Rose Red

I love, love, love this song- it's sheer beauty. I like how she samples lyrics and a melody from a folk song for the beginning lyrics and chorus. It's about a person who's in a very difficult place in their life, but is still fighting and insisting she's doing just fine (perhaps even to the point of delusion). If I could chose a theme song this would be it.

I think that this song is about the loss of innocence. The loss of virginity, she talks about "Take my petals And cover me with the night" and mentioning that to gain this wisdom she has given her innocence. I also think that this is an abusive relationship, something she wasn't ready for. "Here in my web of dreams My whispers turn to screams" and now she is fighting back agaisnt him. With is E.A's whole "act" of fighting back against being victimised. "Tell me no more stories And I'll tell you no lies No one wants to hurt me But everybody tries And if you think that I've been waiting For my planets to align It's Time you go on Get your things, get up, get out I'n doing fine"

amazing song i think its about personal freedom

I think this sing is based on the book Rose Red (Ellen Rimbauers diary), which is basically about a house that a man builds for his wife, but never is finished, The wife becomes obsessed with building the house, and it never is finished. Her soul is incorporated with that of the house, and the house "incorporates" womens souls to help build the house, while it kills the men, as revenge for Ellens husbands crime against her. I don't remember the details, since it was awhile since i read the book, but it seems to fit the song "Someday these walls will speak The floors beneath you creek To call my name"

I will agree partly with Thesaya on this one. It does seem to fit the story of Rose Red overall. There's also the fairytale Snow White and Rose Red, where they were sisters, both named after two rose trees their mother had: one white and one red. During the winter, a black bear came to them and stayed all winter. During the summer he went away to guard his treasure, to keep the dwarves from stealing it. So Rose Red and Snow White have some misadventures with a dwarf, whom they keep finding in trouble and keep saving, and eventually find out he's been stealing from the black bear. Eventually, the bear kills the dwarf, and it breaks the spell on him, changing him into a prince. He married Snow White, but the tale never mentions what happened to Rose Red. Maybe some of it refers to how Rose Red must have wanted to find a husband of her own, adding more to the story in doing so.

There is a Girl Scout song called Rose, and the chorus goes, "Rose Rose Rose Rose, Will I ever see thee red? I will marry at thy will sire, At thy will"

I disagree with it being about Rose Red from the fairytale. I think it's about Elizabeth I. All the references to marriage, and especially "Will I ever see thee wed/Only if you can capture me" and "I'm doing fine" - she ruled fine without a husband. If you look in the Enchant lyrics book there is a drawing of a Tudor rose by this song and a note from EA which goes something like: "I always found it personally offending that a Tudor rose looks nothing like a real rose".