| "Icicle" | |
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 Song from Under the Pink | |
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Released |
January 31/February 1, 1994 |
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Length |
5:47 |
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Label |
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Writer |
Tori Amos |
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Producer |
Tori Amos and Eric Rosse |
"Icicle" is the ninth song on Tori Amos's 1994 album Under the Pink.
Background[]
"Icicle" and a piece called "Icicle intro" were among the songs Tori submitted to the Library of Congress for copyright in October 1993.[1]
According to Tori, the song was based on how she used to "masturbate at home as a teenager, while my father and his fellow theologians were downstairs discussing the Divine Light." By writing "Icicle", she attempted to "regain the innocence of her childhood."[2]
Live performances[]
"Icicle" was first performed during the 1994 Under the Pink Tour and has been played on many of Tori's tours since.[3]
While the song has traditionally been performed alone at the piano, a band version of "Icicle" with drummer Matt Chamberlain and bassist Jon Evans debuted during the 2009 Sinful Attraction Tour.[4]
Lyrics[]
Icicle icicle
where are you going
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
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 of 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 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
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
Lay down
gonna lay
down
Personnel[]
Credits taken from Under the Pink liner notes.[5][6]
- Piano and vocal - Tori Amos
- Mixed by Ross Cullum
References[]
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