Little Earthquakes

I had a girlfriend with chemical depression. The worst "Little Earthquakes". The smallest thing could blow her whole world apart - leaving her crying in a closet for days. There was nothing really wrong - but she'd be paralyzed with fear and sorrow. Finally, I was so terrified - I took her to a Doctor who put her on Anti-Depressants. Her moods leveled. She hated the numb feeling... along with the loss of true excitement.

It made her hate me... and she decided to toss out the AD's. She wanted life raw again. Good and bad. Highs and desperate lows. When I hear this song " Give me life. Give me pain. Give me myself again." I can't help but wonder if it was about Anti-Depresants or other pills... and breaking from them.

I can't belive no one has commented on this song, it's so metaphoric and beautiful, like Tori Amos is a beautiful and talented artist...

This song is about flaws of life, and how small things move us, we shouldn't get stuck on details and live life to the fullest i guess...

I think its a beautiful song, but I have always felt quite a bit of hopelessnes in it too. It's almost seems like she is saying we all give in too easily and we just need to realize that part of life is pain.

This song mimics the way waves slowly erode a shore, the way stones crumble a wall... tiny things are what destroys us, in the end. A fight. A careless word. Little earthquakes.

this song sounds like those brief moments that leave us shaken.

a relationship is crumbling slowly to bits not through some big event but little things every day. like fights in an apartment that end in her leaving, wondering what happened and why she has to watch their love dissolve, as the elevator music plays in the background. i can picture a lady angrily pushing the glowing buttons and sitting alone in the momentary safety of an enclosed space, composing herself, makeup running...

I think it's just about the little things that happen in life that can rip you apart. Even small things have an effect so you have to be careful about what you say and do.

I think the Little Earthquakes are the small fights that happen between 2 people . The fights that you regret starting and the ones that couldve been so eaisly avoided. The ones that dont end a relationship but make you realize how close you came and how easily it could end.

yeah, its a really awesome song. i agree that it deals with all the little tials and tribulations we go through each day, and how they can just destroy us if we let them

I always thought Little Earthquakes=orgasm?? don't know why it just stroke me one day :)