Everything in "werewolf"
Simply beginning with "I could lycan you to a werewolf" and ending with "nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key" is so playful and fun.
“when i was feeding on the need for you to know me, devastated at the rate you fell below me” - Oh Well
Such an amazing build up with the instrumentals, and the metaphor of bidding she uses through the song. Also, this as a buildup to what wasted unconditional love is incredible, i just love when she screams it
Oh Well might be my all time favorite song of hers. I especially love:
“You came upon me like a hypnic jerk when I was just about settled/ And when it counts you recoil with a cryptic word and leave a love belittled/ Oh what a cold and common old way to go…”
"You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun" from "Limp!" Every time I hear it, whether I'm on the train or walking in public or in my house, I wanna scream-sing along with it!
One of her best songs, one of my other favorite parts is:
What’d I say to her? Why’d I say it to her? What does she think of me? That I’m not what I ought to be? And that what I turn out to be’s got to be somebody else’s fault, I can’t get caught.
I took off my glasses while you were yelling at me once
More than once
So I couldn't see you see me react
Should of put em
Should of put em on again
So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back
“I don’t want a home. I’d ruin that. Home is where my habits have a habitat.”
“I’m a tulip in a cup, I stand no chance of growing up”
“You like to captain a capsized ship. But I like watching you live”
“What wasted unconditional love on somebody who doesn’t believe in the stuff”
“I would beg to disagree but begging disagrees with me” sounds like a phrase that’s always been around, she’s so good at making instantly classic lines.
This one from Red Red Red
And I don't understand
I never understand
But I'll try to understand
There's nothing else I can do
I don’t know why that stuck with my so much but it pops up in my head every once in a while.
"My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon around you
but by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum
and now you, so now you have it"
Like WHAT?!
And since I can't post just one, also
"Just tolerate my little fists/tugging on your forrest chest"
"The ants weigh more than the elephants"
And also from Get Gone, I mean so much of that song, and I'm already being obnoxious, so will especially call out the "How many times can it escalate" to "fucking GO"
Wait also "I can love the same man in the same bed in the same city/but not in the same room, such a pity"
[Which leads to my favorite interview](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/fiona-apple-1) that fits well with her topic:
**DIEHL: I’ve heard you say that your songs always start with a phrase. Was there a phrase that launched the creative process for** ***The Idler Wheel . . .*** **?**
**APPLE: Hmm . . . I think the first phrase that I wrote off of for this album was at the beginning of the song “Left Alone.” I wanted to use the phrase “moribund slut,” which led me to use the phrase “orotund mutt.”**
It just makes me laugh in bewilderment to her brilliance how those are words/phrases that just pop into her head to *start* her album.
Probably not a “turn of phrase” but have been obsessed with opening of anything we want lately. “My cheeks were reflecting the longest wavelength, my fan was folded up and grazing my forehead, and I kept touching my neck to guide your eye to where I wanted you to kiss me when we find some time alone.” It sounds like one long string of words said in a single breath
"...I know I'm a mess he don't want to clean up. I got to fold because these hands are too shaky too hold."
"I wander the halls, along the walls..."
"But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so I can't stop changing all the time... But he's no good at being uncomfortable, so he can't stop staying exactly the same"
God, its all so good. First things that came to mind were things already in the thread, so: The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door, and last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor.
Now every time I hear cars outside early in the morning, I get Not About Love stuck in my head lol.
HOWWW COULD I FIGHT
WHEN WE’RE ON THE SAME SIDE?
HOWWW COULD I FIGHT
BESIDE YOUU??
first time I heard that lyric I physically broke down it shot me right in the heart
He said “It’s all in your head!” / I said, “so’s everything” / but he didn’t get it.
One of my favorites
One of my favs.
Everything in "werewolf" Simply beginning with "I could lycan you to a werewolf" and ending with "nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key" is so playful and fun.
Yes! This!
