![]() Little Earthquakes (1992) [ larger cover art ] |
Every finger in the room is pointing at me
I want to 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 saviour in these dirty streets
Looking for a saviour 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 and nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself every day
I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being
I said my heart is sick of being in chains
Chains
Got a kick for a dog begging for love
I got to 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 saviour in these dirty streets
Looking for a saviour 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 and nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself every day
I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being
I said my heart is sick of being in chains
Chains
Please be
Save me
I cry
Looking for a saviour in these dirty streets
Looking for a saviour 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 and nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself every day
I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being
I said my heart is sick of being in chains
Chains
Why do we in chains
Why do we crucify ourselves
Crucify ourselves every day
Why do we crucify ourselves
Why do we crucify ourselves
Chains
Why do we crucify ourselves
Chains
Why do we crucify ourselves
I'm never going back again to crucify myself again you know
Why do we crucify ourselves
I'm never going back again to crucify myself again every day
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 07:59 you nailed me tori |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 14:57 I didn't know RT was also the actor who played American Psycho. |
| blackjackshellac (Montreal) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 06:44 Perfect selection for the RNC convention. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 10:14 love this song... we be dancing... |
| ziakut (Unmoon) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 10:03 Not bad, not great...kind of middle ground for Tori Amos. There's some other stuff of hers I like considerably more than this...but it's fine. She reminds me of the type of person that wouldn't engage in a superficial or shallow conversation. Everything would have real purpose or philosophy to it. Hmmm.... |
| swoeller (Royal City) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 10:02 Just as I'm starting to come around to Tori (new album) — this song hits me and all that progress is undone!! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 16:36 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| demenshea (Foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 16:35 My favorite Tori album. If I wasn't depressed before, I am now. Her lyrics are terrifying. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 16:33 My favorite Tori Amos song. 9 |
| kayumann (Right where I want to be...) | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 05:38 outstanding song from an outstanding album!! |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 05:15 |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 15:11 tphord wrote: Just a little ear candy Atomic Fireball! |
| sporkster (Adelaide, South Australia) | Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 20:39 aquadonia wrote: I make no apologies for loving this song as much as I do. +1,000,000!!!!!!!! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 11:43 This song is soooo good for the ears... |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 14:24 SDBob wrote: There was a Tori sighting with Neil Gaiman at Comic-Con... go figure They're best buds, have been for a long time. |
| tphord (Up 'ere) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 14:23 scraig wrote: Love the song, but can somebody tell me what the producer had in mind with that odd sound effect during the chorus, please? Just a little ear candy |
| Mandible | Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 12:56 ![]() |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 12:51 Not my taste! |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 12:49 One of my favorite Tori Amos songs |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 15:45 LeeScoresby wrote: Perfect example of early Tori, but these days if we want to listen to a Kate Bush derivative we have the much more creative Joanna Newsom. "Well, when I was about seventeen, I was playing clubs and people would come up to me and say, 'You sound like Kate Bush.' And at the time: seventeen, that was ... thirteen years ago, and I would say, 'I don't, I don't know that, but I've heard of her.' So eventually, of course, I got her record, and I didn't really think I sounded like her. But maybe there're moments—there're moments — who knows what my great-great-great-great-grandfather was doing back there, you don't know where the genes go. I, I do admit that there are moments of 'God, that's uncanny.' I mean, I guess if somebody was going to do, like, you know, 'Is it live or is it Memorex?', we could probably do each other and nobody would know, unless you really have a good ear. But, um, she smokes a little more weed than I do, so I'd have to catch up. Just a little more. — Tori; CFNY Radio Toronto, Oct 12, 1995 |
| Nerubo (Denver, CO) | Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 15:42 Love the line "Got enough guilt to start my own religion." |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 15:40 good Tori song back when she was consistently good |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 15:40 Love the song, but can somebody tell me what the producer had in mind with that odd sound effect during the chorus, please? |
| LeeScoresby | Posted: Mar 28, 2010 - 12:36 Perfect example of early Tori, but these days if we want to listen to a Kate Bush derivative we have the much more creative Joanna Newsom. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 11:09 Still one of my favorite Tori Amos songs, was great live also... |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 11:07 Now this has me thinking of another 1980's song: Sanctify Yourself. |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Dec 24, 2009 - 01:04 I make no apologies for loving this song as much as I do. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 05:10 Ah well, Tori, we all have a cross to bear ;) I'll get me coat... |
| pallasathene82 (NY, NY!) | Posted: Sep 20, 2009 - 15:50 This song encapsulates why some of us love Tori so much. Deliciously angsty. |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 19:57 Her songs reveal very personal, intimate experiences and feelings which few people are willing to share. As a man, I learn things about women from her music that I didn't know before. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 19:54 I CAN'T TAKE IT AMY MORE... I AM OUT!!! |
| Boston_Ed (Boston) | Posted: May 14, 2009 - 06:05 This song and this album is what got me hooked on Tori. Still a loyal fan...for better or worse. |
| Bakaretsu (South Burlington. VT) | Posted: Apr 12, 2009 - 15:53 Fantastic in concert.. ..........might change some of your minds |
| pompinizzle | Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 21:58 I like the version from "Crucify" better. ![]() |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 18:33 crazy wrote: I wish that she wouldn't take herself so seriously. "zactly" Perzactly put. |
| crazy (yew nork, upstate) | Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 14:58 rtrudeau wrote: I wish that she wouldn't take herself so seriously. "zactly" |
| crazy (yew nork, upstate) | Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 14:56 don't know why......I dislike her so much......anyone???? like "mudcrunch........" |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Sep 03, 2008 - 14:55 "You're just an empty cage girl, if you kill the bird. . . " |
| SDBob (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Aug 02, 2008 - 23:11 There was a Tori sighting with Neil Gaiman at Comic-Con... go figure |
| vit | Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 09:56 Ok ... you asked for it ... (Gets lumber, big hammer and thick nails) Now this will only hurt for a few days. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: May 31, 2008 - 23:36 so much talent, a little bit crazy, desperate and erotic. . . sounds like a helluva weekend |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: May 31, 2008 - 23:08 |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 11:46 electronicshaman wrote: That is EXACTLY what I was thinking. She's talented, intelligent, beautiful and has a great voice, but I find that these days, every time one of her songs comes on, I cringe... I wish that she wouldn't take herself so seriously. |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 11:45 thewiseking wrote: cmon, Tori can do better than this.
this sounds like overwrought Madonna There must be a problem with the audio stream... |
| old_shep (Iowa) | Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 11:43 Britney ? |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Apr 30, 2008 - 11:41 cmon, Tori can do better than this. this sounds like overwrought Madonna |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Mar 29, 2008 - 23:46 Nice to hear something other than formulaic pap..... behold the wondrous RP! |
| Dior (Sherbrooke, Quebec) | Posted: Feb 27, 2008 - 11:30 Listening to it now, I don't hear much of a difference from her recent output an that leaves me lukewarm. But that album I used to love and I felt it was really something new and fresh at the time. Maybe I've grown up or it's Tori that serves the same dish year after year. |
| tblock | Posted: Feb 27, 2008 - 11:23 Tori Amos, Crucify. Yes, please. |
| kmh (NYC) | Posted: Feb 27, 2008 - 11:21 There's my girl........... |


