Choke

Album: Spit (1999)
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Songfacts®:

  • Kittie is an all-female heavy metal band from London, Ontario, Canada. This song from their debut album is about betrayal. Former band member Fallon Bowman talked about the song's meaning, saying, "That song's about someone telling you that they love you so much, and they put you up on a pedestal and make you feel great, then they turn around and say 'screw you.'"

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