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Tori Amos — Crucify
Album: Little Earthquakes
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Released: 1992
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Every finger in the room is pointing at me
I want to spit in their faces then I get afraid what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach, I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now

I've been looking for a saviour in these dirty streets
Looking for a saviour beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands, drive another nail in
Just what god needs, one more victim

Why do we crucify ourselves every day?
I crucify myself and nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself every day
I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being
I said my heart is sick of being in chains
Chains

Got a kick for a dog begging for love
I got to have my suffering so that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter, he says, will you ever learn
You're just an empty cage, girl, if you kill the bird

I've been looking for a saviour in these dirty streets
Looking for a saviour beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands, drive another nail in
Got enough guilt to start my own religion

Why do we crucify ourselves every day?
I crucify myself and nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself every day
I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being
I said my heart is sick of being in chains
Chains

Please be
Save me
I cry

Looking for a saviour in these dirty streets
Looking for a saviour beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands, drive another nail in
Where are those angels when you need them

Why do we crucify ourselves every day
I crucify myself and nothing I do is good enough for you
I crucify myself every day
I crucify myself and my heart is sick of being
I said my heart is sick of being in chains
Chains

Why do we in chains
Why do we crucify ourselves
Crucify ourselves every day
Why do we crucify ourselves
Why do we crucify ourselves
Chains
Why do we crucify ourselves
Chains
Why do we crucify ourselves
I'm never going back again to crucify myself again you know
Why do we crucify ourselves
I'm never going back again to crucify myself again every day
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Well welcome to the Tori Amos bandwagon. Truly gifted.
Posted 3 years ago by Salamus    [ Reply ]
Didn't like her music at first. Now I think she is a true goddess. I listen to her more than I do Pink Floyd or Kate Bush, which astonishes me. This song in particular helped me through a rough time in life. For this I am forever in her debt. Superb musician. She makes it all look so easy.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 twoplain2sea wrote:
                     Amusing how curiosity twists 'n' turns
                     Till the Schrodinger's cat safely returns.
                             Still the Matrix is likely
                            To shift it back to oblivion,
                            And tell you it's all but
                               A monkey business.
                            
                             Cagey, you've an ocean side
                           Birthmark and time is a coming
                                  We run the whole
                                  Show from inside.
                                Are we still inside ?

 
best one yet.
Posted 5 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
The grinding noise of the coffin lid opening gets a bit.... grating towards the end.
 
Posted 5 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
do you know TORI? one person must be forever happy is not happy now.
Posted 5 years ago by taklalaratar    [ Reply ]
Great song, great album!
Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
 Shmelo wrote:
It's amazing how hard she tried to be like Kate Bush.

 
It's more amazing to me how many people try to make this connection when all she did was be a woman who sings and plays piano. 
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Had the pleasure of seeing Tori back in '99.  She opened for Alanis.  Both were great.
Posted 7 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
It's amazing how hard she tried to be like Kate Bush.
Posted 7 years ago by Shmelo    [ Reply ]
I guess Tori was in her Madonna homage stage here
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Love Tori
Posted 8 years ago by Kassbomb    [ Reply ]
I really like this, didn't know it yet ....
Posted 8 years ago by rommesw    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear Tori Amos song I picture Yoda saying "The angst is strong with this one."  Is it just me?  

I like the song, for the record.
 
Posted 8 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
lighten up Tori
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
                     Amusing how curiosity twists 'n' turns
                     Till the Schrodinger's cat safely returns.
                             Still the Matrix is likely
                            To shift it back to oblivion,
                            And tell you it's all but
                               A monkey business.
                            
                             Cagey, you've an ocean side
                           Birthmark and time is a coming
                                  We run the whole
                                  Show from inside.
                                Are we still inside ?
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
I didn't know RT was also the actor who played American Psycho.   {#Ask}

 
What, the incessant narcissism didn't tip you off?
Posted 9 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
Far and away her best album - a few other great songs elsewhere but Little Earthquakes rocks!
Posted 9 years ago by Timbo080    [ Reply ]
I didn't like this song much until I started paying attention to it. Very well done.
Posted 9 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
 PeterMC3 wrote:
Mildly irritating tune that goes on a bit too long.

