[Crucify]
Little Earthquakes
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every finger in the room is pointing at me I wanna spit in their faces then I get afraid of 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 benearth 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 crucify myself nothing I do is good enough for you crucify myself every day 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 crosss 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 benearth 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 please be save me I CRY


^Interpretation^
Bio 57
In the opening "got enough guilt to start my own religion", she is "seeking to exorcise the coward in the girl who crucifies herself daily in the struggle to please rather than stand up for herself."

jase
During youth, a person is flooded with all sorts of religions and beliefs. Tori had conflicts in her family. Her grandmother and grandfather on her father's side were very strong in religion, seeing how they were both ministers. In this song, I see a struggle between them and the beliefs of piers her own age. Since "mother and father" knows best, it only seems to me that she tried to satisfy them as much as she could. The only thing is that she keeps saying "my heart is sick of being in chains." Evidently satisfying their beliefs kept her in chains. I felt the same during High School.

All lyrics are written by Tori Amos.
Published by Sword and Stone, ASCAP.

Drops of Ivory 1997-2005