Discover the story of the song > Asking For It – Hole

The protagonist is singing about how she feels like she's selling herself short to her partner. She talks about tearing the petals off of him and making him tell the truth. She wonders if she's asking for too much and if she's already asked her partner for something before. The protagonist even offers to die for her partner if they can make it through this together. She repeats the question of whether or not she was asking for it, and wonders if she said it nicely or if she asked more than once.