silent all these years

• tori amos'un little earthquakes albumunden bir mukemmellik:
  
  excuse me but can i be you for a while
  my dog won't bite if you sit real still
  i got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
  yeah i can hear that
  
  been saved again by the garbage truck
  i got something to say you know but nothing comes
  yes i know what you think of me you never shut up
  yeah i can hear that
  
  but what if i'm a mermaid
  in these jeans of his with her name still on it
  hey but i don't care
  cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice and it's been
  here silent all these years
  
  so you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
  what's so amazing about really deep thoughts
  boy you best pray that i bleed real soon
  how's that thought for you
  
  my scream got lost in a paper cup
  you think there's a heaven where some screams have gone
  i got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough
  to get us there
  
  but what if i'm a mermaid
  in these jeans of his with her name still on it
  hey but i don't care
  cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice and it's been
  here silent all these
  
  years go by will i still be waiting
  for somebody else to understand
  years go by if i'm stripped of my beauty
  and the orange clouds raining in my head
  years go by will i choke on my tears
  till finally there is nothing left
  one more casualty
  you know we're to easy easy easy
  
  well i love the way we communicate
  your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
  let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up
  the sky is falling
  
  your mother shows up in a nasty dress
  it's your turn now to stand where i stand
  everybody lookin' at you here take hold of my hand
  yeah i can hear them
  
  but what if i'm a mermaid
  in these jeans of his with her name still on it
  hey but i don't care
  cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice
  i hear my voice
  i hear my voice
  and it's been here silent all these years
  i've been here silent all these years
  silent all these
  silent all these years
• leonard cohenle beraber olan versionunda cohenin okuduu şiir lezizdir
• leonard cohen'le beraber olan versiyonunda cohen'in okudugu şiir şöyle:
  
  "i heard of a man
  who says words so beautifully,
  that if he only speaks their name,
  women give themselves to him.
  if i am dumb beside your body
  while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips,
  it is because i hear a man
  climb the stairs and clear his throat
  outside our door.."
• ic burkan,sessizlige gömülüp gökyüzüyle cevrilme arzusu yaratan tori amos fısıltısı....
• herkesin kendi kolajıyla sunduğu şarki..al benden de o kadar.
  
  "well i love the way we communicate
  your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
  let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up
  the sky is falling "
  
  ama yine de..kalk ayağa diye telkin eden.
  
  but what if i'm a mermaid
  in these jeans of his with her name still on it
  hey but i don't care
  cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice
  i hear my voice
  i hear my voice
  and it's been here silent all these years
  i've been here silent all these years
  silent all these
  silent all these years
  
  sesini unutacak kadar şarki söylemeyi terkettikten sonra olanlar..sesin çatlamasi.yine de şarki söylemekten yorulana dek vazgeçmemek.
  
  one more casualty..
• trt ekranında beyaz fonda bir kutu içinde tori amos, mükemmel bir ses, ne söylediğini anlayamayacak yaşta olan ben... sekiz yaşında beynimde geri dönüşümsüz karşıt-duyguları-aynı-anda-hissetme başlangıcı; let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up the sky is falling...
• uzakdoğu ilahesi faye wong tarafından yeniden yorumlanmış seneler önce. hundred thousand whys albümündeki cold war adlı şarkıya tekabül ediyor bu cover versiyon.
• tori amos'ın benim için en değerli ve özel şarkılarından birisidir hatta bir röpotajında kendisine en sevdiği şarkısını sorduklarından seçmesi zor ama sanırım silent all these years cevabını vermiştir.
• her dizesine hayran olunasi bir tori amos klasigi. icinden hangisini cimbizla cekip cikarsa bilemiyor insan. bu sozler uzerine bir kitap bile yazilir. muzikal acidan pek tatmin edici degil belki (yani bence) ama sozleri sayesinde insanda tapinma^* istegi yaratiyor.
• tori amos'un belki de tek sevdigim sarkisi. neyse.