Why oh why didn't she put this song on the album!!! 'Scarlet's Walk' isn't my favorite Tori Amos album, but this song is priceless and probably would have been (IMHO) the BEST song on the album had it been there. 'Mountain' should be on there too!
Anyway... does anybody have any ideas as to what the lyric "Roll me a carpet; roll me a carpet boy, roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma" means? It's probably my favorite part of the song.
If you read about the Trail of Tears, the Native Americans were gathered from their origins all around the US and literally walked to Oklahoma. by armed forces to live there. So I think it's sarcastic in saying "roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma." There was dignity in the way they were transported at all. A complete uprooting.
If you read about the Trail of Tears, the Native Americans were gathered from their origins all around the US and literally walked to Oklahoma. by armed forces to live there. So I think it's sarcastic in saying "roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma." There was dignity in the way they were transported at all. A complete uprooting.
That makes a lot of sense. She sounds very sarcastic when she sings it, at least in the performance video I saw, kind of upset actually. At first, I thought she was saying, "Rode me a carpet" which implies the same thing--flying as opposed to walking.
That makes a lot of sense. She sounds very sarcastic when she sings it, at least in the performance video I saw, kind of upset actually. At first, I thought she was saying, "Rode me a carpet" which implies the same thing--flying as opposed to walking.
Why oh why didn't she put this song on the album!!! 'Scarlet's Walk' isn't my favorite Tori Amos album, but this song is priceless and probably would have been (IMHO) the BEST song on the album had it been there. 'Mountain' should be on there too!
Anyway... does anybody have any ideas as to what the lyric "Roll me a carpet; roll me a carpet boy, roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma" means? It's probably my favorite part of the song.
If you read about the Trail of Tears, the Native Americans were gathered from their origins all around the US and literally walked to Oklahoma. by armed forces to live there. So I think it's sarcastic in saying "roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma." There was dignity in the way they were transported at all. A complete uprooting.
If you read about the Trail of Tears, the Native Americans were gathered from their origins all around the US and literally walked to Oklahoma. by armed forces to live there. So I think it's sarcastic in saying "roll me a carpet from here to Oklahoma." There was dignity in the way they were transported at all. A complete uprooting.
Hey, thanks!
Hey, thanks!
That makes a lot of sense. She sounds very sarcastic when she sings it, at least in the performance video I saw, kind of upset actually. At first, I thought she was saying, "Rode me a carpet" which implies the same thing--flying as opposed to walking.
That makes a lot of sense. She sounds very sarcastic when she sings it, at least in the performance video I saw, kind of upset actually. At first, I thought she was saying, "Rode me a carpet" which implies the same thing--flying as opposed to walking.