Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter Lyrics

• Blower is actually referring to the telephone. In the UK, the precursor to the telephone was the speaking tube, which was a tube stoppered with whistles at both ends. To call the person on the other end, you would remove the stopper and blow into the tube, which would whistle for your party. When the telephone was invented, many in Britain continued referring to it as a "blower."

• The song is reportedly about an incident Damien experienced while a telemarketer. He struck up a relationship with a woman over the phone while on the job. When she stopped returning his calls, he tracked her down only to find out it was just a 16 year old girl killing time for her own amusement.

• The song was featured in the trailer for the 2004 Mike Nichols film "Closer", as well as in the film itself

• This was his first single off the album "O", which is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, who died of a head injury in 2001.