Blood Roses Lyrics

Lyric discussion by painslut 

Cover art for Blood Roses lyrics by Tori Amos

In the LGBT community, young gay men are sometimes called "chickens", and those who are attracted to them (mostly older men)are "chickenhawks".

The lines "chickens get a taste of your meat" and "when he sucks you deep, sometimes your nothing but meat" could be references to oral sex.

I think this song is about a guy who is being objectified by younger men and doesn't realise it.

@painslut I think you are totally correct; however, I think it's the grown man exploiting a very young man. When I first heard this song, I immediately thought this; unfortunately I was the young man too many times. I love this song, though difficult to listen to at times, the song resonates with me, and I appreciate the meaning I took from it. I am certainly not saying my take on it is right, because the song means different things to a wide variety of people. This makes the song absolutely brilliant in my opinion., and I am sure many...