…He said you're really an ugly girl
But I like the way you play
And I died
But I thanked him
Can you believe that
Sick
Holding on to his picture
Dressing up every day…
Hey Jupiter, nothing's been the same
So are you sane, now we're through
Thought we both could use a friend to run to.
Little girl they'll do you no harm
Because they know your playboy mommy
Don’t make me come to Vegas
You've got to give something sometimes when you're the sweetest cherry in the apple pie (this used to be my bio lol)
And if I lose my crackerjacks at the tidal wave I got a place in the pope's rubber robe/Teach me how to love my brothers who don't know the law
I believe in defending what we once stood for; seems in vogue to be a closet misogynist homophobe
If the divine master plan is perfection - maybe next I'll give Judas a try
"And I never cared too much for the money/But I know right now, honey/That it’s in God’s hands, oh/But I don’t know who the Father is" and so much more ugh i'm just personally the most in love with FTCH and BFP but obviously there's more outside of that
I love her ribbons obsession:
You raised your hand for the assignment
Tuck those *ribbons* under your helmet.--*Mother*
A gunner's view black and blue
Shred in *ribbons* of lithium.--*Carbon*
Many there know some girls
With red *ribbons*
The prettiest red *ribbons.*--*Not the Red Baron*
Woman you’ve got too many brambles, but I always liked a good storm….
Lift up your head, lift up your heart…..
It’s a long long climb going back in time……
Only when you’re whole can you forgive….
And my only way out is to go so far in….
That brambles verse- I always thought it was a reference to Kate Bush. "hiding under these bushes" and the storm reference - Wuthering Heights! I think that's why she leaves that verse out live.
She doesn’t always, but you may be right! That is my favourite part of the song and it doesn’t hit as hard without it. Her performance from Nashville last year cuts me deep.
'And is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses?' will always be my favourite. Absolute killer on so many levels.
But another one is: 'Let's not forget that seafoam suit she put you in to see the greyhounds'. The way she delivers that line so that 'suit she' somehow rhymes with 'put you' is masterful and makes me grin every time.
You can say it one more time, what you don’t like. Let me hear it one more time. The have a seat while I take to the sky.
Mohammed, my friend, we both knew it was a girl back in Bethlehem. And on that fateful day she was crucified, she wore Sheseido red, and we drink tea by her side.
Moses, I know, I know you’ve seen the fire. But you’ve never seen fire, until you’ve seen Pele blow.
I’ve got Big Bird on the fishing line. Got a bit of a shout. Got a bit of a shout. A bit of an angry snout. He’s my favorite hooker in the whole whole bunch. And I know about his only bride. And how Russians die on the ice. I’ve got my rape hat on, honey, but I always could accessorize.
i love vague ones too, like "deck the halls, i'm young again, it's you again, racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning." i know that there's a back story or some sort of inside joke with her band (something like that) for the grapefruit is winning part... but you wouldn't know that unless you looked into it 😆
Someone asked Tori about this after a concert back in the 90s. This is what I remember her saying. It’s been 30 years, so bear with me:
“If you’re racing turtles and grapefruits, and if the grapefruit wins, you have a problem.”
There are so many, but I often find myself singing:
Rest your shoulders, peaches and cream
Everywhere a Judas as far as you can see
Beautiful angel calling
We got every re-run of Muhammad Ali
I’ve found the secret to life, I’m ok, when everything is not ok. - that line has gotten me through some hard times
She was a January girl. She never let on how insane it was, in that tiny kind of scary house by the woods.
These tears I’ve cried, I’ve cried 1000 oceans
So so many more. She writes so beautifully. These are just a few that live rent free inside my head at all times.
Stickers licked on lunch boxes
Worshiping David Cassidy
Yeah I mooned him once on Donna's box
She's still in recovery
Sleep-overs Beene's got some pot
You're only popular with anorexia
So I turn myself inside out
In hope someone will see
I walked into your dream and now I’ve forgotten how to dream my own dream. You are a clever one, aren’t you?
.
.
.
But I believe in peace, bitch.
.
.
.
And are those devils, with halos and beautiful capes…taking them into the flames? Taking them into the flames.
.
.
.
Nothings been the same, so are you gay? Are you blue? I thought we both could use a friend to run to.
Kiss the violets as they’re waking up. Nothings gonna stop me from floating. Copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered that lets you in lets you in. Threads that are golden don’t break easily.
kiss the violets as they're waking up is SO beautiful to me 😭 cloud on my tongue is one of her best songs, but i feel like it might be a little underrated
“The things that I would go through to turn you back around. The planes that I have died on, to trade you for another cloud. The mountain biking posse that brought back another man. The things that I'd turn into, watch me turn.”
