Amanda Palmer - Trout Heart Replica (03.28.2009) Fort Lauderdale

Amanda Palmer performs her new-ish song Trout Heart Replica. The song was inspired by the still-beating heart of a freshly gutted fish at a trout farm.

Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL
http://amandapalmer.net

They've been circling, they've been circling
Since the day they were born
It's disturbing how they're circling
Fifty feet from the pond
Pretty often, pretty often
I don't want to be told
It's a problem, it's a problem
It's a problem, I know

I won't keep what I can't catch
In my bare hands without a net
It's hard enough to walk on grass
So conscious of the consequences

They've been jerking, they've been jerking
In a pail by the dock
I know that oxygen
Might make them blossom and die
But I'm not gonna talk
Feed them details, feed them e-mails
They'll eventually grow
But it's not working, it's not working
Not as far as I know

And killing things is not so hard
It's hurting that's the hardest part
And when the wizard gets to me
I'm asking for a smaller heart

When I got you, I thought that I got you
Now I'll ruin it all
Feeling helpless, acting selfish
Being human and all
And they're jumping, and they're jumping
But they'll never get out
Just keep touring, keep on ignoring
Be a good little trout

The butcher stops and winds his watch
And lays their lives down on the block
He raises up his hatchet and the
Big hand strikes a compromise

Wait, we'll trade you, wait
Please, just one more day
Then we'll go with no complaining
No complaining, no complaining
Stop killing

Killing things is not so hard
It's hurting that's the hardest part
When the wizard gets to me
I'm asking for a smaller heart

And if he tells me no
I'll hold my breath until I hit the floor
Eventually I know I'm doomed
To get what I am asking for

Now my heart is exactly the size
Of a six sided die cut in half
Made of ruby red stained glass
Can I knock you unconscious
As long as I promise
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh

And my heart is exactly the size
Of a six sided die cut in half
Made of ruby red stained glass
Can I knock you unconscious
As long as I promise
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Amanda
• Palmer
• Trout
• Heart
• Replica

[MaxSenn]

No, filmed with a Canon HD flash camcorder, which is a bit better than a Flip or digital camera without being much bulkier.

[josiegallows]

This song brings me back to the same type of feeling as the debut Dolls album. Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this footage.

[TheQueenOfMediocrity]

I always find her music beautiful and powerful and well-written, though none of it has ever made me cry. This is the closest I've ever come to crying listening to her music. Wow. This is powerful stuff.

[SuperSubjectzero]

Can't even begin to talk about how beautiful this is.

[moonykun63]

I was there and bawled when she played it. I had a really close friend commit suicide not even a week before this show and was a bit emotional to begin with...but this song made me lose it.

It still does. AFP = <3

[cshe1218]

I was at this show and this song really almost brought me to tears. Just goes to show what an amazing songwriter/singer/peformer she is to create something so beautiful about a fish

[boundandfallen]

aww i love this so much .. i dont think theres anything ishe does i dont like but this whole thing is all kinds of perfect and awesome and sad and deep and amazing..

[BACCHUS441]

I was at this show. Nice to see that Neil's companion piece, a poem - was nomincated for several awards.

[mmmaijina]

piercing me with the tasty bullets of her voice ..

[RAre61636]

... damn- how do I manage to skip out on so many songs?! They're all so amazing!!!

There are insufficient words to describe-... THINGS. There are no PROPER words, either!!!

[heartstringz]

This is my all-time favourite AFP song, it is amazingly powerful and beautiful! I hope I get to hear it live sometime, and it'd love it if it made an album. :)

[EffinPiss]

I'm pretty sure this will end up on a recoding somewhere. ..If it doesn't I will FUCKING scream, haha. This song is so goddamn beautiful.