Merman chords by Tori Amos

“It’s inspired by a man with integrity, such deep integrity that I married him. It’s about having someone heal your whole life. I’m talking about the times when lines have been crossed by men. Men can be dangerous, like in the song Dātura about how sometimes they can bring you gold and sometimes they can be the bearer of poison. The plant Dātura is a hallucinogen and it’s like men. If you get the right amount you’ll walk into the garden and become a woman, but if too much seeps in in the wrong way and at the wrong time — it’ll kill you. So yeah, Merman is that. When I was touring last year and Matthew Shepard got murdered I was dedicating it to him. A lot of guys were asking me to sing it for him and it just kinda took a life on of its own.” – Tori; Attitude Magazine (UK), November 1999 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.