 
Forget your ritalin?
Posted 10 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Mildly irritating tune that goes on a bit too long.
Posted 10 years ago by PeterMC3    [ Reply ]

Definately one of Tori's best albums if not her best album.


Posted 10 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
Brilliant tune and album!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Chorus sounds like a cat fight.
Posted 10 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
My favorite Tori Amos song. 9

 
Actually, it's now Tear in Your Hand.  I gave that one a 10.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
the song (and album) that got me hooked on Tori...
Posted 11 years ago by bschena    [ Reply ]
you nailed me tori
 
Posted 11 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
I didn't know RT was also the actor who played American Psycho.   {#Ask}
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Perfect selection for the RNC convention.
Posted 12 years ago by blackjackshellac    [ Reply ]
Not bad, not great...kind of middle ground for Tori Amos. There's some other stuff of hers I like considerably more than this...but it's fine. She reminds me of the type of person that wouldn't engage in a superficial or shallow conversation. Everything would have real purpose or philosophy to it. Hmmm....{#Stupid}
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Just as I'm starting to come around to Tori (new album)  — this song hits me and all that progress is undone!! 
 
Posted 12 years ago by swoeller    [ Reply ]
My favorite Tori album.  If I wasn't depressed before, I am now.  Her lyrics are terrifying.

Posted 12 years ago by demenshea    [ Reply ]
My favorite Tori Amos song. 9
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
outstanding song from an outstanding album!!
Posted 13 years ago by kayumann    [ Reply ]
{#Music}  incredible lyrics.

Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 tphord wrote:


     Just a little ear candy
 

Atomic Fireball!
Posted 13 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
aquadonia wrote:
{#Notworthy}

I make no apologies for loving this song as much as I do.


+1,000,000!!!!!!!!

Posted 13 years ago by sporkster    [ Reply ]
 SDBob wrote:
There was a Tori sighting with Neil Gaiman at Comic-Con... go figure
 

They're best buds, have been for a long time.
Posted 13 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
Love the song, but can somebody tell me what the producer had in mind with that odd sound effect during the chorus, please?
 

     Just a little ear candy


Posted 13 years ago by tphord    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
Not my taste!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Tori Amos songs {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 LeeScoresby wrote:
Perfect example of early Tori, but these days if we want to listen to a Kate Bush derivative we have the much more creative Joanna Newsom.
 
"Well, when I was about seventeen, I was playing clubs and people would come up to me and say, 'You sound like Kate Bush.' And at the time: seventeen, that was ... thirteen years ago, and I would say, 'I don't, I don't know that, but I've heard of her.' So eventually, of course, I got her record, and I didn't really think I sounded like her. But maybe there're moments—there're moments — who knows what my great-great-great-great-grandfather was doing back there, you don't know where the genes go. I, I do admit that there are moments of 'God, that's uncanny.' I mean, I guess if somebody was going to do, like, you know, 'Is it live or is it Memorex?', we could probably do each other and nobody would know, unless you really have a good ear. But, um, she smokes a little more weed than I do, so I'd have to catch up. Just a little more.
— Tori; CFNY Radio Toronto, Oct 12, 1995

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Love the line "Got enough guilt to start my own religion."

Posted 14 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
good Tori song
back when she was consistently good
Posted 14 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
Love the song, but can somebody tell me what the producer had in mind with that odd sound effect during the chorus, please?
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Perfect example of early Tori, but these days if we want to listen to a Kate Bush derivative we have the much more creative Joanna Newsom.
Posted 14 years ago by LeeScoresby    [ Reply ]
Still one of my favorite Tori Amos songs, was great live also...{#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Now this has me thinking of another 1980's song: Sanctify Yourself.
Posted 14 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy}

I make no apologies for loving this song as much as I do.

