Comments on: Fairy Tale Lyrics http://les-bonnes-fees.com/wordpress/2009/02/fairy-tale-lyrics/ ...fairy tales, folklore, and everything in between Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peta Andersen http://les-bonnes-fees.com/wordpress/2009/02/fairy-tale-lyrics/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Peta Andersen Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:31:50 +0000 http://les-bonnes-fees.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-96 Great catch! I just realised that, though not proper fairy tale, Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds, of course) and Kylie Minogue's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Roses_Grow" rel="nofollow"><i>Where the Wild Roses Grow</i></a> has definite fairy tale elements... "They call me the wild rose but my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one As she stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild..." Hmm, does that remind anyone else of a Francesca Lia Block story? Great catch!

I just realised that, though not proper fairy tale, Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds, of course) and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow has definite fairy tale elements…

“They call me the wild rose
but my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day

From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild…”

Hmm, does that remind anyone else of a Francesca Lia Block story?

]]> By: mab http://les-bonnes-fees.com/wordpress/2009/02/fairy-tale-lyrics/comment-page-1/#comment-95 mab Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:27:48 +0000 http://les-bonnes-fees.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-95 PJ Harvey 'I can hardly wait' seems to be a very dark re-imagining of Snow White, where the singer is at once Snow White, waiting in a glass coffin, and the stepmother threatening to eat your heart. Its a good, scary song: I can hardly wait It's been so long I've lost my taste Say angel come Say lick my face Let fall your dress I'll play the part I'll open this mouth wide Eat your heart I can hardly wait Lips cracked dry Tongue blue burst Say angel come Say lick my thirst It's been so long I've lost my taste Here romeo Make my world as great In my glass coffin, I'm waiting PJ Harvey ‘I can hardly wait’ seems to be a very dark re-imagining of Snow White, where the singer is at once Snow White, waiting in a glass coffin, and the stepmother threatening to eat your heart. Its a good, scary song:

I can hardly wait

It’s been so long
I’ve lost my taste
Say angel come
Say lick my face
Let fall your dress
I’ll play the part
I’ll open this mouth wide
Eat your heart

I can hardly wait

Lips cracked dry
Tongue blue burst
Say angel come
Say lick my thirst
It’s been so long
I’ve lost my taste
Here romeo
Make my world as great

In my glass coffin, I’m waiting

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