Discover the story of the song > Where the Wild Roses Grow – nick cave and the bad seeds

This song tells the story of a man and a woman named Elisa Day. He meets her and is immediately taken with her beauty. They share intimate moments together and he takes her to see wild roses by the river. However, on the last day, he kills her and plants a rose in her mouth. The song ends with the repeated refrain of "they call me The Wild Rose, but my name was Elisa Day."