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Tori Amos — Tear in Your Hand
Album: Little Earthquakes
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Released: 1992
Length: 4:36
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All the world just stopped now
So you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
Let me take a deep breath babe
If you need me
Me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the dream king
Neil says hi
By the way I don't believe you're leaving
Cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream
I think it's that girl
And I think they're pieces of me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen well

All the world is all I am
The black of the blackest ocean
And the tear in your hand
All the world is danging...
Dangling'...Danglin' for me darlin'
You don't know the power that you have
With that tear in your hand
Tear in you hand

Maybe I ain't used to maybes
Smashing in a cold room
Cutting my hands up every time I touch you
Maybe maybe it's time to wave goodbye now
Time to wave goodbye now
Caught a ride with the moon
I know I know you well
Better than I
Used to haze all clouded up
My mind in the daze of why it could've never been
So you say and I say
You know you're full of wish
And your "baby baby baby babies"
I tell you they're pieces of me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen

All the world is all I am
The black of the blackest ocean
And the tear in your hand
All the world is dangin'...
Dangling'...Danglin' for me darlin'
You don't know the power that you have
With that tear in your hand
Tear in you hand
With that tear in you hand
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"When Amos was 11 years old, her Peabody scholarship was rescinded and she was asked to leave. Amos has said that was because she was interested in rock music and didn't like to read sheet music"
Posted 1 year ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
The album as a whole is great; one of the best in the 90's, I think - but there are better songs on it than this one.
Posted 4 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

After she fine-tuned her time machine, maybe.
 

I BURST OUT LAUGHING READING THIS!
BILL YOU HAVE QUITE A WIT!!
Posted 4 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
She's channeling Alanis in this one
 
After she fine-tuned her time machine, maybe.
Posted 5 years ago by William    [ Reply ]

This album is one of Tori's finest works.


Posted 10 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
Always enjoy hearing this song, and Tori.

{#Daisy}
 

Yes, I agree...  love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
She's channeling Alanis in this one
Posted 11 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
 lazylemming wrote:
Reminds me of a summer away from college...  laughing with friends, reading Sandman books and listening to Tori.  Thanks for transporting me back to 1992 for a few minutes!  {#Angel}

 
This exactly.  Gaiman and Amos are my Nineties incarnate. 
Posted 11 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
Yes
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a summer away from college...  laughing with friends, reading Sandman books and listening to Tori.  Thanks for transporting me back to 1992 for a few minutes!  {#Angel}
Posted 12 years ago by lazylemming    [ Reply ]
Oh damn, how do I not know this song? Heck yeah!
Posted 12 years ago by JavaJones    [ Reply ]
there's something wrong with the album credits, there's no way this was released in 1987.
Posted 12 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
For mine.....you have truly got it Tory.......................
Posted 13 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
"if you need me, me and Neil will be hanging out with the Dream King"

I got into Tori Amos and Sandman comics at about the same time, and the synchronicity of that line blew my tiny young mind!
Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
One of the first Tori songs I was introduced to back in the day (along with 'Winter' and 'China'). I was a sucker, instantly.
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Never heard this one Not a huge Tori fan but I like this one.
Posted 13 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Great song from a great album from a great Artist !
Posted 13 years ago by bougui    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}Thanks, Bill!{#Hearteyes}
"Emotionally, all these songs come from experiences that trigger them. I haven't chosen to talk much about that side of the songwriting - the seed for all these songs. On the technical side, I heard the music as a steady motion, no change really from verse and chorus, only the bridge that leads straight back like a loop to the same toll booth where you threw in some change to go around only to end up surrounded by the place you left. The only difference is by taking the loop ride you can see the place you left exactly as it is; some sadness, a whole lotta corn field, and a puddle."
— Tori; Little Earthquakes Songbook

Posted 14 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
...just - real...
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]

I love this vintage Tori. This song always broke my heart a little.


Posted 14 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
thank you for making my morning!!
Posted 14 years ago by brownbrown    [ Reply ]
One of my very favorite Tori Amos songs. Loved her first two albums, could handle her third, after that - meh. 
Posted 14 years ago by gshrieves    [ Reply ]
She sorta sounds like the Cocteau Twins.
Posted 14 years ago by Drunkenlilacwine    [ Reply ]

Wailing,,is some thing I can't listen to ! Singing on the other hand,,
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:


Yep, me too!{#Lol}
 
MEEEE THREE!!!!!!!!AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Posted 14 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 Duluoz wrote:
I've gone from wanting to fling my body off a tall bridge every time I hear Tori, to now discovering several songs of hers I quite like a lot, including this one. Feel free to surprise me more Bill!
 

