Tori Amos - 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 anitchrist in the kitchen yelling at me again.
Yeah, I can hear it.
Saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say but nothing comes.
Yes, I know what you think of me. You never shut up.
Yeah I can hear that.

What if I'm a mermaid?
In these jeans of hers 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 thoughts.
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts?
Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon.
How's that thought for you?

My scream got lost in a paper cut.
I think there's a heaven where some screams have gone.
I got twentyfive 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'll 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 are the orange clouds raining in my head?
Years go by; will I choke on my tears til finally there is nothing left?
One more casuality
You know we're too easy easy easy

I love the way we communicate.
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape.
Let's hear what you think of me now. 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 looking at you, you take hold of my hand.
Yeah I can hear them.

But what if I'm a mermaid?
In these jeans of yours with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice I hear my voice I hear my voice and it's been
Here
Silent all these years

I've been here,
Silent all these years.
Silent all these
Silent all these years

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• lullaby
• orchestral

[OperaOfViolence]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Kirandera]

I KNOW... Listen to her other songs. The woman is a legend!

[jenny4281]

<3 <3 <3 Love this song!! "Years go by, will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand..."

Yep...my life!

[freestyler51593]

one of my favourite songs of all times~ two thumbs up for this!

[freestyler51593]

best jazz pianist ever - love how she works the piano~ oh, and great lyrics and vocals too :)

[ILoveDinosaurs18]

She is amazing in absolutely every way! Beauty, voice, eyes, and everything... I want to be her! I love you Tori!

[fyne]

My life-time idol.....memories of being 10 yrs old and throughout time with this voice