“My heart goes out to where that song comes from, it’s very much about thinking you were loved for who you were, and realizing you weren’t, and realizing maybe you don’t love yourself. The line, ‘I guess you go too far/When pianos try to be guitars’ is just about never being enough. I felt that with my instrument sometimes, wanting to be Jimmy Page. You can only be you. A lot of times it’s never enough for people.”
— Tori Amos (Speaking of Northern Lad, Alternative Press, 1998)
Northern Lad
Tori AmosNorthern Lad (From The Choirgirl Hotel, 1998)
“My heart goes out to where that song comes from, it’s very much about thinking you were loved for who you were, and realizing you weren’t, and realizing maybe you don’t love yourself. The line, ‘I guess you go too far/When pianos try to be guitars’ is just about never being enough. I felt that with my instrument sometimes, wanting to be Jimmy Page. You can only be you. A lot of times it’s never enough for people.”
—Tori Amos, on “Northern Lad”
northern lad
tori amoshad a northern lad
well, not exactly had
öyle biri gelir ya. kaynaşırsın hemen. her şeyin olur… dur bi’. yok, hiçbir şeyindir aslında. o iyelik ekini kullanamazsın. kim bilir, belki başkaları kullanıyordur ama. yan yana otururken bile aslında ona uzaktan bakıyorsundur. dirseğiniz değerken, tutup da parmağının ucuyla o yanağına düşmüş kirpiğini alamıyorsundur. parmaklar yasak, parmaklar tutuklu birlikteyken.
bir de gözlerimi kaçırabilsem…
girls, you’ve got to know
when it’s time to turn the page
Northern Lad
Tori Amosday 3: a song that reminds you of an unhappy moment or event
you’ve got to know when it’s time to turn the page:
when you’re only wet because of the rain
