Babes in Toyland

Spit To See The Shine

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Grandma´s patch stole a hen party chicken scratch
See how your garden grows
Get a thread and amend us both please
This I know

Grandma´s girl is coming down
To steal violets from your crown
And glue them to her wrist

You have to spit to see the shine

Grandma´s girl is coming down
To steal violets from your crown
And glue them to her wrist

Hey, Jack, stab ´em in the back
Catholic black
You´re so serious

You have to spit to see the shine

Stab 'em in the back, Jack
You're a writer
You better write quick 'cause
Your paper's on fire

You have to spit to see the shine

Take a lathe and scrape all the glitter off
My blue glitter angel

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by Wonttell67

2d ago

Kat went into pretty good detail about the meaning in an interview. I also think about the line “grandma’s girl is coming down stealing violets from your crown glue them to her wrist.” Violets often represent purity and or innocence so maybe the ‘grandmas girl’ is trying to appear pure after something changed or an incident happened and maybe using those who appear perfect to help her seem like she is also pure hence “stealing violets from your crown glue them to her wrist”?

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