This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point libra
Nikolai said it.
Will we be abandoned again
In this desert they called Paris
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I caved in did you win
Finally excavated
Nikolai said it again.
Will we do just the same thing again
Will we do just the same thing again
In this desert they call Paris
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point libra
Nikolai said it to me
Nikolai swore to me again
Nikolai said it to me
I'll be holding her hand till it's warm
Holding her head above water
Holding her hand till it's warm yes
Holding her head above water
Nikolai said it to me
Nikolai said it to me
Will we be abandoned again honey
Will we be abandoned again
Will we be abandoned again
In this desert called paris
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point libra
Nikolai said again
I got my honey on a lemon on me
I gotta ride it to the infantry
I gotta way to get to you
Honey niña in your sleep
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my sister oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that Vatican library
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that thing
That uranium zing
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I got my humma to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to it
You can't keep me from me
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I got the ribosome, her center oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that thing
That thing you took from me
I gotta way to the center oh yeah
I gotta way to the Maya oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that thing that
You paid for dearly
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to you
Little sister I'm a comin' to you
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to you
A uranium zing in me
I gotta way to a me oh yeah
I gotta way to get to me
Honey you can't ever have seen
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta diesel thing in me somethin'
Honey you ain't never seen
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to you
Little sister I've known you
I said oh little sister I'm a comin' to you
Oh little sister I'm comin' for you
We are entering the photon band
We are entering the photon band
We are now in the photon band
I found out at zero point
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point libra
Nikolai said it.
Will we be abandoned again
In this desert they called Paris
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I caved in did you win
Finally excavated
Nikolai said it again.
Will we do just the same thing again
Will we do just the same thing again
In this desert they call Paris
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point libra
Nikolai said it to me
Nikolai swore to me again
Nikolai said it to me
I'll be holding her hand till it's warm
Holding her head above water
Holding her hand till it's warm yes
Holding her head above water
Nikolai said it to me
Nikolai said it to me
Will we be abandoned again honey
Will we be abandoned again
Will we be abandoned again
In this desert called paris
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point
I found out at zero ground
I found out at zero point libra
Nikolai said again
I got my honey on a lemon on me
I gotta ride it to the infantry
I gotta way to get to you
Honey niña in your sleep
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my sister oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that Vatican library
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that thing
That uranium zing
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I got my humma to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to it
You can't keep me from me
I gotta way to my ohm oh yeah
I got the ribosome, her center oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that thing
That thing you took from me
I gotta way to the center oh yeah
I gotta way to the Maya oh yeah
I gotta way to get to that thing that
You paid for dearly
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to you
Little sister I'm a comin' to you
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to you
A uranium zing in me
I gotta way to a me oh yeah
I gotta way to get to me
Honey you can't ever have seen
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta diesel thing in me somethin'
Honey you ain't never seen
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to my baby oh yeah
I gotta way to get to you
Little sister I've known you
I said oh little sister I'm a comin' to you
Oh little sister I'm comin' for you
We are entering the photon band
We are entering the photon band
We are now in the photon band
Lyrics submitted by BlackDahlia
Zero Point Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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I can't believe I'm the first person to comment on this song but --- my pleasure.
Tori says this song was inspired by Zecharia Sitchin's Earth Chronicles series, which concerns the writings of the ancient Sumerians and their ideas regarding time. "It talks about Rome ending -- B.C. and then A.D. -- and the idea of what was supposed to happen at zero point", she explains. "I found there to be a strange correlation between America being the super power that it is and Rome being the super power that it was, and what comes along with that kind of power... how you can really forget the responsibility that you have to humanity. The ego becomes bigger than spirituality". -Tori; Sept 11, 2006
To be honest, it took me many listens to actually get into this song. But the venus (my second favorite album by her) vibe is there. This song is a freakin' mess. Awesome!
This song is about Mary Magdalene.
stentorian thanks for the quote. also i think everyone should also educate themselves about the photon belt because its relavant to this song.
"Zero point, your time is coming." I remember that line in the Venus booklet.
Other than the fact that she releases some b-sides much later than usual, "we are now entering the photon band" and the part about the Maya are more appropriate now than it was when Venus was released. We're close to 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar and the supposed shift in consciousness.
This song is like a trip through the synth dark-world. The consistent Nikolai said makes me feel like she's referring to a broken promise of sorts. The last 4 minutes feel like finding your own way after being abandoned again.
"Will we be abandoned again?" We were never abandoned. They never stopped trying to help us. They're still here, trying to help us. Rome never fell. I'm 99.9% sure Zero Point is about the fall of the empire that is yet to come. We're almost there. Hang in there, EWF.
@AncestorDescendant What does EWF mean?
@AoH 'EWF' means 'Ears with Feet'. That was how Tori used to refer to her listeners in the 90's because she didn't like the term 'fan' which denotes subservience, as in Cleopatra being carried as fans are waved at her, that kind of thing. Tori's more of an Arsinoe type, I'd say.
@AncestorDescendant Oh. Thanks for explaining.
@AoH You're very welcome. Happy to.