Tori Amos

Oysters

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so can these shoes take me to
who I was before
I was stabbing my sticks into
a vulnerable earth

and I can almost out run you
and those stalking memories
did I somehow become you
without realizing

and there are forces of conflict
taking portions of my mind
in whose realm laced with trickery
the fragments I must find

but I can almost out run you
and those stalking memories
did I somehow become you
without realizing

found a little patch of heaven now
so then I'm gonna turn oysters in the sand
cause I'm working my way back
I'm working my way back to me again
not every girl is a pearl
with these ruby slippers
with these ruby slippers
so then I'm gonna turn oysters in the sand
in the sand
turn
turn
not every girl is popular
popular
popular
not every girl is a pearl
with these ruby slippers
with these ruby slippers
so then I'm gonna turn oysters in the sand
in the sand
in the sand
turn
turn
turn

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spacegirl92 On May 16, 2014

Cornflake Girl

Silent All These Years

A Sorta Fairytale

Winter

Precious Things

so can these shoes take me to
who I was before
I was stabbing my sticks into
a vulnerable earth

and I can almost out run you
and those stalking memories
did I somehow become you
without realizing

and there are forces of conflict
taking portions of my mind
in whose realm laced with trickery 
the fragments I must find

but I can almost out run you
and those stalking memories
did I somehow become you
without realizing

found a little patch of heaven now
so then I'm gonna turn oysters in the sand
cause I'm working my way back
I'm working my way back to me again
not every girl is a pearl
with these ruby slippers
with these ruby slippers
so then I'm gonna turn oysters in the sand
in the sand 
turn
turn
not every girl is popular
popular
popular
not every girl is a pearl
with these ruby slippers
with these ruby slippers
so then I'm gonna turn oysters in the sand
in the sand
in the sand
turn
turn
turn

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2014-05-16 20:50:24

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by aabso

11y ago

with age beauty becomes less flamboyant, cannot be seen by anyone without insight, therefore it becomes less popular in the mainstream and more individualistic and elitist but also peaceful and satisfactory seen and enjoyed by the person herself.

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