According to Anthony Kiedis: "Purple stain refers to a double entendre of a girl's hair dye staining your pillow and a girl's menstrual flow staining your everything."
On Live In Hyde Park, John Frusciante introduces this song by saying, "I really like blueberries. I eat them every morning," which could indicate that the purple stain is from blueberry juice.
The lyrics to this song contain vague pop culture references. Among them: "Python power straight from the Monty" - refers to Monty Python, a comedy troupe from England formed in 1969. They are best known for the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus and the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian. "With Dracula and Darla Hood" - refers to Dracula, the title character of the classic horror story by Bram Stoker, with hundreds of movie titles bearing his name listed in the Internet Movie Database. Darla Hood was a child actress best known for being the leading lady of the Our Gang kids from 1935 to 1941 and died from natural causes in 1979 at age 47.
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