She tries not to shatter, kaleidoscope style (she tries to retain grace and dignity after some humiliatine adolescent fiasco)
Personality changes behind her red smile. (she puts on lipstick and feels more "grown up")
Every new problem brings a stranger inside Helplessly forcing one more new disguise
(she tries on different personalities or ways of acting with each new circumstance)
Christine-the strawberry girl (pink clothing and/or strawberry flavored lip gloss, both fashion/beauty standbys for girls in their teens around the time this song was recorded)
Christine-banana split lady (cultural strerotype of teenage girls liking sweets, especially ice cream and sundaes)
Singing sweet savages lost in our world. (Teenagers going unnoticed by the world of adults)
This big-eyed girl sees her faces unfurl (She sees all the facets of her personality develop)
Now she's in purple (A fun-loving partygoer wearing colorful clothes)
Now she's the turtle (she feels awkward and shy)
That's why I believe this could be a song about a girl going through teenhood
Here is why it could be about adolescence
She tries not to shatter, kaleidoscope style (she tries to retain grace and dignity after some humiliatine adolescent fiasco) Personality changes behind her red smile. (she puts on lipstick and feels more "grown up") Every new problem brings a stranger inside Helplessly forcing one more new disguise (she tries on different personalities or ways of acting with each new circumstance)
Christine-the strawberry girl (pink clothing and/or strawberry flavored lip gloss, both fashion/beauty standbys for girls in their teens around the time this song was recorded) Christine-banana split lady (cultural strerotype of teenage girls liking sweets, especially ice cream and sundaes)
Singing sweet savages lost in our world. (Teenagers going unnoticed by the world of adults)
This big-eyed girl sees her faces unfurl (She sees all the facets of her personality develop)
Now she's in purple (A fun-loving partygoer wearing colorful clothes) Now she's the turtle (she feels awkward and shy)
That's why I believe this could be a song about a girl going through teenhood