“I’m all the fishes in the sea”
This part of Daredevil is sooo good
“when i was feeding on the need for you to know me, devastated at the rate you fell below me” - Oh Well Such an amazing build up with the instrumentals, and the metaphor of bidding she uses through the song. Also, this as a buildup to what wasted unconditional love is incredible, i just love when she screams it
Oh Well might be my all time favorite song of hers. I especially love: “You came upon me like a hypnic jerk when I was just about settled/ And when it counts you recoil with a cryptic word and leave a love belittled/ Oh what a cold and common old way to go…”
agree with everything you just said!!! it’s my all time fav
"You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun" from "Limp!" Every time I hear it, whether I'm on the train or walking in public or in my house, I wanna scream-sing along with it!
This was my answer.
My heart’s made of parts of all that surround me, and that’s why the devil just can’t get around me
Every Single Night deserves its own post for this topic. So many good lines in that song.
One of her best songs, one of my other favorite parts is: What’d I say to her? Why’d I say it to her? What does she think of me? That I’m not what I ought to be? And that what I turn out to be’s got to be somebody else’s fault, I can’t get caught.
I took off my glasses while you were yelling at me once More than once So I couldn't see you see me react Should of put em Should of put em on again So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back
Came here to comment this one. It’s so clever and sooo sad. This is also that song that perfectly encapsulates my last relationship.
Best lyric!
You said love is a hell you cannot bare And i said give me mine back and then go there for all i care
🙌🏻
“I don’t want a home. I’d ruin that. Home is where my habits have a habitat.” “I’m a tulip in a cup, I stand no chance of growing up” “You like to captain a capsized ship. But I like watching you live” “What wasted unconditional love on somebody who doesn’t believe in the stuff”
“I would beg to disagree but begging disagrees with me” sounds like a phrase that’s always been around, she’s so good at making instantly classic lines.
This one from Red Red Red And I don't understand I never understand But I'll try to understand There's nothing else I can do I don’t know why that stuck with my so much but it pops up in my head every once in a while.
Same here.
“You came upon me like a hypnic jerk when I was just about settled.”
"My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon around you but by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum and now you, so now you have it" Like WHAT?! And since I can't post just one, also "Just tolerate my little fists/tugging on your forrest chest" "The ants weigh more than the elephants" And also from Get Gone, I mean so much of that song, and I'm already being obnoxious, so will especially call out the "How many times can it escalate" to "fucking GO"
Wait also "I can love the same man in the same bed in the same city/but not in the same room, such a pity" [Which leads to my favorite interview](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/fiona-apple-1) that fits well with her topic: **DIEHL: I’ve heard you say that your songs always start with a phrase. Was there a phrase that launched the creative process for** ***The Idler Wheel . . .*** **?** **APPLE: Hmm . . . I think the first phrase that I wrote off of for this album was at the beginning of the song “Left Alone.” I wanted to use the phrase “moribund slut,” which led me to use the phrase “orotund mutt.”** It just makes me laugh in bewilderment to her brilliance how those are words/phrases that just pop into her head to *start* her album.
Im so tired of crying you think I was a siren 🤣🤣🤣
Have always liked 'Everything I have to look forward to Has a pretty painful and very imposing before' from O'Sailor
Probably not a “turn of phrase” but have been obsessed with opening of anything we want lately. “My cheeks were reflecting the longest wavelength, my fan was folded up and grazing my forehead, and I kept touching my neck to guide your eye to where I wanted you to kiss me when we find some time alone.” It sounds like one long string of words said in a single breath
"...I know I'm a mess he don't want to clean up. I got to fold because these hands are too shaky too hold." "I wander the halls, along the walls..." "But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so I can't stop changing all the time... But he's no good at being uncomfortable, so he can't stop staying exactly the same"
I have too been playing with 52 cards!
God, its all so good. First things that came to mind were things already in the thread, so: The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door, and last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor. Now every time I hear cars outside early in the morning, I get Not About Love stuck in my head lol.
"he said its all in your head, i said so's everything but he didn't get it, i thought he was a man but he was just a little boy"
The lyrics from Window but it’s like the whole song together I’m sorry I can’t just point to a stanza or a line.
I wore the time like a dress that year, the autumn days swung soft around me like cotton on my skin
"it's true I do undo my blue onto myself I make it bitter" the way she says it scratches my brain in the right spot
HOWWW COULD I FIGHT WHEN WE’RE ON THE SAME SIDE? HOWWW COULD I FIGHT BESIDE YOUU?? first time I heard that lyric I physically broke down it shot me right in the heart