Tori bores me.
Tori can't bore anyone.... you haven't seen her light yet Al!
father lucifer
you never looked so sane
you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain
tell me that you're still in love with that milkmaid
how's the lizzies
how's your jesus christ been hanging
nothing gonna stop me from floating
nothing gonna stop me from floating
he says he reckons i'm a watercolour stain
he says i run and then i run from him
and then i run
he didn't see me watching
from the aeroplane
he wiped a tear
and then he threw away our appleseed
nothing gonna stop me from floating
everyday's my wedding day
though baby's still in his comatose state
i'll die my own easter eggs
don't go yet
and beenie lost the sunset but that's but that's ok
does joe bring flowers to marilyn's grave
and girls that eat pizza but never gain weight
father lucifer you never looked so sane"I remember at the dinner table one night, my father said, 'I heard Father Lucifer, and it really kind of hurt me. I never saw myself as Father Lucifer.' I said, 'No, no, no! I wasn't talking about you! I was on an Ecstasy trip, Dad, and I had an affair with Lucifer and Jesus -- so don't worry about it.' He felt much better."
-- Tori; Blender Magazine, Nov 2002 it's time to tell the world
we both know it was a girl back in bethlehem
and on that fateful day
when she was crucified
she wore shiseido red and we drank tea
by her side*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Atilla The Honey is actually not a song, but a unique interview between Tori and a deep, echoing voice. I: Welcome to the end of your life. What is your name?
T: My name is Tori Amos
I: And how do you describe yourself.
T: I guess I describe myself as Atilla the Honey.
I: You are about to begin your last 24 hours on the planet Earth. Is there anything you'd like to confess?
T: No way. I'm not, I'm not going for that one.
I: Where will you spend the last day of your life?
T: Near some pasta, cuz it's like the best. It's the most yummiest thing. I don't care where I am as long as there's a great fat Italian cook close by.
I: Who will you have sex with?
T: The wolf. It's a really sexy man. A really really sexy man.
I: What music will you listen to?
T: Zeppelin. Because it's passionate to me and it's..it goes beyond fears, that music.
I: What film will you watch?
T: Um...I'll watch The Jungle Book. I love The Jungle Book.
I: What vices will you indulge in?
T: The Peace pipe and some pasta with cream sauce in it because normally I can't have any dairy when I'm on the road. So I'm gonna have like loads of fattening stuff and it won't get on my thighs because I'm not gonna have a body anymore so it doesn't matter.
I: How would you like to die?
T: With the sunset.
I: How would you like your body disposed of?
T: I wanna be burned. Definitely burned. Like the witches.
I: What do you expect the afterlife to be like?
T: Alot like here. To be honest. I don't think that there's gonna be a huge difference, it's not like all of a sudden i'm gonna have a ice cream with cheese or anything. I don't really know what we'd talk about yet. I think the afterlife is a continuation of lessons. So I don't really think that there would be a huge change. Maybe the way that I saw this place would change. Looking at it from a different perspective.
I: How will you sell yourself to Saint Peter?
T: Hopefully I will have been able to Mary Magdaline before I'd run into Peter. And she knows all the dirt on Peter.
I: Who was the first love of your life?
T: Jesus. But I got over when I first saw a picture of Robert Plant.-- Tori; NME Magazine (U.K.), May 1998