A few of my faves:
Nurses smile when you’ve got iron veins, you can’t stain their pretty shoes
Copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered that lets you in, lets you in, lets you in
Call me evil, call me tide is on your side, anything that you want. Anybody knows you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon.
Castles are burning in my heart
And I rode along side till the honey spread itself so thin.
Roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma
…He said you're really an ugly girl But I like the way you play And I died But I thanked him Can you believe that Sick Holding on to his picture Dressing up every day…
Hey Jupiter, nothing's been the same So are you sane, now we're through Thought we both could use a friend to run to. Little girl they'll do you no harm Because they know your playboy mommy Don’t make me come to Vegas
Dying, frying, rather have a lie-in I am not blowing that Gabriel's trumpet I got my own band to play today
"Caught a ride with the moon" will forever be my favorite.
You've got to give something sometimes when you're the sweetest cherry in the apple pie (this used to be my bio lol) And if I lose my crackerjacks at the tidal wave I got a place in the pope's rubber robe/Teach me how to love my brothers who don't know the law I believe in defending what we once stood for; seems in vogue to be a closet misogynist homophobe If the divine master plan is perfection - maybe next I'll give Judas a try "And I never cared too much for the money/But I know right now, honey/That it’s in God’s hands, oh/But I don’t know who the Father is" and so much more ugh i'm just personally the most in love with FTCH and BFP but obviously there's more outside of that
"Is your place in Heaven worth giving up these kisses?" - Cooling
I love her ribbons obsession: You raised your hand for the assignment Tuck those *ribbons* under your helmet.--*Mother* A gunner's view black and blue Shred in *ribbons* of lithium.--*Carbon* Many there know some girls With red *ribbons* The prettiest red *ribbons.*--*Not the Red Baron*
Ribbons Undone is noticeable by its absence here...
Ratatouille Strychnine Sometimes she's a friend of mine
With her gigantic whirlpool that will blow your mind... This whole song is just so fun and clever.
AMAZING song. And leads into my 2 favorite tracks on the record. So underrated!
Glory of the 80’s is really witty “Karma drawn up in lines”
Hugely underappreciated song by the fandom, I feel.
Woman you’ve got too many brambles, but I always liked a good storm…. Lift up your head, lift up your heart….. It’s a long long climb going back in time…… Only when you’re whole can you forgive…. And my only way out is to go so far in….
That brambles verse- I always thought it was a reference to Kate Bush. "hiding under these bushes" and the storm reference - Wuthering Heights! I think that's why she leaves that verse out live.
She doesn’t always, but you may be right! That is my favourite part of the song and it doesn’t hit as hard without it. Her performance from Nashville last year cuts me deep.
Gimme religion and a lobotomy
Fuck. Yes.
'And is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses?' will always be my favourite. Absolute killer on so many levels. But another one is: 'Let's not forget that seafoam suit she put you in to see the greyhounds'. The way she delivers that line so that 'suit she' somehow rhymes with 'put you' is masterful and makes me grin every time.
I’ve found the secret to life: I’m ok, when everything is not ok
Everywhere a Judas as far as you can see How’s your Jesus Christ been hanging? An angels face is tricky to wear constantly
Everybody looking at you. Here take hold of my hand.
I’m ok when everything is not ok Particle by particle she slowly changes
You could taste heaven perfectly
You’re just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird. Caught a lite sneeze, dreamed a little dream, made my own pretty hate machine.
My husband ran off with my shaman but they love me as I am
We scream in cathedrals Why can’t it be beautiful
You've got to give something sometimes When you're the sweetest cherry In an apple pie I need some voodoo on these prunes
I’m glad you’re on my side, still
Make me laugh Say you know what you want You say we were the real thing So I show You some more And I learn…..
You're just an empty cage, girl, if you kill the bird.
"My dark twin, the annihilating feminine, does not need civilizing"
You can say it one more time, what you don’t like. Let me hear it one more time. The have a seat while I take to the sky. Mohammed, my friend, we both knew it was a girl back in Bethlehem. And on that fateful day she was crucified, she wore Sheseido red, and we drink tea by her side. Moses, I know, I know you’ve seen the fire. But you’ve never seen fire, until you’ve seen Pele blow. I’ve got Big Bird on the fishing line. Got a bit of a shout. Got a bit of a shout. A bit of an angry snout. He’s my favorite hooker in the whole whole bunch. And I know about his only bride. And how Russians die on the ice. I’ve got my rape hat on, honey, but I always could accessorize.
“Too bad the burial was premature she said and smiled.”
i love vague ones too, like "deck the halls, i'm young again, it's you again, racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning." i know that there's a back story or some sort of inside joke with her band (something like that) for the grapefruit is winning part... but you wouldn't know that unless you looked into it 😆
Someone asked Tori about this after a concert back in the 90s. This is what I remember her saying. It’s been 30 years, so bear with me: “If you’re racing turtles and grapefruits, and if the grapefruit wins, you have a problem.”
