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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gollark: 1. random mistreated boy turns out to be magic, goes to boarding school, kills professor with fire (insane headmaster explains it as his mother's love)2. boy talks to snakes, kills an endangered species, kills professor again3. boy helps fugitive who escaped from wizard prison, breaks out dangerous animal, meddles with the laws of time itself4. boy is entered in ridiculously dangered banned tournament allegedly against his will, unwillingly resurrects professor5. boy participates in secret rebel group or whatever, I forgot6. ???, potions, ???, unethically manipulates professor via probability fiddling maybe7. boy becomes fugitive, re-kills professor, dies, un-dies, etc.
gollark: The summarizing or the reading it?
gollark: I'm pretty sure it cannot be evited.
gollark: Anyway, I read Harry Potter a few times so I can probably summarize it to you.

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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