Yep, me too!{#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Always enjoy hearing this song, and Tori.

{#Daisy}
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Ha... I thought: This is great she came out with a new song that sounds like her old songs. It's been so long since I heard this piece... Thanks for playing! Tori's done some terrific stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by notzappas    [ Reply ]
Wow... I haven't heard this Tori track in years.  Sometimes music can transport you back in time... Thanks, RadioParadise!
Posted 15 years ago by lazylemming    [ Reply ]
I've gone from wanting to fling my body off a tall bridge every time I hear Tori, to now discovering several songs of hers I quite like a lot, including this one. Feel free to surprise me more Bill!
Posted 15 years ago by Duluoz    [ Reply ]
annoyiyoyiyoying.
Posted 15 years ago by nimesay    [ Reply ]
Blah!  I guess I'll go eat worms (which should be more enjoyable than this song).
Posted 15 years ago by mikedarookie    [ Reply ]

Well, I actually am NOT a piano player, although I was pretty sure it was the piano pedal.  I tend to pay alot of attention to tacets, and this one is one of my very favorites.  Sometimes a little silence holds more meaning than all the notes in the world.  So it could be "up"  (up is called "dropped eh?  I never knew that... makes sense) or it could be "down", either way, you KNOW she told them to mic the sound or we'd have never heard it in the final recording.  That album was so full of smart and beautiful... as I say, good stuff.

 pixalman wrote:


I always assumed that sound was the pedal being dropped somewhat forcefully so all the dampers hit pretty loudly. It's been a long time since I played piano, so maybe this was just a faulty memory of sounds from childhood piano lessons?

Either way, it's always a great gift to hear more Tori on RP. The rawness of woman+piano in these early recordings (instrument noise and all) is unequalled in later efforts (except perhaps for the very end of Yes, Anastasia on UTP, but that song has yet to make it into the RP catalog).
 

Posted 15 years ago by greyfin10    [ Reply ]
 greyfin10 wrote:
Listen for the piano pedal being pushed down after "Time to say goodbye now"... good stuff.
 
I always assumed that sound was the pedal being dropped somewhat forcefully so all the dampers hit pretty loudly. It's been a long time since I played piano, so maybe this was just a faulty memory of sounds from childhood piano lessons?

Either way, it's always a great gift to hear more Tori on RP. The rawness of woman+piano in these early recordings (instrument noise and all) is unequalled in later efforts (except perhaps for the very end of Yes, Anastasia on UTP, but that song has yet to make it into the RP catalog).
Posted 15 years ago by pixalman    [ Reply ]
Love it. More Tori! Anyone who doesn't like her (and Kate Bush) can go eat worms. {#Ass}
Posted 15 years ago by akmegan    [ Reply ]
 secretsauce wrote:
Good catch from a piano player.  I would have thought it a bass pedal thump.  
 
...all these years i thought it was a car door shutting, production added to the mix...

Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Wow. You know that spine-tingling feeling you get when you get when you hear the first chords of a meaningful song you haven't heard in several years? Yep. I've got it. Really great to hear this again.
Posted 15 years ago by Carissa    [ Reply ]
 greyfin10 wrote:

I believe this was play one since it was uploaded (I pre-rated it as soon as I saw it got added) :)

 
Congrats on your first add! Good song.

Posted 15 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
greyfin10 wrote:
Listen for the piano pedal being pushed down after "Time to say goodbye now"... good stuff.
Good catch from a piano player.  I would have thought it a bass pedal thump.  

The things you learn on RP!


Posted 15 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
 greyfin10 wrote:
I believe this was play one since it was uploaded (I pre-rated it as soon as I saw it got added) :)
 
Oh yeah, you're right.  I neglected the possibility of somebody commenting on it and rating it without it being played.

Posted 15 years ago by Rantipole    [ Reply ]
 Rantipole wrote:
This only got rated twice the last time(s) it played?
 
I believe this was play one since it was uploaded (I pre-rated it as soon as I saw it got added) :)

Posted 15 years ago by greyfin10    [ Reply ]
Listened to this to death back in the early '90s.
Then she started to bore me to tears.
But it's nice to hear this again.
Posted 15 years ago by shakylegs    [ Reply ]
My God.  One of my absolute favorite songs. 
"Cutting my hands up every time I touch you."

It was definitely time to say goodbye.

Posted 15 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
...about as real as it gets...
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
This only got rated twice the last time(s) it played?
Posted 15 years ago by Rantipole    [ Reply ]
Listen for the piano pedal being pushed down after "Time to say goodbye now"... good stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by greyfin10    [ Reply ]