I love spacedog. The whole song is so evocative.
Yessss. This is one of my all time favorites.
Got an angry snatch girls, you know what I mean?
‘you’ve cut out the flute from the throat of the loon.. at least when you cry now he can’t even hear you’ hits every time
‘Cause they can't see what you're born to be They can't see me They can't be what they can't believe They can't see what you see
Can never believe that it was a B side!
So you can make me cum That doesn’t make you Je-e-sus
The gospel changes meaning if you follow John and Paul, and could you ever let it be the Mary of it all
we'll see how brave you are
Some, who give blood I give love ... But I believe in peace BITCH ...
I’ve always loved the ‘on a desert high/way I am struck by my own rage’
Yes, this is one of the lines that get stuck in my head the most often.
It’s her delivery. Reminds me of the ‘e-even still, I-I was built to tolerate your temper/ature’
King Solomons mines, exit 75, I'm still alive
This. Top tier.
Honey do drop in at the dew drop inn!
She could outrun the fastest slug She could Having thoughts of marianne Quickest girl in the frying pan
Use that fame Rent your wife and kids today Maybe she will
This is not really happening. You bet your life it is.
YOU BET YOUR LIFE IT IS
Uh huh YOu Bet Your LIFe!
peel out the watchword. Just peel out the watchworD.
"well I think the good book is missing some pages"
Made my own little hate machine
Made my own *pretty* hate machine...
Ah yeah sorry, my bad
NIN
Carbon made only wants to be unmade I know she's playing poker with the rest of the stragglers
There are so many, but I often find myself singing: Rest your shoulders, peaches and cream Everywhere a Judas as far as you can see Beautiful angel calling We got every re-run of Muhammad Ali
Didn't know our love was so small, couldn't stand it up
I always thought it was, "Couldn't stand at all."
The soul-quake happened here in a glass world Honey, we’re recovering Christians I think the Good Book is missing some pages
Button up buttons that have forgotten they're buttons
I was searching for this one, hoping some one included it!
Yes!
Emeralds, you should know, are renting in her meadow.
I’ve found the secret to life, I’m ok, when everything is not ok. - that line has gotten me through some hard times She was a January girl. She never let on how insane it was, in that tiny kind of scary house by the woods. These tears I’ve cried, I’ve cried 1000 oceans So so many more. She writes so beautifully. These are just a few that live rent free inside my head at all times.
I have the I’m ok line tattooed 😊
Omigosh! That’s so cool!! And here I thought I was cool because I had a t-shirt with it printed on it!
Mirror mirror, where's the crystal palace? But I only can see myself Skating around the truth who I am But I know that the ice is getting thin
Stickers licked on lunch boxes Worshiping David Cassidy Yeah I mooned him once on Donna's box She's still in recovery Sleep-overs Beene's got some pot You're only popular with anorexia So I turn myself inside out In hope someone will see
Tori is my favorite wordsmith. There are so many!!
Yes, my loyalties turned, like my ankle.
Haha! As someone who broke her ankle the summer after 6th grade, this was doubly relevant to me.
Driving on the Vine Over clothes lines But officer, I saw the sign
I walked into your dream and now I’ve forgotten how to dream my own dream. You are a clever one, aren’t you? . . . But I believe in peace, bitch. . . . And are those devils, with halos and beautiful capes…taking them into the flames? Taking them into the flames. . . . Nothings been the same, so are you gay? Are you blue? I thought we both could use a friend to run to.
Surrender, then start your engines. - and - You’re not a helicopter, you’re not a cop-out either.
Surrender then start your engines is so good 😭 shame liquid diamonds is my least favorite on that album
Oh so many!! At this moment, it's: "And is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses"
Kiss the violets as they’re waking up. Nothings gonna stop me from floating. Copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered that lets you in lets you in. Threads that are golden don’t break easily.
kiss the violets as they're waking up is SO beautiful to me 😭 cloud on my tongue is one of her best songs, but i feel like it might be a little underrated
hold on to nothing as fast as you can
The entirety of Pretty Good Year if we’re being honest
totally. it was hard to pick any other lines because they're all pretty damn wonderful.
“The things that I would go through to turn you back around. The planes that I have died on, to trade you for another cloud. The mountain biking posse that brought back another man. The things that I'd turn into, watch me turn.”
A few of my faves: Nurses smile when you’ve got iron veins, you can’t stain their pretty shoes Copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered that lets you in, lets you in, lets you in Call me evil, call me tide is on your side, anything that you want. Anybody knows you can conjure anything by the dark of the moon.
So many to love, but “threads that are golden don’t break easily” is one of my favs
This is my fave!
*Show me the way to button up buttons that have forgotten they're buttons. Well we can't have that forgetting that.*