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| Tori Amos – Ruby Through the Looking-Glass Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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First: thank you all. You guys are awesome. I happen to disagree. This song has at best loose strings attached to Alice. This is more personal and more profound. The center of this song is " as a man don't you find". Whether you agree or not, this is how Tori introduces her final statements. As a man, I would use that expression with someone I am unable to communicate with. And this is the center of this song, because if Tori was the object of abuse, she would have been smarter than ever publish such a song. But complete lack of communication makes sense, and all the rest follows, in a fantastic flows of accords... Does every boy smokes to cry is the best description of a paper-macho thus far. No other song ever made me question myself but this one. What does that mean? |
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| Tori Amos – Ruby Through the Looking-Glass Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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@[estelle:32468] I would like first to thank everyone in this site. You guys are awesome. Getting back to estelle, what has been answered thus far suit the bill to me. But I would like to add some more. Because this is my favorite song by Tori. Every single word of this song is the merciless execution of a man. An apparently shallow man, but one may question why on earth someone would ever write or publish such a song. The very act kind of rehabilitates the guy, to some extent. Not in any way in contradiction to what has been said, everything is true. But I get the lyrics in this sense: As a man don't you find. I do not want to discuss with you anymore. I understand you have a physical (at this point) limitation to understand stuff, but I'm making the extreme effort and sacrifice. I would address my ex wife this way, and actually tempted to answer to text messages exactly this way. The reference to "does every boy smokes to cry" is a merciless accusation of a paper macho, abusive mother..., who is unable to feel a freaking thing, but in figurative ways like smoking. I apologize to you all, but I need to take this out of my chest... |
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