so I ran faster but it caught me here yes my loyalties turned like my ankle in the
seventh grade running after BILLY running after the rain these precious
things let them bleed let them wash away these precious things let them break
their hold over me he said you’re really an ugly girl but I like the way
you play and I died but I thanked him can you believe that sick holding on to
his picture dressing up every day i wanna smash the faces of those beautiful
BOYS those christian boys so you can make me cum that doesn’t make you Jesus I
remember yes in my peach party dress no one dared no one cared to tell me where
the pretty girls are those demigods with their NINE-INCH nails and little
fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl...
"Precious Things is a song that came to me when I was living behind a church. And I was about 24 years old. I had a roommate that listened to really rawkuss music and it started to take me into flashbacks of my grandmother. And she used to put me in a corner and she would read me something, I think from Leviticus, I can't remember. But um, she was convinced that I was gonna give my soul to God and my body to a man that I would marry. Um, but at five years old I knew that we were enemies, so in my mind I was always trying to find ways to get away from this creature. So I thought of things and my mother thought I was a demon for thinking them. But I think she would smile out of the corner, because I think she felt the same way. So behind this church with this music going on and on in my head. I started to really think that maybe just one day, I could run faster."
Tori Amos, VH1 Storytellers
"Heavily into the Sandman comics by now, the nights were late, candles all over the house dripping where they would. Wax is a bit more fun to play with than bubble gum. The doors were open by now. I could resist, but there's always air suction."
Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes Songbook
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