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This is a list of some of the things that reoccur in Tori's songs. if you can think of anymore, please email me!. I've also compiled a list of food that Tori mentions in her music.
Airplanes
- "We Could Buy An Airplane" ~Cool on Your Island
- "He didn't see me watching from the aeroplane" ~Father Lucifer
- "Make it a plane" ~Alamo
Alice Walker
- Cornflake Girl was inspired by her book Possessing the Secret of Joy
- "chickens get a taste of your meat" ~Blood Roses (an allusion to the ritual that inspired Cornflake Girl)
America
- "You're gonna see America Well let me tell you something about America" ~Pretty Good Year
- "America who discovered your ass" ~Home on the Range [With Cherokee Edition]
- "need a lip gloss boost in your America" ~iiieee
Angels
- "Where are those angels when you need them?" ~ Crucify
- "I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to sin" ~Happy Phantom
- "All the angels all the wizards" ~Sister Janet
- "those angels can't ever take my place" ~Playboy Mommy
- "an angel's face is tricky to wear constantly" ~Purple People (Christmas in Space)
Bees
(Thanks Lauren)
- "From rose to rose, honeybee" ~You Go To My Head
- Counting your bees, oh me honey like 123" ~Horses
- "Between the boys and the bees" ~Muhammad my Friend
- "Bobby's collecting bees" ~Sugar
Blood
- "boy you best pray that I bleed real soon" ~Silent All These Years
- "let them bleed" ~Precious Things
- "Mary, you're bleeding" ~Mary
- "my blood, my holy wine" ~A Case of You
- "blood on the leaves, blood at the root" ~Strange Fruit
- "blood roses blood roses" ~Blood Roses
- "what you want is in the blood, Senators" ~Talula
- "blood can be pertty" ~Doughnut Song
Bridges
- "Thought I was over the bridge now" ~Cloud on My Tongue
- "and cross that bridge all on your own" ~Playboy Mommy
Butterflies
- "Butterflies don't belong in nets" ~Mary
- "Butterfly I like you better framed and dried" ~Butterfly
Cake
- "Baker Baker baking a cake" ~Baker Baker
- "what's in your cake this time" ~Baker Baker
- "said you had a double tongue balancing cake and bread" ~Talula
- "But I feel this cake just isn't done" ~Northern Lad
Cars
- "Broke Into My Brand New Car Last Night" ~The Big Picture
- "it's not a classic caddilac" ~Me and A Gun
- "You can ride in a pink Mustang" ~Mary
- "I know where the car is parked" ~Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version)
- "Gonna drive his great big car" ~Way Down
- "for a poodle and a corvette" ~Putting the Damage On
- "You're a car girl, you're star girl" ~Bachelorette
Circus
- "circus girl without a safety net" ~Mother
- "you don't want it, the circus we're in" ~Spark
Cracks
- "funny how the cracks don't seem to show" ~China
- "got a crack in some strange places" ~Daisy Dead Petals
Easter
- "i know a cat named Easter" ~Crucify
- "greeting the monster in our Easter dresses" ~Icicle
- "I'll die my own Easter eggs" ~Father Lucifer
Horses
- "all the white horses are still in bed" ~Winter
- "all the WHITE HORSES have gone ahead" ~Winter
- "all the kings horses" ~Humpty Dumpty
- "I got me some Horses to ride on" ~Horses
- "for those on horse back or dog sled" ~Liquid Diamonds
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Ice Cream
- "I don't believe you're leaving cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream" ~Tear in Your Hand
- "And you know that apple green ice cream can melt in your hands" ~Here. In My Head
- "trusting my soul to the ice cream assassin" ~Spark
Jewels
- "Steal The Jewel Watch it Break" ~Pirates
- "The Ruby Heals" ~Pirates
- "As The Gypsy Crystal Slowly Dies" ~Etienne
- "I'll go wearing my NAUGHTIES like a jewel" ~Happy Phantom
- "and your warm little diamond" ~Blood Roses
- "but I must be flowing liquid diamonds" ~Liquid Diamonds
Judy Garland
- "there's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand" ~Happy Phantom
- "not Judy G" ~Not the Red Baron
- Tori covered Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Leather
- "Hand me my leather" ~Leather
- "Took my leather off the shelf" ~Hey Jupiter
Magazines
