more immense songs

if music be the food of love

If music be the food of love, sing on till I am filled with joy;

for then my listening soul you move to pleasures that can never cloy.

Your eyes, your mien, your tongue declare that you are music everywhere,

Pleasures invade both eye and ear
so fierce the transports are, they wound.

And all my senses feasted are
Tho' yet the treat is only sound.

Sure I must perish by your charms unless you save me in your arms.

Henry Purcell


never seen blue

some boy you are
to take me by the hand
through an elevator
got a little red light that tells you, boy
where the razor's been

you said "girl if you think,
you can turn that violator,
you'll finally be that woman, yes
finally be that woman
that's been frozen
in that pretty silver gown"
yes

and I've never seen blue
like the blues he drives
in and around and through me again
I said I've never seen eyes
like the blues he drives
in and around and through me again

through me again, through me again
hey

some boy you are
to wear my color red
to wear it very proudly
wear it like a lady
knows how to cross her legs
where...

I've never seen blue
like the blues he drives
in and around and through me again
said I've never seen eyes
like the blues he drives
in and around and through me again
through me again, through me
yes

said...
say goodbye...
say

Tori Amos

The character is in love and she is amazed by it. She is amazed that he accept her, takes her hand...She has some bad things in her past (I think the "razor" line is an reference to Tori's "Blood Roses")...Perhaps she wants to take any new relationship slowly ("Gotta a little red light...").

The character's lover is showing her how to be more of herself (an important thing in relationships)...Perhaps he is saying, "YOU can heal, you can change yourself."

And, she is in love with him. His eyes are beautiful...they see through her.

In the next verse ("Some boy you are / To wear my color red..."), she is saying he is special to stick with her...maybe she has a problem or a bad reputation, but he is still proud to be associated with her. "...My color red" makes me think of Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, but...probably not what Tori was thinking.


thankyou

[...]
i'm wondering why
i got out of bed at all
the morning rain clouds up my window
and i can't see at all
and even if i could it'd all be grey
but your picture on my wall
it reminds me that it's not so bad
it's not so bad

[...]
and then you call me
and it's not so bad
it's not so bad and

i want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
and oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life

dido


darkness

[...]
I want someone to know me
Maybe tell me who I am

Cause I’ve faced down my demons
And cried out to a god
A god I’ve never seen
[...]
I want you to love me
Like you did before you knew me

[...]
Trust no one is the one thing that I learned
[...]

Third Eye Blind


kissing you

Pride can stand a thousand trials,
The strong will never fall.
But watching stars without you, my soul cried.
Heaving heart, it's full of pain.
Oh, oh, the aching.
'Cause I'm kissing you. Oh.
I'm kissing you, oh. [...]

Where are you now?
Where are you now?
'Cause I'm kissing you.
I'm kissing you. Oh.

Des'ree


Tear in Your Hand

[...]
I don't belive you're leaving cause me and Charles Manson like
the same ice cream
I think it's that girl
and I think there're pieces of me you've never seen
maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen,
well all the world is
all I am
the black of the blackest ocean
and that tear in your hand
all the world is
DANGLIN'..danglin'...danglin' for me DARLIN'
you dont't know the power that you have
with that tear in your hand
tear in your hand

[...]
caught a ride with the moon
I know I know you well
well, better than I used to
HAZE all clouded up my mind
in the DAZE of the why it could've never been
so you say and I say you know you're full of wish
and your "baby baby baby babies"
I tell you there're pieces of me you've never seen
maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen well..

Tori Amos


northern lad

Had a Northern lad
well not exactly had
he moved like the sunset
god who painted that-
first he loved my accent
how his knees could bend
I thought we'd be ok
me and my molasses
But I feel something is wrong
But I feel this cake just isn't done
Don't say that you don't [...]
girls you've got to know
when it's time to turn the page [...]
I loved his secret places
but I can't go anymore

"you change like sugar cane"
says my northern lad
I guess you go too far
when pianos try to be guitars [...]
you know it's time to change
when you're only wet
because of the rain.

Tori Amos


putting the damage on


glue stuck to my shoes
does anyone know why
you play with an orange rind
you say you packed my things and
divided what was mine
you're off to the mountain top
I say her skinny legs could use sun
but now I'm wishing
for my best impression
of my best Angie Dickinson
but now I've got to worry cause
boy you still look pretty
when you're putting the damage on

don't make me scratch on your door
I never left you for a Banjo
I only just turned around
for a poodle and a corvette
[...]

I'm trying not to move
it's just your ghost passing through

I said I'm trying not to move
it's just your ghost passing through
it's just your ghost passing through
and now I'm quite sure

there's a light in your platoon
I never seen a light move
like yours can do to me

[...]
but I've got a place to go
I've got a ticket to your late show
and I'm worrying cause even still
you sure are pretty
when you're putting the damage on


Tori Amos

Why can’t i let this go?
Why
Do i keep something going that is already gone?
You’ve been
Planning this
You want to do other things
It will be good for you
But now I need to
Pretend
That I am strong
I’m worried I don’t know what to do
Because to me you are as beautiful as ever
Even when you’re breaking my heart

Don’t make me beg for attention, for friendship
I never changed!
I just took a different angle
And looked elsewhere for life
[...]

I try not to let myself think this way because
I know it’s the memory of what we had that I miss
I try not to let myself think this way because
I know it’s the memory of what we had that I miss
I know it’s the memory of what we had that I miss
...

I see you from a distance (on a podium? oops)
There is something special you have
That affects me like no one else
[...]
But I know I have other things to do
I will, however, stay a part of your life
And I worry because, even still
I love you
Even when it’s “over.”


hey jupiter

No one's picking up the phone
Guess it's me and me
And this little masochist
She's ready to confess
All the things that I never thought
That she could hear

Hey Jupiter
Nothings been the same
So are you gay
Are you blue
Thought we both could use A friend to run to
And I thought you'd see with me
You wouldn't have to be something new


Sometimes I breathe you in
And I know you know
And sometimes I take a swim
Found your writing on the wall
If my hearts soaking wet
Boy your boots can leave a mess

Hey Jupiter
Nothings been the same
So are you gay
Are you blue
Thought we both could use a friend
To run to
And I thought I wouldn't have to keep
With you
Hiding


Thought I knew myself so well
All the dolls I had
Took my leather of the shelf
Your apocalypse was fab
For a girl who couldn't choose between
The shower or the bath

And I thought I wouldn't have to be
With you
A magazine

No one's picking up the phone
Guess it's clear he's gone
And this little masochist
Is lifting up her dress
Guess I thought I could never feel
The things I feel
Hey Jupiter

Tori Amos


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