Formed by singer Katie Jane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray, they had previously collaborated in the celebrated but short-lived band Daisy Chainsaw. Garside and Gray did not cross paths again until 1999 when they formed Queen Adreena. An album, Taxidermy, soon followed in 2000. Pete Howard, the last drummer to play with The Clash, joined just before the band signed with Rough Trade for their second album, 2002’s Drink Me, featuring the lead single "Pretty Like Drugs." Queen Adreena toured extensively in the UK and Europe. Their third album was released in 2005: The Butcher and the Butterfly.
Ride a Cock Horse, an album of mostly unreleased material from the Taxidermy era, was only available from MySpace www.myspace.com/queenadreenafrance in 2007.
In 2008, Queen Adreena released their final album Djin in Japan with a UK release the following year. They disbanded in 2009 due to Katie Jane Garside pursuing other projects.
Weeds
Queen Adreena Lyrics
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That she can't find an origin,
The things I plant won't grow,
Yet the wild weeds flower in wind and snow.
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
Was I born of infertile soil,
Is my seed without song,
Can I not see the woods for these forests in my head,
Can I not see the sunlight as I play dead?
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
The lyrics of Queen Adreena's "Weeds" are about a girl who is experiencing an intense anger that she cannot explain. She feels like she cannot grow anything, while the weeds around her continue to flourish. This has left her feeling like she has nothing to prove, nowhere to go, and nothing to lose.
The song speaks about the desire for growth and the fear of stagnation. The lyrics imply a frustration with the inability to understand why things are not blooming for the singer, as she wonders if she was born of infertile soil. Furthermore, the singer questions if her seed is without song, meaning if she lacks the passion needed to thrive. She acknowledges the presence of forests in her head, but wonders if she can ever see the sunlight. It seems as if the singer is stuck in a cycle of self-doubt, and she cannot seem to find a way out of it.
Line by Line Meaning
There is an anger comes off this girl,
This girl emits a noticeable level of anger or frustration, but she can't pinpoint where it's coming from.
That she can't find an origin,
She's unable to identify the source of her anger or frustration.
The things I plant won't grow,
The girl is having trouble growing or cultivating the things she wants in her life.
Yet the wild weeds flower in wind and snow.
Despite her own struggles to grow things, the wild weeds around her continue to thrive and flourish.
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
The girl feels she has nothing to prove to anyone and nothing to strive for in her life.
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
She feels directionless and like she has nothing to lose by being aimless or stagnant.
When will my season come,
The girl wonders when she will have her chance to grow and thrive.
Was I born of infertile soil,
She questions whether there is something inherently wrong with her that is preventing her from growing like she wants to.
Is my seed without song,
She wonders if the things she wants to grow lack the strength, passion, or purpose needed to flourish.
Can I not see the woods for these forests in my head,
The girl feels like her own thoughts and concerns are overwhelming her, like a forest too dense to see through.
Can I not see the sunlight as I play dead?
She questions whether she's failing to recognize opportunities or positivity around her, even as she feels stagnant or unproductive.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CRISPIN JOHN ORION GRAY, KATRINA JANE GARSIDE
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Dollparts
(K. J. Garside C. Gray)
There is an anger comes off this girl,
That she can't find an origin,
The things I plant won't grow,
Yet the wild weeds flower in wind and snow.
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
When will my season come,
Was I born of infertile soil,
Is my seed without song,
Can I not see the woods for these forests in my head,
Can I not see the sunlight as I play dead?
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
Amy O
this song touches me in a deep personal/emotional way.
People Are Strange
My most played and most treasured song. If I could have only one song play it would be this one.
Dollparts
(K. J. Garside C. Gray)
There is an anger comes off this girl,
That she can't find an origin,
The things I plant won't grow,
Yet the wild weeds flower in wind and snow.
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
When will my season come,
Was I born of infertile soil,
Is my seed without song,
Can I not see the woods for these forests in my head,
Can I not see the sunlight as I play dead?
Nothing to be nothing to prove,
Nowhere to go nothing to lose.
Rebel Red
I come to this song often, I have had miscarriages and now can’t seem to conceive, it’s so heartbreaking & I feel less of a woman, this song makes me feel less alone
Lauren Wu
whoa. the words plus her voice just make this song. so. haunting. osdfkjsdf. I love it.
Silvie Ray
beautiful. <3
Thatguy
Great song!
charles bonnet
I don't think the lyrics are about her being actually infertile ... I immediately felt the lyrics were more metaphorical. Metaphorical yet pretty obvious ... I felt the lyrics were more about describing the artist's whole life and the struggles within. Katie once mentioned about 'fruitless madness' in one of her interviews ... this song hauntingly catches the struggles of trying, trying and trying so hard to get a grisp of 'the forest inside my head', trying to turn it into art, trying to make it bloom. Trying to write a song that's inside your head. Although it's free to interperet the way listeners want to ...
thegirlnextdoor215
i was just about to say that good song if you need to bring on some tears
kernowrock555
I am so enchanted by her voice... she draws you in ..and holds you .in a fragile grip,