user The plant Datura 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
user it's perfection! Absolute perfection!
user @goochieguy It wasn't a b-side, it was on a compilation called "No Boundaries", otherwise it was only available via download, now we can get it on the piano collection(Disc E).
user An extremely simple song, but it has given me so much comfort :-)
user RIP Matthew Shepard. Every time I listen to this I cry. It's so beautiful.
user Can't believe I've never found this before now. thank you for posting. this was a good time. Era. I love you tori!
user always make me smile with a small tear in my eye
user It was a song about her husband, but she later dedicated it to Matthew after he was killed.
user It was not originally about Matthew Shepard but she was on tour when he died. She kept dedicating it to him and playing it for him.
user this song is not about shepard. this song dates back i believe to '94-'97 but was released as a 'from the choirgirl hotel' b-side in '98
user The plant Datura 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
