"Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer

[sohr]

I've always wondered who the speaker and subject of the song "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer were supposed to be.

From the lyrics, it sounds as though it's some sort of romantic couple (wife and husband, girlfriend and boyfriend, etc.)-- but if the speaker is female ("You'll wear those shoes and I will wear that dress"), then it seems so is the subject ("bring your flowered hat").

So maybe it's two good female friends?

Or a mother and daughter?

Or two sisters?

Or a wife with a husband who just happens to wear flowered hats? ::

Or maybe two women who are gay?

What are your thoughts??

[Foxy]

I think they are a Christian band?

I assume it's just your normal love song....

[sohr]

I think they are a Christian band?

I assume it's just your normal love song....

Yep, according to Song Facts they are a Christian band.

But I wondered why a woman would say to her lover "bring your flowered hat"-- unless her lover was female.

[Karhul]

I have the album with that song on it. Thanks for reminding me, I'll go listen to it sometime now.

And yes, they are a Christian band.

Kiss me,

out on the bearded barley,

lightly, beside the green, green, grass.

Swing, swing, swing the spinning step,

you wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.

Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight.

Lead me out on the moonlit floor,

lift your open hand,

strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,

the silver moon sparkling...so kiss me.

Kiss me,

down by the broken treehouse.

Swing me up on this hanging tire.

Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat,

we'll take the trail marked on your father's map.

Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight.

Lead me, out on the moonlit floor,

lift your open hand,

strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,

the silver moon sparkling...so kiss me.

Kiss me, beneath the milky twilight.

Lead me, out on the moonlit floor,

lift your open hand,

strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,

the silver moon sparkling...so kiss me.

So kiss me...

So kiss me...

So kiss me...

The singer is not lesbian, or is her lover gay, so I don't know what's up with the line

"Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat,

we'll take the trail marked on your father's map".

It doesn't necessarily mean that there's flowers in the hat.

[How did I get here?]

If I recall the video, the boys in the band seem a little effeminate. I think one may actually be wearing a flower hat...or maybe thats the codeine talking.

[MementoxMori]

perhaps it's an inside thing between her and her lover?

or maybe one verse is written from a female perspective, and the other from a male's?

it is truly an enigma...

[Tenacious_Peaches]

I always thought it was two little kids playing dress up and pretending to be grown ups. Maybe that's because her voice sounds like someone is strangling a 5 year old.

[Uncle Joe]

Maybe she wants to wear him like a hat? Uh huh, from When Harry Met Sally.