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Ok. THIS is my favorite Tori Amos song. Ever. Número Uno for me.

Ever since this song clicked with me, there was no turning back. I remember when I first got Scarlet's Walk, I wasn't that much of a fan of it (it is now my favorite TA album, go figure...), it sounded very samey to me, therefore I overlooked this masterpiece in the first few spins.

So on to the song... the way it starts it's just magical. Those "random" piano chords then followed by what sounds like random drums, it does sound like a jam is about to begin, but then it all comes together in what I would call a perfect intricate sound. Tori's piano playing is just top notch, I'm sure she even knows this as she seems to have tried to replicate this sound on her later albums (Barons of Suburbia, Beauty of Speed, Curtain Call, etc...). So yeah, music wise this song is pure, pure awesomeness. Matt's drumming is out of this world, in fact this is, for me, Tori Amos's band biggest achievement. I don't have much of a music theory knowledge, but from what I've heard from some friends who know about music structure and tempos, this song is genius. I am convinced it is.

The lyrics are full of poetry. Tori's best analogies. At first they're hard to decipher, but when you figure out what the train of thought was for Tori when writting these lyrics, it all unwraps and it becomes clear how well-thought the words and phrases are. I am so glad Tori didn't mess this song up with some trite lyrics. I could go on and on about the lyrics here and how amazing they are.

I have to thank a good friend from here for showing me a remastered version of this song. It is even better than the one on the CD (hey send it to me!). Well, I guess that's it for now, this song means a lot to me, so I can't even express it with words without sounding stupid.

Oh, just one more thing... TEH BREATH AFTER THE PAUSE!!!!