Lyric discussion by depopulationINC 

Cover art for Blue Orchid lyrics by White Stripes, The

wow, some great insights gere. in_lieu_of_love, I think you may be right, but my original thought was that it simply referred to a woman who treated a man like shite. He gave everything with a pure heart (white) and her cold touch turned that heart to blue....saddenned, and dismayed that though he gave all it was not good enough