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Concertina Lyrics
Clouds descending
I’m not policing what you think and dream
I run into your thought from across the room
Just another trick
Can I weather this
I’ve got a fever above my waist
You got a squeezebox on your knee
I know the truth is in between
The 1st and the 40th drink
[Chorus]:
Concertina, concertina
A chill that bends
This I swear, you’re the fiercest
Calm I’ve been in
Concertina, concertina
Try infrared
This I swear, you’re the fiercest
Calm I’ve been in
The soul-quake happened here in a glass world
Particle by particle she slowly changes
She likes hanging chinese paper cuts
Just another fix
Can I weather this
I got my fuzz all tipped to play
I got a dub on your landscape
Then there’s your policy of trancing
The sauce without the blame
[Chorus]
Too far, too far, too far
It could all get way too cheerful
I’ve got a fever above my waist
You got a squeezebox on your knee
I know the truth lies in between
The 1st and the 40th drink
[Chorus]
Clouds descending
"Do you ever feel like you walk in a room, and you don't know why, but you're just so uncomfortable you're crawling out of your skin, even though nobody's touched you, physically? That's in 'Concertina,' when you feel like you haven't excavated enough of your different personalities that when one pops up, you're not sure where it came from, and you try to hack it out of yourself. It shocks you that you could have this kind of fault, or that other people could bring it out in you." [Tori Amos; A.P. Magazine, Oct99]
So, true. This happens to me all the time. Every time I walk into work and school.
So, true. This happens to me all the time. Every time I walk into work and school.
So, true. This happens to me all the time. Every time I walk into work and school.
So, true. This happens to me all the time. Every time I walk into work and school.
Wow. I love these quotes your posting.
Wow. I love these quotes your posting.
I agree with Jae26 too, it happens when I'm in school. Every time I walk in class I'm a completely different person. It's gotten so I don't know which one is the truth: who I am in the presence of family, who I am in the presence of people at school, and who I am in the presence of nobody.
I agree with Jae26 too, it happens when I'm in school. Every time I walk in class I'm a completely different person. It's gotten so I don't know which one is the truth: who I am in the presence of family, who I am in the presence of people at school, and who I am in the presence of nobody.
I mean, obviously I'm all of them, but still.
I mean, obviously I'm all of them, but still.
This song perfectly captures that feeling of being completely out of your skin, in a situation where your unsure which personality is gonna prevail. Obviously, by the 40th drink, your pretension usually subsides
this song is really pretty, its definitely one of tori's greatest ones
Concertina is such a beautiful song; words can't express how much I love it. I'm disappointed that it's only got 2 comments.
"I run into your thought from across the room."
I know this feeling. You feel like you have so many personalities you're splitting in, not two, but five, or ten, or tiny little folds...concertina.
I think the line, "i know the truth is in between the 1st and the 40th drink" is one of my favorites in all of her songs. To me it means that people tend to say things when they've been drinking that they would not tell people if they were sober. Personally, I've let things slip about myself when I've been drinking.
thanks for all your thoughts, never got much out of this song before now...
I love the song, but have to say that the lyrics are meaningless gibberish. I mean, " i got my fuzz all tipped to play " ... what?
@freewneel a fuzz is a common pedal used to give a slight "fuzzy distortion" to instruments - first used for guitar, you can use tehm to give this effect to any instrument it's compatible with, or in post while you're mixing.
-info. from your friendly film composer. lol.
@freewneel a fuzz is a common pedal used to give a slight "fuzzy distortion" to instruments - first used for guitar, you can use tehm to give this effect to any instrument it's compatible with, or in post while you're mixing.
-info. from your friendly film composer. lol.