The first few lines I think could refer to the baby in the womb; a dreamlike, not quite real state.
"You're Poseidon, and I'm dyin'
with my teeth on your smile
I walk my feet on your mile"
Could refer to the biological and metaphorical connection between mother and the baby; she has her smile, she might walk in her footsteps.
"I'll be the birds and the bees,
from my prison that I can't leave"
I think refers to the baby in the womb again; the prison she can't leave, the baby being the end result of the "birds and the bees".
I think the chorus refers to the childbirth itself; the baby is born, headfirst and "upside-down", crying and "burning" with the air around her and filling her lungs. Her mind and consciousness of the person she will be not there yet, "head in the clouds".
The bridge I think would referring to the hope and promise of the baby, "feet growing long, in the way the vine grows strong", as well as her innocence and preciousness to her mother: "Hold me high tonight, I won't lie to you, don't lie to me."
I think this is referring to Sherri's baby, Lucy.
The first few lines I think could refer to the baby in the womb; a dreamlike, not quite real state.
"You're Poseidon, and I'm dyin' with my teeth on your smile I walk my feet on your mile"
Could refer to the biological and metaphorical connection between mother and the baby; she has her smile, she might walk in her footsteps.
"I'll be the birds and the bees, from my prison that I can't leave"
I think refers to the baby in the womb again; the prison she can't leave, the baby being the end result of the "birds and the bees".
I think the chorus refers to the childbirth itself; the baby is born, headfirst and "upside-down", crying and "burning" with the air around her and filling her lungs. Her mind and consciousness of the person she will be not there yet, "head in the clouds".
The bridge I think would referring to the hope and promise of the baby, "feet growing long, in the way the vine grows strong", as well as her innocence and preciousness to her mother: "Hold me high tonight, I won't lie to you, don't lie to me."