1,000 Oceans

One of my favorite Tori Amos's songs when I listen to this song it brings me back to an exact moment in my life when I was on a Greyhound bus going over the Bay Bridge to SanFrancisco looking out my window at the ocean below me. It's absolutely incredible how a song can bring you back to a particular moment in your life.

.. probably one of the more unappreciated of Tori's songs. This one, it's one of my favourites. It details a kind of love that you can feel for someone..

Basically, the unrequited love. You feel it so much, and they feel nothing at all--"and I would cry 1000 more if that's what it takes to sail you home.."

Self sacrifice.

This and professional widow. Tops!

Tori wrote this song because her husband's father had died and it was difficult for her to help Mark in his grief... So one day she sat on the piano and played this song and Mark came by and sat by her side. He felt understood, it brought them both closer together again - it's hard for people to share grief, but Tori found a way for them... =)

This is a heartbreakingly beautiful song, it actually made me cry the first time i heard it. To me, it is about unrequited love, and the music as well as the lyrics capture the pain and sacrifice that go into loving someone you know you'll never have.

Due to you I see the song now different two: I guess you came to the meaning of unrequited love by the lines "these tears i've cried i've cried 1000 oceans...i'm aware what the rules are.but you know that i will run, you know that i will follow you...", right ? - but then what does she mean with "well i can't believe that i would keep, keep you from flying"...she will refuse him if he would get to feel attracted to her some day ?...but she would cry "1000 more if that's what it takes to sail you home,sail you home sail you home"...yes she wants him after all

This has always been my favorite song of Tori's! I'm surprised more people haven't commented. I always feel like crying when I hear this. The words are so emotional!

if you listen carefully, you can hear the rhythm of the clock (symbolizing the wait, the time that passes by so slowly when you are removed from someone you love) and also the coming in of the waves. like an ocean.. well thas just what i got from listening to the song and yes its a sweet song and brings tears to the eyes. great song, love it. jp

Check out ToriAmos.com It's getting a new look and there are some pictures from what is believed to be from the "A Sorta Fairytale" video. Can't wait till October 29th!!!!!

Amy Brenneman used this song at the end of Judging Amy to capture the emotion and loss she felt because her brother was moving across the country. For me, the song has always adressed that aching emptiness of being apart from someone you love.