Posted 14 years ago by aquadonia    [ Reply ]
Ah well, Tori, we all have a cross to bear ;)

I'll get me coat...
Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This song encapsulates why some of us love Tori so much.  Deliciously angsty.
Posted 15 years ago by pallasathene82    [ Reply ]
Her songs reveal very personal, intimate experiences and feelings which few people are willing to share.  As a man, I learn things about women from her music that I didn't know before.

Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
I CAN'T TAKE IT AMY MORE... I AM OUT!!!
Posted 15 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
This song and this album is what got me hooked on Tori. Still a loyal fan...for better or worse.  
Posted 15 years ago by Boston_Ed    [ Reply ]
Fantastic in concert.. ..........might change some of your minds
Posted 15 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
I like the version from "Crucify" better.



Posted 15 years ago by pompinizzle    [ Reply ]
 crazy wrote:
I wish that she wouldn't take herself so seriously. 
"zactly"
 

Perzactly put.

Posted 16 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
I wish that she wouldn't take herself so seriously.
 
"zactly"
Posted 16 years ago by crazy    [ Reply ]
don't know why......I dislike her so much......anyone??
like "mudcrunch........"
Posted 16 years ago by crazy    [ Reply ]

"You're just an empty cage girl, if you kill the bird. . . "

Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
There was a Tori sighting with Neil Gaiman at Comic-Con... go figure
Posted 16 years ago by SDBob    [ Reply ]
Ok ... you asked for it ... (Gets lumber, big hammer and thick nails) Now this will only hurt for a few days.
Posted 16 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
so much talent, a little bit crazy, desperate and erotic. . . sounds like a helluva weekend
Posted 16 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Bill!! You almost gave me a heart attack!! You follow one of my favorite Porcupine Tree songs "Trains" with one of my favorite Tori Amos songs... both being favorite artists of mine. You must love me.
Posted 16 years ago by aquadonia    [ Reply ]
electronicshaman wrote:
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking. She's talented, intelligent, beautiful and has a great voice, but I find that these days, every time one of her songs comes on, I cringe...
I wish that she wouldn't take herself so seriously.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
cmon, Tori can do better than this. this sounds like overwrought Madonna
There must be a problem with the audio stream...
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Britney ?
Posted 16 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
cmon, Tori can do better than this. this sounds like overwrought Madonna
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear something other than formulaic pap..... behold the wondrous RP!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Listening to it now, I don't hear much of a difference from her recent output an that leaves me lukewarm. But that album I used to love and I felt it was really something new and fresh at the time. Maybe I've grown up or it's Tori that serves the same dish year after year.
Posted 16 years ago by Dior    [ Reply ]
Tori Amos, Crucify. Yes, please.
Posted 16 years ago by tblock    [ Reply ]
There's my girl...........
Posted 16 years ago by KMH    [ Reply ]
Tori was very influential in my upbringing...
Posted 16 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
jksteacher wrote:
She's quite intellectually and physically stimulating. Just not my personal cup of angst.
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking. She's talented, intelligent, beautiful and has a great voice, but I find that these days, every time one of her songs comes on, I cringe...
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
Shesdifferent wrote:
Back in the day when she was good, course we all go off the deep end at some point..
Tori was born in the deep end. That being said, the new disc has got a few tasty tunes on it.
Posted 17 years ago by marktberry    [ Reply ]
Back in the day when she was good, course we all go off the deep end at some point..
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Love it.
Posted 17 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
At her prime, she definately was from a different cut. She has managed to stay around to my surprise I thought she would have faded into obscurity.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Sing Along an' let it flow good to sing it out!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Absolutely love the musical arrangements on this album, at the very least.
