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When I come to terms to terms with this
When I come to terms with this
When I come to terms to terms with this
My world will change for me
I haven't moved since the call came
Since the call came I haven't moved
I stare at the wall knowing on the other side
The storm that waits for me
Then the seated woman with a parasol
May be the only one you can't betray
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol
I will be safe in my frame
I have no need for a sea view
For a sea view I have no need
I have my little pleasures
This wall being one of these
When I come to terms to terms with this
When I come to terms with this
When I come to terms with this whip lash
Of silk on wool embroidery
Then the seated woman with a parasol
May be the only one you can't betray
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol
I will be safe in my frame
I will be safe
In my frame
In your house
In your frame
When I come to terms with this
When I come to terms to terms with this
My world will change for me
I haven't moved since the call came
Since the call came I haven't moved
I stare at the wall knowing on the other side
The storm that waits for me
Then the seated woman with a parasol
May be the only one you can't betray
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol
I will be safe in my frame
I have no need for a sea view
For a sea view I have no need
I have my little pleasures
This wall being one of these
When I come to terms to terms with this
When I come to terms with this
When I come to terms with this whip lash
Of silk on wool embroidery
Then the seated woman with a parasol
May be the only one you can't betray
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol
I will be safe in my frame
I will be safe
In my frame
In your house
In your frame
Lyrics submitted by merchantpierce
Parasol Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Moonsine1220 said: "I wonder what Tori must of been going through when she wrote this song...the death of her father maybe?"
her father is still alive--her brother is the one who died. but that said, what you suggested could very well be the case--the emotions that you go through when hearing tragic news about the death of a loved one, for example.. or perhaps the equally soul-shaking news of someone (a lover or best friend) deciding that they no longer want anything to do with you.
I always looked at it as a woman who is being forced to leave her home for whatever reason.. standing outside of her house and just sitting for hours, trying to rationalize what's happened before actually getting up and leaving.