The White Stripes: Blue Orchid Meaning

Tagged: Bad Relationships [suggest]

Song Released: 2005

Blue Orchid Lyrics

You got a reaction
You got a reaction didn't, you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid turned it blue

Something better than nothing
Something better than nothing, it's giving up
We all need to do something
Try keep the...

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Dec 17th 2005 !⃝
I just wanted to say, that the White Stripes NEVER, not always, write about themselves. The following is a quote from an interview of Jack White by Meg White:

Jack - "you know I don't write about myself or my friends, let alone my sister."
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Aug 26th 2005 !⃝
It's about a girl losing her virginity, possibly Meg, "You're given a flower, virginity, but I guess there is just no pleasing you how dare you,lose your virginity, how old are you now anyways, too young to be doing these things."

And besides, Jack is a purist so these things would bother him because he always writes his songs about himself or friends.
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