Posted 17 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
Tori at her best!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
this song hits a nerv :)
Posted 17 years ago by petesku    [ Reply ]
There's that rusty disk brake again. Hm.
Posted 17 years ago by djinnthespazz    [ Reply ]
CoYoT51 wrote:
Let's be a little fair and objective!!!!!! How dare you write this awful bullsh@t??
Geez, I can almost understand the appeal of "trolling"; it was kinda fun to inspire such indignant outrage. The fact is I don't mind Tori Amos; just don't think she's in the same league as Kate Bush. Peace, CoYoT51.
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach wrote:
Like Kate Bush . . . without the talent.
Let's be a little fair and objective!!!!!! How dare you write this awful bullsh@t??
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Moak wrote:
OK, I guess I can understand your angst. Talent, brains and beauty all in one package can be a bit intimidating.
KUDOS!
Posted 17 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
Moak wrote:
OK, I guess I can understand your angst. Talent, brains and beauty all in one package can be a bit intimidating.
She's quite intellectually and physically stimulating. Just not my personal cup of angst. Or maybe I'm just a stark-raving binge drinker looking for an excuse to imbibe.
Posted 17 years ago by jksteacher    [ Reply ]
jksteacher wrote:
I think there is a drinking game that could go along with Tori's music. Take a drink everytime she 1) uses religious symbolism, 2) uses the word "pain" or any of its synonyms, 3)take a drink everytime she moves to falsetto AND CONTINUE drinking for as long as she keeps it going. Its only a start, but I figure one of a few things would happen. Either I'd get through more Tori in one sitting than I ever have, I'd drink myself into a coma before track four was finished, I'd contemplate the point of even trying in this life, or maybe all four. At any rate, I'll give this a shot at the next party. Never let it be said that I know how to get a party started.
OK, I guess I can understand your angst. Talent, brains and beauty all in one package can be a bit intimidating.
Posted 17 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Like Kate Bush . . . without the talent.
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I think there is a drinking game that could go along with Tori's music. Take a drink everytime she 1) uses religious symbolism, 2) uses the word "pain" or any of its synonyms, 3)take a drink everytime she moves to falsetto AND CONTINUE drinking for as long as she keeps it going. Its only a start, but I figure one of a few things would happen. Either I'd get through more Tori in one sitting than I ever have, I'd drink myself into a coma before track four was finished, I'd contemplate the point of even trying in this life, or maybe all four. At any rate, I'll give this a shot at the next party. Never let it be said that I know how to get a party started.
Posted 17 years ago by jksteacher    [ Reply ]
This album changed my life. That whole track one, side one discussion in High Fidelity? (Come on, you've all seen it. You have it memorized, just like I do.) This one takes the cake. IMHYEO...
Posted 17 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
meower215 wrote:
wretch or retch
haha! er...retch as in "gag me with a wrench?" =)
Posted 17 years ago by soja    [ Reply ]
I agree! So good for so long!
Posted 17 years ago by mamashannon    [ Reply ]
hippiechick wrote:
Yay! Tori! She's come a long way since this album, and she's still amazing.!
Props to Tori again!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
soja wrote:
This is the only Tori Amos song I have ever heard that didn't make me want to wretch.
wretch or retch
Posted 17 years ago by meower    [ Reply ]
This is the only Tori Amos song I have ever heard that didn't make me want to wretch.
Posted 18 years ago by soja    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
Is she ever not in pain? She sounds like she is trying to hold back a very urgent dump.
Pain is a good song writer...
Posted 18 years ago by Orion7    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
The last hour featured early Tracy Chapman, early Suzanne Vega, and now early Tori. I think this is Bill's retrospective of the women who led us out of the 80s pop wasteland.
Thank God for that....
Posted 18 years ago by Orion7    [ Reply ]
The last hour featured early Tracy Chapman, early Suzanne Vega, and now early Tori. I think this is Bill's retrospective of the women who led us out of the 80s pop wasteland.
Posted 18 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
Is she ever not in pain? She sounds like she is trying to hold back a very urgent dump.
