mellow out and accept a more normal life.

    Icing on a cake sounds to me like I sing on a cake. I'm not sure if it's coincidental but I find it hard to believe he would include the word cake in a song with out it being significant.

    This guy mentions mattress a couple times on the album. I always wondered why he used it instead of bed, since it isn't used to rhyme.
    Flag benthesurfguyon August 25, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think that the lines "When you tried to kiss me, I only bit your tongue" and "When you tried to feed me, I only shut my mouth" are connected and may be references to the phrase "bite the hand that feeds you".

    I agree with luckycharms. Daria is clearly trying to fix him and he's adamant that she will not fix him. Maybe he doesn't believe he can ever be fixed (get better or be loved or whatever), or maybe he just wants to fix himself. But the one thing he's clear about is the fact that he doesn't want her to fix him. He wants to be her lover not her project. And she just can't get that. So after much frustration and miscommunication, she gave up.
    Flag eww2006on May 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I kind of agree with Cape Kid's idea on this one, although the problem in the relationship doesn't have to be cheating. He's upset with her for some unknown reason, and he's being stubborn and won't let them work things out.
    Flag rainbowcrayonon November 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i very recently feel like i learned what this song is about. i was basically in a relationship where i was the optimist girl, he was the pessimist guy. he basically refused to be soothed, he shut down my attempts, and i continued in some romantic effort to reach him, which probably only pushed him further. in his own words, we just kept spiraling, myself becoming more depressed and confused and him becoming angry and resentful...
    Flag agent229on August 30, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:i interpreted it a little different, i saw it as a girl really liked him and did anything for him, and he didn't realize what he had or how much he liked her until she didn't care anymore. maybe I'm just relating it to myself though XD
    Flag addictedtotoadson July 24, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This song is just weirdly incestuous to me. I realize, of course, it's not about a relationship with his mother, but he sort of allows this woman in his life to treat him like her child, and clearly he acts like a child. He's temperamental, cranky, and rude, and she takes it and takes it until finally she can't take anymore and tells him to "get out."

    We women are always sort of trying to "change" men to suit what it is we really want, and it looks like Daria found a man she couldn't change, one who flat out refused to change, and hey, she's probably better off without him.
    Flag lucycharmson November 16, 2008   Link

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