Lyrics for A Sorta Fairytale as interpreted by merchantpierce

A Sorta Fairytale Lyrics
on my way up north
up on the ventura
i pulled back the hood
and i was talking to you
and i knew then it would be
a life long thing
but i didn't know that we
we could break a silver lining

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

things you said that day
up on the 101
the girl had come undone
i tried to downplay it
with a bet about us
you said that-
you'd take it
as long as i could
i could not erase it

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

and i ride along side
and i rode along side
you then
and i rode along side
till you lost me there
in the open road
and i rode along side
till the honey spread
itself so thin
for me to break your bread
for me to take your word
i had to steal it

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

i could pick back up
whenever i feel

down new mexico way
something about
the open road
i knew that he was
looking for some indian blood and
find a little in you find a little
in me we may be
on this road but
we're just
impostors
in this country you know
so we go along and we said
we'd fake it
feel better with
oliver stone
till i
almost smacked him -
seemed right that night and
i don't know what
takes hold
out there in the
desert cold
these guys think they must
try and just get over on us

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this
day back
a sorta fairytale
with you
a sorta fairytale
with you

and i was ridin' by
ridin' along side
for a while till you lost me
and i was ridin' by
ridin' along till you lost me
till you lost
me in
the rear
view
you lost me
i said

way up north i took my day
all in all was a pretty nice
day and i put the hood
right back where
you could taste heaven
perfectly
feel out the summer breeze
didn't know when we'd be back
and i, i don't
didn't think
we'd end up like
like this

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stickingtosheets
08-19-2002

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new tori amos. yum.

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Simplistic
08-20-2002

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I have never heard any Tori Amos songs except "1000 Oceans" that a friend sent me. I think "A Sorta Fairytale" just made me interested in listening to Tori Amos' previous albums now.

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dazedkid
08-23-2002

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It is a song about loosing something that is beautiful out of nowhere. ALSO, the new album that this song is on "Scarlet's Walk", is available Oct 29th. Check out ToriAmos.com for more details.

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whoadie
09-01-2002

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Man oh man, this song is beautiful. Just like simplistic, I never was interested in tori until this song.

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JupiterMasochist
09-03-2002

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man does tori have a new sound to her now, the new album is a bit stale from previous ones but its still great as always, i love her lyrics, music, voice. this song is beautiful :)

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AgathaKavka
10-13-2002

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The new album seems to be somewhat the opposite of former albums like "To venus and back" or "From the choirgirl hotel".....Neverless what I want to mention is that this song is so mesmerizing in some way...when I hear it it brings me into a calm and relaxed mood; it helps me to find myself, just closing your eyes and let it take you....amazing song

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magda1ena
03-16-2003

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I think that this song is allowing yourself to be open to love - not just the kind of love that you read about in fairy tales but in real love - with all the disappointments, pain and joy that comes along with allowing another person into your innermost private self.
When you first fall in love with a person you have an idealized perception of who they are. As time goes on in a relationship there can be disappointments - you can never go back to the way it was when you first met them but you do have memories that you can call upon like passages in a book - these memories help keep you together and serve as reminders to why you fell in love in the first place. These memories help you to see the person you love as a whole and help you to move to the future together.
This song really struck a chord with me and is one of my favorites.

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magda1ena
03-16-2003

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I think that this song is allowing yourself to be open to love - not just the kind of love that you read about in fairy tales but in real love - with all the disappointments, pain and joy that comes along with allowing another person into your innermost private self.
When you first fall in love with a person you have an idealized perception of who they are. As time goes on in a relationship there can be disappointments - you can never go back to the way it was when you first met them but you do have memories that you can call upon like passages in a book - these memories help keep you together and serve as reminders to why you fell in love in the first place. These memories help you to see the person you love as a whole and help you to move to the future together.
This song really struck a chord with me and is one of my favorites.

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JupiterMasochist
03-17-2003

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this album sure is a sound from Tori, but she always has that way of anything sound great. the only track i skip over is Wampum Prayer..heh sry tori :P

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borntorun
04-04-2003

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Is this the one with the weird arm and leg video? It freaks me out. I really like this song though.

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SunGoddess123
04-06-2003

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this song is so fucking great! it's just beautiful...and the video is soooo great....the concept of not being a whole human being until you really find true love and let someone into your "secret" life is so undeniably beautiful, I love it!

