Tori Amos: The Beekeeper Meaning
The Beekeeper Lyrics
It is time for the geese to head south
I have come with my mustard seed
I cannot accept that she will be taken from me
"Do you know who I am" she said
"I'm the one who taps you on the shoulder when it's...
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this song is a meditation of what it means to lose someone. She is talking about the death of someone close to her. She is having a discussion with a psychopomp.
"I am the one who taps you on the shoulder when it's your time."
The Beekeeper represents the Divine, deciding how the Hive, the One who decides when bees are culled.
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