"Silent All These Years"--Tori Amos

[Dr. Richard Grossman]

Hi everyone,

I’m not sure if this has been posted before, but here’s a beautiful/painful song about voicelessness by Tori Amos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiRxoakhog

Richard

[Izzy_*now*]

I thought her screams got lost in a pickup truck, so I checked

Lyrics

"Silent All These Years"

Excuse me but can I be you for a while
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know
But nothing comes
Yes I know what you think of me
You never shut-up
Yeah I can hear that

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent All These Years

So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thougts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best praya that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven
Where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
Do you think it's enough
To get us there

Cause what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent All These...

Years go by
Will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by
If I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds
Raining in head
Years go by
Will I choke on my tears
Till finally there is nothing left
One more casualty
You know we're too easy Easy Easy

Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
But baby don't look up
The sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody lookin' at you here
Take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice [x3]

And it's been here
Silent All These Years
I've been here
Silent All These Years

[Dr. Richard Grossman]

Thanks, Izzy!  (Actually, I looked up the lyrics as well...)

Richard

[seastorm]

Hi Dr. Grossman,

Beautiful song. Thanks.

So hard to explain in plain words, and in a song so clear.

Sea storm

[Gaining Strength]

Thanks for sharing this Dr. Grossman.

The lyrics are powerful and so very painful.

[nolongeraslave]

Tori is amazing. She also wrote a song about surviving rape, if I'm not mistaken.

"Somebody will come backstage and go, 'You saved me.'

And I will have to say,

'Stop right there. You saved yourself."

- Tori Amos

[Lupita]

Unbelievably, this song is famous in China. And many of us never heard it before. What a beautiful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=accYw_9Y2GM&feature=related

Here is a link for a nice perfomrna cein China.

[lighter]

Watching that performance.....
I pictured the eyes of all board members reflected in their computer screens as they identified with this song.
Haunting and powerful.