Crucify
every finger in the room
is pointing at me
i wanna spit in their faces
then i get afraid what that could bring
i got a bowling ball in my stomach
i got a desert in my mouth
figures that my COURAGE
would choose to sell out now
i've been looking for a savior
in these dirty streets
looking for a savior
beneath these dirty sheets
i've been raising up my hands
drive another nail in
just what GOD needs
one more victim
why do we crucify ourselves
every day i crucify myself
nothing i do is good enough for you
crucify myself
every day
i crucify myself
and my HEART is sick of being
in chains
got a kick for a dog
beggin' for LOVE
i gotta have my suffering
so that i can have my cross
i know a cat named easter
he says will you ever learn
you're just an empty cage girl
if you kill the bird
i've been looking for a savior
in these dirty streets
looking for a savior
beneath these dirty sheets
i've been raising up my hands
drive another nail in
got enough GUILT to start
my own religion
why do we crucify ourselves
every day i crucify myself
nothing i do is good enough for you
crucify myself
every day i crucify myself
and my HEART is sick of being in chains
please be
save me
i CRY
looking for a savior
in these dirty streets
looking for a savior
beneath these dirty sheets
i've been raising up my hands
drive another nail in
where are those angels
when you need them
why do we crucify ourselves
every day i crucify myself
nothing i do is good enough for you
crucify myself
every day i crucify myself
and my HEART is sick of being
in chains
why do we
crucify ourselves
everyday
never going back again
crucify myself
again you know
never going back again to
crucify myself
everyday
Silent All These Years
excuse me but can i be you for a while my DOG won't bite if you sit real still i got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again yeah i can hear that been saved again by the garbage truck i got something to say you know but NOTHING comes yes i know what you think of me you never shut up yeah i can hear that
but what if i'm a mermaid in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey but i don't care cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice and it's been HERE silent all these years
so you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts what's so amazing about really deep thoughts boy you best pray that i bleed real soon how's that thought for you my scream got lost in a paper cup you think there's a heaven where some screams have gone i got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough to get us there
but what if i'm a mermaid in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey but i don't care cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice and it's been HERE silent all these
years go by will i still be waiting for somebody else to understand years go by if i'm stripped of my beauty and the orange clouds raining in my head years go by will i choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left one more casualty you know we're to EASY easy easy
well i love the way we communicate your eyes focus on my funny lip shape let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up the sky is falling your MOTHER shows up in a nasty dress it's your turn now to stand where i stand everybody lookin' at you here take hold of my hand yeah i can hear them
but what if i'm a mermaid in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey but i don't care cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice i hear my voice i hear my voice and it's been HERE silent all these years i've been here silent all these years silent all these silent all these years
Precious Things
so i ran faster
but it caught me here
yes my loyalties turned
like my ankle
in the seventh grade
running after BILLY
running after the rain
these precious things
let them bleed
let them wash away
these precious things
let them break their hold over me
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 sick
holding on to his picture
dressing up every day
i wanna smash the faces
of those beautiful BOYS
those christian boys
so you can make me cum
that doesn't make you jesus
these precious things
let them bleed
let them wash away
these precious things
let them break their hold over me
i remember
yes in my peach party dress
no one dared
no one cared
to tell me where the pretty girls are
those demigods
with their NINE-INCH nails
and little fascist panties
tucked inside the
heart of every nice girl
these precious things
let them bleed
let them wash away
these precious things
let them break
let them wash away
these these precious things
let them bleed now
let them wash away
these these precious things
let them break
their hold over me
precious
precious
Winter
snow can wait
i forgot my mittens
wipe my nose
get my new boots on
i get a little warm in my heart
when i think of winter
i put my hand in my father's glove
i run off where the DRIFTS GET DEEPER
sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
i hear a voice
"you must learn to stand up for yourself
cause i can't always be around"
he says when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as i do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
all the white horses are still in bed
i tell you that i'll always want you near
you say that things change my dear
boys get discovered as winter MELTS
flowers competing for the sun
years go by and i'm here still waiting
withering where some snowman was
mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
but i only can see myself
SKATING around the truth who i am
but i know dad the ice is getting thin
when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as i do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
all the white horses are still in bed
i tell you that i'll always want you near
you say that things change my dear
hair is grey and the fires are burning
so many dreams on the shelf
you say i wanted you to be PROUD of me
i always wanted that myself
when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as i do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna change so fast
all the WHITE HORSES have gone ahead
i tell you that i'll always want you near
you say that things change my dear
never change
all the white horses
Tear In Your Hand
all the world just stopped now
so you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
let me take a deep breath babe
if you need me, me and neil'll be
hangin' out with the DREAM KING
neil says hi by the way
i don't believe 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 don't know the power that you have
with that tear in your hand
that tear in your hand
maybe i ain't used to maybes
smashing in a cold room
cutting my hands up
every time i touch you
maybe maybe it's time
to wave goodbye now
time to wave goodbye now
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
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 don't know the power that you have
with that tear in your hand
that tear in your hand
with that tear in your hand
tear in
All Tori Amos lyrics are © Sword & Stone.
Sound clip is "The Pool" taken from Winter maxi single
