My Heart Is a Flower

"My Heart Is a Flower" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It was the only single from the band's 1991 album The Way to Salvation.

"My Heart Is a Flower"
Single by King Missile
from the album The Way to Salvation
B-side"Various Remixes of the track"
Released1991
GenreAvant-garde, pop rock, psychedelic rock
Length2:36
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)John S. Hall, Dave Rick
Producer(s)King Missile, Lou Giordano
King Missile singles chronology
"Jesus Was Way Cool"
(1990)		 "My Heart Is a Flower"
(1991)		 "Detachable Penis"
(1992)

Content

In "My Heart Is a Flower," a pop rock track with elements of psychedelic rock, frontman John S. Hall repeatedly sings the titular phrase, recites a short monologue expanding on the heart-as-flower metaphor, then returns to singing the titular phrase as the music crescendoes.[1]

In an interview circa 1992, Hall explained his inspiration for the song as follows:

...[W]hen I really, really feel very bad, what I want to do is make myself feel better, so I'll write something happier. 'My Heart Is a Flower' is really a funny song. I was very, very sad when I wrote that one and a lot of people find that surprising. But I felt really, really trampled on, like a flower that's been thrown down in the dirt, when I wrote that.[2]

Music video

The video for "My Heart Is a Flower" was directed by Phil Morrison.[3] During the parts of the video that accompany the sung sections of the song, the band performs in a large, colorful garden, with multi-instrumentalist Chris Xefos often playing in a bear costume. During the part of the video that accompanies the spoken section, Hall plays chutes and ladders in a dimly lit room with a woman played by Juliana Hatfield. The woman flosses her teeth before narrowly avoiding a kiss from Hall.[4]

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References
  1. "Lyrics: My Heart Is a Flower". Farmboy's King Missile. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  2. Fleiss, Elein. "A Sensitive Singer: An Interview with John S. Hall of King Missile". Archived from the original on 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  3. "Videography". Laundry Lists of Nonsense. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  4. "Video: My Heart Is a Flower". YouTube. 2006-11-11. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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