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Fingertips Lyrics

Before I can open
My all to eager eyes
Everything changes
From the oceans to the skies
Perpetual emotion
Set ablaze by me
Everything's breathing
My air in all of tree

[Chorus]
Yet my fingertips
Have a special sound
Yet my fingertips
They go round and round

This comical wisdom
Creeps into my brain
A wave of my nerve
And also free of pain

[Chorus]

Pa-pa-pa-ra-raaa-a
Pa-pa-pa-ra-raaa-a

Electrical current
Hallowed be thy name
Live my emotions
And vanish all my shame

Yet my fingertips
Have a special sound
Yet my fingertips
Smell of sodden ground

Before I can open
My all to eager eyes
(all to eager eyes)

Everything changes
From the oceans to the skies
(oceans to the skies)

Yet my fingertips
Have a special sound
Yet my fingertips
They go round and round

Pa-pa-pa-ra-raaa-a
Pa-pa-pa-ra-raaa-a
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Submitted by
weezerific:cutlery On May 19, 2002
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Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

I'm sure it's about female masturbation before sex. Her fingertips go "round and round" in a "perpetual motion" and she feels all sorts of nice stuff, including an "electrical current". The process "lifts her emotions" and "banishes her shame", "before she can open her all to eager eyes". I think it's quite self-explanatory...

On the surface it would SEEM she is singing about masturbation but I don't think that is the case whatsoever. She is singing about the Universal Laws... I am talking Quantum Physics & Metaphysics here.... Everything that exists is Vibrational Energy and that everything is connected to the same source energy which is Infinite Love and Consciousness. Everything is infinite love on the highest vibration of its being, and that emotions of Guilt, Shame, Fear, ect take us away from what we all really are...... All these metaphors totally are in line with this. Even look at the very name...

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I believe that the word "sound" in the lyrics is a form of self-censorship. Much better matches here "scent", which is very similar in sounding. Now let's put all together:

"Yet my fingertips Have a special scent Yet my fingertips Smell of sodden ground"

and there is no doubt that this is about female masturbation:) So I agree with pollyanne.

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I believe that the word "sound" in the lyrics is a form of self-censorship. Much better matches here "scent", which is very similar in sounding. Now let's put all together:

"Yet my fingertips Have a special scent Yet my fingertips Smell of sodden ground"

and there is no doubt that this is about female masturbation:) So I agree with pollyanne.

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Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

By far my favourite Emiliana Torrini song. It's excellent.

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

best one on this album.

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

my fav ET song as well. These lyrics are way off tho someone should fix them

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

I'd have to agree with pollyanna

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

never thought of it like that, but i can definitely see it...

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

I always thought it was "nerve ends", not "nerve and".. "all the trees"

but I love this song. I think it's just about how complex + beautiful the world is. evidently some (a lot?) of us are in the gutter but try to look at the stars, people ;p

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

oh, and the "round and round" could be referring to her fingerprints, the swirling patterns, each of them unique.

On the surface it would SEEM she is singing about masturbation but I don't think that is the case whatsoever. She is singing about the Universal Laws... I am talking Quantum Physics & Metaphysics here.... Everything that exists is Vibrational Energy and that everything is connected to the same source energy which is Infinite Love and Consciousness. Everything is infinite love on the highest vibration of its being, and that emotions of Guilt, Shame, Fear, ect take us away from what we all really are...... All these metaphors totally are in line with this. Even look...

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Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

On the surface it would SEEM she is singing about masturbation but I don't think that is the case whatsoever. She is singing about the Universal Laws... I am talking Quantum Physics & Metaphysics here.... Everything that exists is Vibrational Energy and that everything is connected to the same source energy which is Infinite Love and Consciousness. Everything is infinite love on the highest vibration of its being, and that emotions of Guilt, Shame, Fear, ect take us away from what we all really are...... All these metaphors totally are in line with this. Even look at the very name of the album: "Love in the Time of Science".... Yet another reference..... Then if you listen to the song this is connected to on the album directly, it is about Telepathy. Another Metaphysical topic. Believe me... Emiliana is too deep to produce a song of this calibre about the mere act of masturbation.

Cover art for Fingertips lyrics by Emilíana Torrini

"sad replaced by mean" - i'd always thought it'd rather be "set ablaze by me"?!

about the meaning, i also think the song is about masturbation, which is quite obvious - there might be a deeper meaning behind the obvious as it is rather allusive than vulgar. of course the meaning could be anything, from the roots of universe to metaphysic or whatever, doesn't change the fact that she sings about how her fingertips go round and round, her eyes are closed, there's an electrical current that lifts her spirit, she's free of pain, feels no shame, her fingertips smell of sodden ground...

set ablaze by me

You are absolutely correct. The posted lyrics have many errors at this time.