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

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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