You May Kiss The Bride

the "A tisket, a tasket A green and yellow basket" part is from a children's song. "A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it. I dropped it, I dropped it, The green and yellow basket A little child picked it up and Put it in his pocket."

hitler and napoleon fought thirty years to have her hand

bitter ends thy will be done disney magic kingdom come

after all we've won is this the state we are reduced to it might make you sick at first it takes some getting used to

her nails are polished but her hands are tied

you may kiss the bride

court is on the secret show the liver time

and when we bomb the foreign town will she smile upside down

walk her through an isle strewn with cigarettes and needles in the face of this devotion we are merely equals

take her in your arm like cyanide a long black car is parked outside

to take away the bride

a tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket a tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket

attract it attack it strike first and ask it after attract it attack it strike first and ask it after

in the ruins of this brave new world we have uncovered

remains the vestige of the bride who stared agahst and wondered

who'd've thought we'd lose this easy fight it seems she's sleeping but her eyes are wide

won't someone wake the bride

The line is

"Cold, his hand The secret show The little dame"

From what I can hear. It makes the most sense given the title.

I think the Bride is representative of the pride of a country in the aftermath of a terrible war. An abundance of words associated with war and destruction is present, as well as an uneasy alliance with another country.

My first thought was that the country is France or Russia. The whole whatnot with the Fatherland (Germany) and Mother Russia.

I think this song is about how women, throughout history, have been victims of sexist ideals and sexist social structures.

On her website she posted other song demos in which she originally wanted to use on WKAP with a little description as to the meaning, memory, or other tidbit about it. This is what she said about it:

can you hear me saying "goth!" at the end of this song? you can? i can. i left that in there on purpose. sorry. i had to. ben really liked this tune because it was very different in structure to the rest of them, but i squirmed at the gothiness of it. i wrote this one when i was about 18 or 19 and though i liked the melody, the lyrics were just too gloom and doom to put on the record. so there you have it. it does, aside from it's gothiness, contain some of my favorite lyrics, so i don't mind having it out in the world.

You can find this song and direct quote at : http://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/you-may-kiss-the-bride