| Tori Amos – Dragon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I interpret the "Don't believe the lie / your dragon needs slaying" differently! I think instead of sticking a comma in and slaying the dragon, it was meant to be one whole idea (don't believe the lie [that] your dragon needs slaying) and she thinks that the idea of needing to slay your inner wild side (dragon) for the sake of another person is a lie. That's why when she lies with him she "brings kisses for the beast" - she wants to nuture it. That way, the force being called dark (a passionate, dragon-esque force being called evil) is called into question. She likes the way it feels when he touches her hand - it is not wrong. The "christened those inflated" bit would then refer to Tori's idea that the Christian religion kept people feeling shamed about their sexuality and uninhibited side (in this case by putting those inflated with the old arguments into power). The man in the song may argue that it is a woman that has subdued him (an easy - candy - lie), but he has chosen to subdue himself. Tori wants those Dragons out and rockin', people! |
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| Tori Amos – Putting The Damage On Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I see 'Boys For Pele' as a concept album of self realisation, and so this song being at the end is really relevant to me. It's what makes it different from 'Hey Jupiter'. By this stage in her inner journey she is able to see the man she had been having problems with for who he really is, and she is able to study her feelings towards him more objectively. In Jupiter, she is in incredible amounts of pain, still wants to talk to the guy, to get him back, even. The wounds are very fresh. Here there is still the feeling that the man exercises a certain amount of power over her and that she still has a lot of trouble letting him go ("it's just your ghost passing through") but she is wiser. She knows she's "got to worry" about the way he is ("you still look pretty") but she knows the deal. That's why when the album finishes with 'Twinkle' - the light at her core - it's so sweet and triumphant. She's acknoledged her demon and let him go. | |
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