"The cactus where your heart should be / Has lovely little flowers / So though it's always pricking me / My ardor never sours."
— Stephin Merritt (b. February 9, 1965)
Work Title
Date
1999
Metaphor
"The cactus where your heart should be / Has lovely little flowers / So though it's always pricking me / My ardor never sours."
Metaphor in Context
The cactus where your heart should be
Has lovely little flowers
So though it's always pricking me
My ardor never sours.
The cactus where your heart once was
Has power to rend and flay.
I stick because I'm stuck,
Because I just can't tear myself away.
Has lovely little flowers
So though it's always pricking me
My ardor never sours.
The cactus where your heart once was
Has power to rend and flay.
I stick because I'm stuck,
Because I just can't tear myself away.
Categories
Provenance
Listening
Citation
"The Magnetic Fields, "The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be," 69 Love Songs, vol. I (1999).
Date of Entry
07/18/2024
