I think the duet was unnecessary here. Amos also dug real deep for the kind of indulgence it must have took to give this song that title, when she could have used several other lyrics as the title, had she wished, and not come off as such a self-masturbator.
That said, it's said this song is so brushed off. Half of The Beekeeper is crap, half is either good or really good, and this falls in the "really good". It's one of the Beekeeper songs in which she actually used her talent for writing a complicated set of lyrics. It's not just characterized by themes of rebellion, but also by the feelings of being used, of being an outcast, of additction, of being a foolish sucker in a one-sided relationship, and, as she has said, emotional terrorism.
I think the duet was unnecessary here. Amos also dug real deep for the kind of indulgence it must have took to give this song that title, when she could have used several other lyrics as the title, had she wished, and not come off as such a self-masturbator.
That said, it's said this song is so brushed off. Half of The Beekeeper is crap, half is either good or really good, and this falls in the "really good". It's one of the Beekeeper songs in which she actually used her talent for writing a complicated set of lyrics. It's not just characterized by themes of rebellion, but also by the feelings of being used, of being an outcast, of additction, of being a foolish sucker in a one-sided relationship, and, as she has said, emotional terrorism.