Lyrics for Icicle as interpreted by Novartza

Icicle Lyrics
Icicle Icicle where are you going
I have a hiding place when spring marches in
will you keep watch for me
I hear them calling
gonna lay down
gonna lay down

greeting the monster in our Easter dresses
Father says bow your head like the Good Book says
well I think the Good Book is missing some pages
gonna lay down
gonna lay down

and when my hand touches myself
I can finally rest my head
and when they say take from his body
I think I'll take from mine instead

Getting Off Getting Off while they're all downstairs
singing prayers sing away he's in my pumpkin p.j's
lay your book on my chest
feel the word
feel the word
feel the word
feel it

I could have
I should have
I could have flown
you know I could have
I should have
I didn't so

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Telelute
04-24-2002

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One of my real favorites! Winter's leaving & fragile icicles are melting... Tori's always had (& probably has still) interesting discussions about the bible with her father (a priest!). She had a special view on the religion "stuff". "The book surely misses some pages" - just think about the three Eves (nevermind...)! Kind of unconventional to masturbate, when the other's are at mass... But then again: no taboos! I love that line:

"he's in my pumpkin p.j's
lay your book on my chest
feel the word
feel the word
feel the word
feel it" --> Intense!


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merchantpierce
05-04-2002

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"In Icicle I try to win back the innocence of my childhood. That girl that masturbates to survive, the vulnerable, innocent flower, has always done good things for us. She's had to fence off certain parts of herself to get ahead. Now it's time to light the candle and melt those parts. Who dares to open him- or herself can also forgive themselves for not having stood up for themselves enough."

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ToRiAmOs23BuTtAfLy
08-19-2002

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I love the way tori Starts The song off with the piano Sounding all perfect and then theres a sudden twist and everything crashes, i think that FIts with the lyrics about how the icicle Survived through winter and the Spring came and every thing died, I also think that Shes stating that every 1 says that if you belive in god every thing will be alright, But that never helped her ..."i think the good book is missing some pages" and "and when they say take from his body I think I'll take from mine instead" obviously shows some sign of trouble b/t tori and faith



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Leigh
08-21-2002

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This song is simply about how Tori used to masturbate while listening to the great Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, as her parents church group was downstairs... what a great visual!

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enameledcherubs
06-28-2003

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as in Winter, ice and wintry things vs. spring has some reference to the melting of innocence, like winter was inoocense and spring melts the ice of it. isnt "icicle" a very obvious phallic reference?

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keyyooo
05-16-2004

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I say that this song is part self-determination, and part sadness. the music itself feels very sad, but the lyrics and the attitude is very strong-willed to me.

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Maverick_Matthew
02-04-2005

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MASTURBATION

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Jugend
03-17-2005

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"And when they say take from his body
I think I'll take from mine instead"

That was my high school quote when I graduated. Only me and 1 other person knew what it really meant.

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glortw
03-26-2005

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God, I adore this song. It's so good. I think girls definitely need to be encouraged to masturbate!

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ykantlaurenread
04-30-2007

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I relate to this song , It made me feel better knowing that I'm not the only girl that masterbates (espacially an attractive one lol) because girls aren't at all open about that subject, like guys are, so it relieved me, To know I'm not the only one, and that the great Tori Amos does it too lol I actualy openly discuss every thing about my sex life except for that, and I'm saying all this on here because ya'll have no Idea who I am and I could get responces on what I wrote to know different opinions on this subject

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Uranium
12-12-2007

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The official review of "Under the Pink" on iTunes claims this song is about molestation and rape. Um, I don't get that reading at all. I think it's about *good* things, sexual awakening and discovery in childhood, religion, and love.

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whatever1
06-25-2008

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is this song about masturbating ?
and what is the meaning of this line..
"And when they say take from his body
I think I'll take from mine instead"


can any1 tell ,

thanks a lot

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dark ivory
08-25-2008

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I think it means taking the dude's thing but instead taking her finger...anybody know for sure?

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lyrixnut
01-22-2009

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i think that the "when they say take of his body" line is another holy/ biblical reference take of his body like communion? maybe another reference to the people at mass

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DjangosClouds
01-23-2009

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When I was in the 6th form, for one class, we had to bring in some songs and talk about the meaning of them. I chose this one. The choice raised a few eye brows at any rate, as did the explanation that I gave.
I remember reading an interview with Tori in either Q or Vox magazine not long after the 2nd album came out (she was on the front cover in a white vest - a sort of homage to an advert featuring Kate Moss that was around at the time). Anyway, in the interview she talked about this song being about masterbation and how she had a crush on Jesus as a kid, so she used to fantasise about making love to Jesus (it figures - he may have been a strong male presence in her house as a child and he's always drawn to be hansome). That passage of the song seems to talk about how sex seems to be missing from the bible ("I think the good book is missing some pages"), so they are downstairs worshipping Him in one way by taking of his body (i.e. eating the bread/wafer) and she's upstair doing it in her way - taking from her body in his name (i.e. thinking about sex with him).
The "monster in our Easter dresses" is a refrence to genitals and the way they are demonised (Queens of the Stone Age did a song about a woman who had a "monster in her parasol" - again a similar concept).
The icicle could be considered phallic, or it just could be that it's something cold or, more probably, a bit of both.

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moosh
06-21-2009

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i did wonder if icicle was a song about molestation as per previously mentioned. perhaps the icicle relates to the coldness of the hand of the molester? not sure if the perp(etrator) is one from the church but i thought that while the perp was on the one hand going on about the wonders of the good book, tori is debating whether the perp's good book is different to her one cos' the one she reads doesn't have anything about molestation being normal? also, the bit about everyone singing downstairs while he's getting in her pumpkin pjs upstairs could be referring to the obliviousness and 'trust' that people may have in religious figures, even though some may not be as holy as they appear cos' he's taking advantage upstairs. and right at the end of the song - she should've/could've flown, but didn't.

i think the piano bit at the start is a nice preempt to the song cos' it starts all sweet and ends all bitter and off key - is it musically creating the following scenario whereby a man of the cloth takes away the innocence in the most wrong way ever?!

dunno. it's a deep and well written musically and lyrically song. but then most of tori's stuff is.

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gesmes
09-30-2009

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Ever since I first got this album and listened to this song I have wondered about the opening. It starts out with typical Tori piano playing and then progresses into a hymn, at about 55 sec in, then the hymn falls off into a different key, louder and dissonant and then "song proper" begins. I think I recognize the hymn, but can't think of what it is. I can place some lyrics in my mind "My hope is built on nothing less..." which is from "The Solid Rock" but it doesn't fit 100% to what is played. Any ideas, or am I way off?

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silvergirrl
10-29-2009

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I do believe the song is about molestation and the loss of her childhood for which she was told to find solace in religion, but found greater solace in self-love.

An icicle, similar to one's childhood, can melt away and never return. Personally, the piano intro creates an image in my mind of a child playing innocently, and then curiously, and then there's intense trouble, and then melody begins leading into the first verse as her last hope, or her "hiding place."

She talks of having a hiding place as spring "marches in," as opposed to the usually gentle transition from childhood to adulthood. Also, she emphasizes "MY hand touches MY self," as opposed to someone else's hand.

The "I could have, I should have" part is a very common thought as an adult remembering a traumatic childhood experience. You always think of things you could have or should have done differently, but you cannot blame yourself for having the rationality of a child when you were one.

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