The Piano - PJ Harvey

Music video by PJ Harvey, The Piano
(C) 2007 Island Records Ltd.

Lyrics:

Hit her with a hammer
Teeth smashed in
Red tongues twitching
Look inside a skeleton

My fingers sting
Where I feel your fingers have been
Ghostly fingers
Moving my limbs

Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you

Daddy's in the corner
Rattling his keys
Mummy's in the doorway
Trying to leave

Nobody's listening
Nobody's listening
Nobody's listening
Nobody's listening

Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you

Category:

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• piano
• official
• video
• polly
• pj
• harvey
• 2007
• P.J.

[solerotheone]

In my opinion this is best album of 2007.

[laleldon]

I totally agree!

[natashaclaire]

I think this video is feminist (feminism is inherently humane, too). I am a woman who grew up with pornography in my home from the age of ten that my dad used. I think many people don't realize what pornography does to women, how violent it now is, or that over 2/3 of women in pornography are survivors of childhood sex abuse. Maybe, "God I miss you" is about the women in pornography too--missing who they might have been. it's a brave video.

[laleldon]

That's a good point, but not because you think that pornography is bad for women that doesn't make this a video a feminist video, I think that your point of view is really interesting but as a man I have to say that pornography is somehow important for men and it's just a type of satisfaction...

[shimonpalmer]

@laleldon

Dude it's sad but if pornography is important to you that's probably because you have no real live woman in your life. As a man I find porn to be kind of sick

Believe me a real live breathing thinking feeling speaking and f***ing woman is so much more fulfilling than that phoney junk

[laleldon]

@shimonpalmer I'm glad you don't feel the same way, good for you

[myrtilleee]

in my opinion PJ is the best artist in the world

[MsMagicalCat]

I love your montage/collage..I agree with a few comments here,alot of pornographic imagery is incredibly derogatory to women+sadly must distort how some men see the real "us" as woman.It's a question I often ponder on.Think does it provide a"function" ? a release for these men,if so  then does it lessen violence towards women+kids?or indeed does it heighten it.,sadly the latter I fear.

I adore PJ Harvey,I just see her as a very powerful +somewhat overlooked artist in the UK.I adore her,thanks

[weirdo033]

@wes12ify Why are people so scared to use the term 'feminism' like it's derogatory. If you believe that women have equal rights with men then you're a feminist. No other definitions.

[krispykreamz]

in my opinion this is the best music video for this song

[aidscrow]

i have just found pj harvey and i have got to say... i am absoloutly amazed. she sounds like a girl version of nick cave, who i love also.

[olivethis]

@laleldon Satisfaction to what end?

I think if you really wish to live your life humanely you have to see people as more than, just objects, one dimensional story lines, for your sexual gratification. It has a cost.

[Unkierooie]

@laleldon

Pornography is important for men? Why are such derogatory images of women so important for men? Have you seen any contemporary porn lately? It is totally inhumane and brutal...why is this 'just a type of satisfaction'? I am not attacking you, I am just looking for answers to something that is deeply concerning.

[wes12ify]

my thoughts are alike natashaclaires, though I would'nt use the term "feminism" because of it's wide range of definitions. but for sure, there's some kind of sick exposure to sexuality in our society, "using" people for our satisfaction, instead of connecting to each other, not thinking any further about their lives.

I think the piano is an image for a woman and the lyrics are about this brutal kind of violence (often used against prostitutes). nobody's "playing" the piano or listening to it.