heh, did you see the picture on the album cover?
Posted 18 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
Is she ever not in pain? She sounds like she is trying to hold back a very urgent dump.
Posted 18 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
This song makes me tired. A cold and rainy day needs less of this.
Posted 18 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Of course, THIS is the ONLY Tori Amos song I like. The Lyrics are killer!
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Bösendorfer kicks butt.
Posted 18 years ago by jmwspg    [ Reply ]
Yay! Tori! She's come a long way since this album, and she's still amazing.!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
chillynne wrote:
interesting...I find that every album is extremely distinct, especially now that she tends to write more about global/political issues rather than personal emotional stuff. Little Earthquakes is a world away from Scarlet's Walk, which is a world away from From the Choirgirl Hotel, etc... That said, it's a (pleasant) surprise to hear this on RP.
... So very eloquently described ... And so very true ... ... Brilliant singer/songwriter/performer! ...
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
Is she ever not in pain? She sounds like she is trying to hold back a very urgent dump.
Great observation given the cover art!
Posted 18 years ago by bob789    [ Reply ]
You just had to play this song on Good Friday, didn't you?
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Today would be the appropriate day for this song.
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
GregX59 wrote:
Is she ever not in pain? She sounds like she is trying to hold back a very urgent dump.
LMAO. This is not a bad song, but you have to be in the right mood. Fortunately, I am not often in that right mood.
Posted 18 years ago by LordBaltimore    [ Reply ]
cbellak wrote:
No more Tori Amos please.
Much more tori amos please!
Posted 18 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
Is she ever not in pain? She sounds like she is trying to hold back a very urgent dump.
Posted 18 years ago by GregX59    [ Reply ]
"i crucify myself"?? we wish it were so, tori, we wish it were so. that way we would no longer be crucifying our selves listening to this s**t.
Posted 18 years ago by nohopenofearnoname    [ Reply ]
Last Played: Mar 20, 2005 - 18:35 If this is correct it is certainly not being overplayed. Sometimes a little bit of Tori goes a long way.
Posted 18 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
diane wrote:
Perhaps I just don't listen 'hard' enough. Tori Amos sounds the same from the start of her career to the current era. Exactly the same. Not only has her voice and expression remain unchanged, but the variety of songs has expanded little across her career. It almost seems as though one set of her lyrics could be slipped into most any of her other songs with little notice. Taken song by song, she's fine. Looking back across a decade, it's kinda blah. And yes, a tad whiny.
interesting...I find that every album is extremely distinct, especially now that she tends to write more about global/political issues rather than personal emotional stuff. Little Earthquakes is a world away from Scarlet's Walk, which is a world away from From the Choirgirl Hotel, etc... That said, it's a (pleasant) surprise to hear this on RP.
Posted 18 years ago by chillynne    [ Reply ]
PattonFever wrote:
ugh. this makes me wish i was dead. i should crucify myself so that i don't have to hear that again.
What isn't gotten? It. Who doesn't get it? You. {{{{{Tori}}}}}
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Perhaps I just don't listen 'hard' enough. Tori Amos sounds the same from the start of her career to the current era. Exactly the same. Not only has her voice and expression remain unchanged, but the variety of songs has expanded little across her career. It almost seems as though one set of her lyrics could be slipped into most any of her other songs with little notice. Taken song by song, she's fine. Looking back across a decade, it's kinda blah. And yes, a tad whiny.
Posted 19 years ago by diane    [ Reply ]
Sorry. Bailing out. Playing my Christmas CD's. Merry CHRISTmas to all! "God bless us every one!" " Burt! My lip's bleedin'!" "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!" "Yahoo Dores!" and , finally... " You'll shoot your eye out!"
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Bite your tongue! You don't get much more honest these days. cbellak wrote:
No more Tori Amos please.
Posted 19 years ago by schmoooz    [ Reply ]
lot of repetition in this song...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]