Northern Lad Lyrics

Lyric discussion by amphitrite 

Cover art for Northern Lad lyrics by Tori Amos

she uses 'molasses' in 2 songs. does anyone have any idea what it means to her?

I think of "slow like molasses"...to me, it sounds like she's deliberately going slow, perhaps too slow, and she thought that it would be okay. But, as it turns out, it wasn't okay, and now he's gone. Really heartbreaking song.