Ghostflowers Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DeborahJean 

Cover art for Ghostflowers lyrics by Otep

My opinion:

And she's a killer and she's a keeper.

[I think 'she's a killer' is talking about one of the parents trying to kill the unborn baby, more then likely the father because of her Wurd Becomes Flesh lyrics. However, the baby survives, so I'm thinking that's why 'she's a keeper' comes in...because the baby survived.]

am i blurry in your vision

was i just a poor decision

cut me open with precision

& we'll finger the incision

[She asks of her parents: Can you see me or are you going to pretend I'm not alive? Was I a bad decision, is that why you tried to kill me? Cut me open and finger the incision...she's in pain because of these questions and to her, it feels as if they are cutting her open.]

tell me what have i done (quid pro quo)

[what have I done, I'm just a child that you created. What did I do to deserve this pain?]

to watch you lose control

[I think she means watching them treat her like shit when they should be loving her.]

i will give you sanctuary in these hymns of Thanatos ...

i will give you sanctuary!

[The only way you will be protected, is through death, but it will be an easy death because you're my parent and a part of me does love you.]

you want to see me burn i am living fire!

you want to see me burn i am LIVING FIRE!

[You wanted me to die, but I am living...and I am raging.]

you will know me by the scars i bare

you will know me by the hate i swear

you will know me by the scars i bare

shapeless vengeance!

[I would rather decipher this backwards because it would be quicker and easier. She's going to come back to them for vengeance, vengeance without a shape...meaning no time and no specific way, so if it be years later, she's going to look very different to them, but they will know who she is by the scars she bears and the hate...because they are the ones that inflicted it.]

we are the 1000 children of death.

[I will get to this later, and becausae my comment will be long, I will post it in two parts.]

Perfect. I like it.