In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Daisy dead petals that is her name
She's in a 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
Daisy dead petals 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"
Dancing on a dime hearing mother cry
Maybe she's around the corner
Got a crack in got a crack in some strange places
On my back with on my back with some dirty dishes
Falling down, falling down, all over the river
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Wish what I'm feeling could go on like this forever
Falling down, falling down, falling down
And since we're 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"
She's in a 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
Daisy dead petals 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"
Dancing on a dime hearing mother cry
Maybe she's around the corner
Got a crack in got a crack in some strange places
On my back with on my back with some dirty dishes
Falling down, falling down, all over the river
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Wish what I'm feeling could go on like this forever
Falling down, falling down, falling down
And since we're 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"
Lyrics submitted by merchantpierce
Daisy Dead Petals Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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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
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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.