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intoodeep
04-08-2003

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its about knowing that your inlove, but needing somting more than that, so itll never be a real fairytale, itll never be complete

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intoodeep
04-08-2003

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its about knowing that your inlove, but needing somting more than that, so itll never be a real fairytale, itll never be complete

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isobel
04-16-2003

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well..i think this song its about..taking the risk and oppening up..to love..a really spontaneous try out..and dealin with all the ups and downs that comes in withing a romantic relationship....being able..to analize all troubles and give a best shot to solve them out..and when she says.. "and im so sad..like a good book i cant put this day back"..all good things take time to be built..
then..it seems to me..like if she is caught in between the agony of feelin the most...feelin the scare of being in a relationship were she felt like if the "size" of her feelings were bigger than the ones held by him...
and..thats one of the biggest fears in a relationship..when u really dont know..how the other person really feels about u..and we say to ourselfs "ohh im not that in love! i can take it back whenever i want" which is bull**** "i could pick back up..whenever i feel"

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laureth
04-19-2003

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I think my view may be different, but to me this song expresses a time when you have a wonderful day/experience with someone you know you just won't be able to be with for more than a seized day in your life. It's not going to work at that moment, yet you wish you could free that moment in your memory and relive that feeling again and again.

There is someone who actually has given me that feeling lately. For various reasons we *just* can't be together whenever we want to be, but it doesn't mean we love each other any less for knowing the way things have to be. Each moment I share with that 'someone' feels exactly like that....a moment out of my normal time/space/life and *daaaaammmmnnnnnn* I wish I could save those days like photos in an albumor stories in a book. I could remember them when those times are passed.....so my fragile memory doesn't have to try and recall *all of it* cuz I know I will never remember it as perfectly as it was......but I am changed forever by this....

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crashbangboom
04-28-2003

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i agree with laureth actually...

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Ilsedore
04-30-2003

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So lovely... yea, i agree with Laureth also... I think everyone can relate this song to their life somehow...

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justlikemercury
04-30-2003

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so hard to understand what she's saying.
ps - i think adrien brody's in the music video (as 'man/foot') eh.

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CuteOrSomething
05-02-2003

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To me this song is about being wiht someone you love and having such a good day that you never want it to end.. yet you know that it will and therefore you feel sad... kind of like loving someone so much it hurts...

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xstarfukkerx
05-09-2003

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to me this song is about a truly genuine love that was lost. it almost seems that she is recalling the event, sharing with us the sights, sounds, and feelings that were present in the time that it happend. a sorta fairytale, her story, her fairytale that was missing the happily ever after. what i love about tori's songs are that i can read them like a book. you hear her lyrics, and you come up with your own understanding, youre own story, something completely different from what she is saying. its a connection between the artist and the viewer. "riding along till you lost me in the rear view" this lyric means so much to me in so many different ways. we've all been left behind by someone going forward in their life. god i love this song!

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xstarfukkerx
05-09-2003

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to me this song is about a truly genuine love that was lost. it almost seems that she is recalling the event, sharing with us the sights, sounds, and feelings that were present in the time that it happend. a sorta fairytale, her story, her fairytale that was missing the happily ever after. what i love about tori's songs are that i can read them like a book. you hear her lyrics, and you come up with your own understanding, youre own story, something completely different from what she is saying. its a connection between the artist and the viewer. "riding along till you lost me in the rear view" this lyric means so much to me in so many different ways. we've all been left behind by someone going forward in their life. god i love this song!

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TormentxofxGrace
05-10-2003

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This song is so full with emotions.
I don't love all her songs, but this one I think it's one of the best. It really makes me think, about meeting that someone special and than losing him. Maybe stupid tough but...that's my problem

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wedanceinmisery
06-19-2003

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if you like this song, you will like pancake, off the same cd.

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toriamosfan
06-20-2003

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This is not her greatest song, but I love it anyhow. I agree with almost everyone. She writes these cryptic lyrics, so it's kind of hard to tell exactly what it means. Oh, and wedanceinmisery? Pancake rocks. ^^

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ladybug
06-22-2003

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i think its about a perfect day with her husband, you know drining along the moterway and not caring about anything but each other....

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