Funny Little Frog Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Im1985 

Cover art for Funny Little Frog lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

I thought it was obvious when I first heard it.. but perhaps I'm wrong. It's about the Virgin Mary.

"Honey lovin you is the greatest thing I get to be myself and I get to sing"

Singing is a reference to singing in a choir, which Stuart does at his local church when he's not doing B&S.

"I get to play at being irresponsible I come home late at night and I love your soul I never forget you in my prayers I never have a bad thing to report "

'Prayers' is fairly obvious, but "never forget you in my prayers" might be a reference to always remembering to pray to the Virgin, or to saying 'hail mary's.

"You're my picture on the wall You're my vision in the hall "

Makes sense that he would have a picture of the Virgin on his wall, perhaps, and he wouldn't have been the first person to have had visions of Mary.

"I'm a danger to myself I've been starting fights At the party at the club on a Saturday night But I don't get disapproving from my girl She gets the all highlights wrapped in pearls.. "

He only ever mentions the 'highlights' of what he does in his prayers to Mary.

"I had a conversation with you at night It's a little one sided but that's allright "

Prayers are usually one-sided! But often they're conversations.

"You sit on the bed in the dark changing places With the ghost that was there before you came You've come to save my life again "

Saving = salvation. Ghost = Holy ghost of the Trinity, who (if you believe in that kind of thing) was around a long time before Mary.

"I'd pay to visit you on rainy Sundays "

Church on Sunday?

The whole "funny little frog" thing might be to do with the Virgin influencing everything he says.

very interesting theory. prob. wrong, but interesting nonetheless.