Petals Lyrics

Lyric discussion by asktheangels 

Cover art for Petals lyrics by Hole

its probably is about sex or wateva now u mention it, but i like to think of it as a way of reflecing on how much easier things were as children with innocence and not caring and stuff, and then when your older you become fake and altered, and decorate your self with a false aesthetic ('petals')

But when it comes down to it, tear the petals off and ur exposed as who u really are ('make you tell the truth') and not what the world or wateva has changed you 2 b. so it could also be something to do with the whole ''fake hollywood'' thing agen but i hope not cuz celbrity skin is enough for that.lol

oh yeh, may be wen shes saying ''shes to pure for this world''etc, i xpect shes talking about frances bean. but may b thats a bit dam obvious.sorry

I don't think it's about sex. I mean, in a way it is, but I don't think it's necessarily that literal. Like Lici, I like to make up my own meanings when it comes to songs so I can't say for sure, but I see this song as being about a loss of innocence, a loss of idealism, letting the ugly truth make you cynical.