- "I picked up a magazine" ~Thoughts
- "with you a magazine" ~Hey Jupiter
Marianne
- "and I can even see sweet Marianne" ~Sister Janet
- "they say Marianne killer herself" ~Marianne
- "and I'm just having thoughts of Marianne" ~Marianne
- "Marianne quickest girl in the frying pan" ~Marianne
Molasses
(Thanks Victor)
- "the offering is molasses" ~Liquid Diamonds
- I thought we'd be ok me and my molasses" ~Northern Lad
Mythological Females
- "Andromeda stood with those girls before" ~Space Dog
- "Boy I think you're confused I'm not Persephone" ~Pandora's Aquarium
- "Pandora's Aquarium she dives for shells" ~Pandora's Aquarium
Nancy Shanks (Beenie)
- "and Beenie lost the sunset" ~Father Lucifer
- "sleep-overs Beene's got some pot" ~Jackie's Strength
Neil Gaiman
- "me and neil'll be hangin' out with the DREAM KING" ~Tear in Your Hand
- "Neil says hi by the way" ~Tear in Your Hand
- "so where's Neil when you need him" ~Space Dog
- "will you find me if Neil makes me a tree" ~Horses
- "where are the velvets" ~Hotel (the velvets are characters from his book Neverwhere)
Politics/Government/Authority Figures
(Thanks Lauren)
- "What you want is in the blood senators" ~Talula
- "Make him feel like a congressman" ~Professional Widow
- "Senator let's be sincere as much as you can" ~The Wrong Band
- "Then she built a bridge in the Sheriff's bed" ~Little Amsterdam
- "And the Sheriff now can't ride away" ~Little Amsterdam
- "So maybe Thomas Jefferson wasn't born in your backyard" ~Here. In my Head
- "Land of liberty, we're run by a constipated man" ~Sweet Dreams
Purple
- "Purple sunset orange moon" ~Fire on the Side
- "There she goes again wearing those purple panties" ~Take to the Sky
- "Timmy and that purple monkey" ~Marianne
- "wearing those purple garters" ~Father Lucifer
- "where the purple people go" ~Purple People (Christmas in Space)
Raincoats
- "Put on your raincoat again" ~The Wrong Band
- "Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder" ~Famous Blue Rain Coat
Ribbons
- "tuck those ribbons under your helmet" ~Mother
- "They tore your dress stole your ribbons" ~Mary
- "the prettiest red ribbons" ~Not the Red Barron
Roses
- "black winged roses that have CHANGED their color" ~Little Earthquakes
- "I smell the roses" ~Past The Mission
- "blood roses" ~Blood Roses
Sailors
- "and maybe I'll find me a sailor" ~Horses
- "I wait all day for my sailor" ~Song for Eric
- "So sure those girls now are in the Navy" ~Space Dog
Serial Killers
- "me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream" ~Tear in Your Hand
- "dining here with Son of Sam" ~Way Down
Sirens
- "sirens wake me up wake me up with a cry" ~Heart Attack at 23
- "know she breaks my Siren" ~Siren
Sunsets
- "Purple sunset" ~Fire on the Side
- "And Beenie lost the sunset" ~Father Lucifer
Tatoos
- "your brain is a comic book tattoo" ~Flying Dutchman
- "I'll be wearing your tatoo" ~Cloud on My Tongue
Telephones
- "the phone has been disconnected" ~Mother
- "she's in the phone booth phase" ~Daisy Dead Petals
- "No one's picking up the phone" ~Hey Jupiter
- "Somebody invent the telephone line" ~Alamo
Texas
- "Come in Houston" ~ Doughnut Song
- "But I have to get to Texas" ~Black-Dove (January)
Thelma and Louise
- Thelma and Louise allowed her to open up and write 'Me and a Gun'
- "2 girls 65 got a piece tied up in the back seat 'honey we're Recovering Christians" ~In the Springtime of His Voodoo
- "But I have to get to TEXAS" ~Black-Dove (January) in the movie Louise stayed away from Texas so she wouldn't have to confront her rape
Trent Reznor - Nine Inch Nails
- "with their NINE-INCH nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl" ~ Precious Things
- Trent sings backing vocals on Past the Mission
- "dreamed a little dream made my own pretty hate machine" ~Caught A Lite Sneeze
Weddings
- "everyday's my wedding day" ~ Father Lucifer
- "A Bouvier till her wedding day" ~ Jackie's Strength
- "I got lost on my wedding day" ~Jackie's Strength
Witches
- "burning witches" ~Thoughts
- "A few witches burning gets a little toasty here" ~God
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