When people ask me what kind of music I like to listen to I'm always quick to say that I love classic rock (true) and that I love Bruce Springsteen (very true). But my iTunes will tell a very different story - it is a labyrinth of indecipherable confusion. However, I really do "love" Bruce Springsteen in the most honest, school-girl crush kinda way. His music "soothes me." My love for Bruce is very, very different from my love for Tori. I only bring this up because I'm always hesitant to let people in on my love for Tori Amos because of my history and personal affiliation with her music. It's sort of my own secret relationship. In fact, I sometimes don't know who I would be if her music hadn't existed. She has been a huge musical hero and inspiration to me for most of my life. Her music has helped me through some of my darkest, darkest periods and each time it is her poetic, musical genius that pulls me through whatever secret prison I'm stuck in or pain I'm struggling with. I always feel liberated listening to her music. No matter how many times I listen to her songs, each time I discover a different message.
Secret Spell is one of the few songs that is resonating with me these days. (Putting the Damage On is the other...for several reasons.)
in one hand dreams a plenty
in her smile a secret spellthere have been disappointments
these she knows all too well
but you losing you
was not a part of this plan
so...
jumps at three tears at thirteen
just turn you around for
eighteen wheels in a high heel
turn you around
sold a dream at twenty three
turn you around
hold outyou still got your secret spell
at the heart of the matter
someone wove a secret spell
mixed with girl not so peaceful
angel and animal
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