Story Behind The Song
I saw a cockroach crawl across the floor and stop to look at me. I started there and drifted into images from my childhood. That's about it.
Song Description
A glimpse into someone's mind thinking in the now, reflecting on childhood and dealing with vulnerabilities of the present. The song grooves along steadily, new sounds entering with each verse, never peaking, setting a mood that is intimate and personal.
| Song Length |
4:09 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Passive, Cool |
Subject |
Insects, History, Past |
| Similar Artists |
Beck, Harry Nilsson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
GINA GARDENIA
Six-legged creature looks at me from the carpet
Slick like Ultra Sheen and black as a tar pit
Six-legged creatures, don?t mind me, I?m just staring
Tonight this place is yours as well as mine
Easter Sunday snapshot, there is my Gina
Clutching baskets filled with haunted gardenias
Sunshine?s daughter, pure as the eye of a daisy
Nineteen-Seventy was a bitter time
Wish that I knew you back when you were fifteen
Silk-screen printed tube top, lavender blue jeans
Numbed up as you can be on just a bottle of Boone?s Farm
Racing submarines till the edge of the night
Please, big sister, please, I beg your forgiveness
I?m helpless and diseased like nobody?s business
Take all of this with a grain; don?t try to save me
Someone else?s dream?s invaded mine.