Father lucifer you never looked so sane

[Chilly]

veela said:

i'll have to see if anyone in my family knows where we're from there and let you know...

you do that ;D

[huginn]

Well I actually learned English by reading Tori Interviews not the easiest way huuh? I remember the Pele Interviews as very metaphoric but at the same time very naked. I also remember the talk about seeking the real Prince of Darkness not the little wannabes because she wanted to know why she was drawn to men that were assholes. I suppose it can work in two layers at the same time or more… It can be a vision quest like thing but at the same time be a real person in her life within the lyrics. The apple seed stuff leads to the Persephone myth. I’m pretty sure (among others for what she said in the –98 Roseanne show) that her Dad has no place in this song.

This is from spin mag, March –96:


"I wanted to marry Lucifer," she tells me. "Even though I had a crush on
Jesus. Lucifer was the brother holding the space for mankind/womankind to
act out their fears and hidden secrets, things they won't acknowledge.
That's what the shadow is, the side that's been denied, and once you don't
deny your shadow anymore then it's not a perversion of that energy source. I
don't consider Lucifer an evil force. We can all tap into that free-running
current of distorted energy.
"Some of my girlfriends-liberal London girls-had a problem with the idea
that I was writing a song called 'Father Lucifer.' One of them heard it and
cried and said, 'You made him so beautiful,' and I said, 'What if he is
beautiful?' Shadow defines light. The shadow is where I hang out a lot
because I like chasing and diving with those forces."


Instead of an evil satanic demon, her Lucifer is a dark god who has great
respect for life and love. "On some of my darkest days, he's the one that
comes and gives me an ice cream. I feel such a sadness from him. I cry and
feel his presence with his music. I feel like he comes and sits on my piano.
Yet this is a pretty serious being. I'm a little squirt when you think what
a very serious force this is."

Read the full Interview at:

www.stuff.to/include.php?include=/taart/Spin_0396.txt&

[Julie]

Father Lucifer

Father Lucifer
you never looked so sane
This is her understanding some of his reasoning for what he does.

you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain
tell me that you're still in love with that Milkmaid
how's the Lizzies
how's your Jesus Christ been hanging

nothings gonna stop me from floating
nothings gonna stop me from floating

he says he reckons I'm a watercolour stain
he says I run and then I run from him
and then I run
he didn't see me watching
from the aeroplane
he wiped a tear
and then he threw away our appleseed
They were devious together.

nothings gonna stop me from floating

everyday's my wedding day
though baby's still in his comatose state
I'll die my own Easter eggs
don't go yet
and Beenie lost the sunset but that's OK
does Joe bring flowers to Marilyn's grave
and girls that eat pizza and never gain weight
Father Lucifer you never looked so sane

Here's Tori's description of it:
"To visit Father Lucifer, to have a moment to dance... to go down in the dark, to visit with the dude! Not these Little prince of darkness wannabes...some of them are cute, but to visit the real energy force that has held the darkness: you go there with honor. And that takes a very big heart to hold the place of shadow. When I went to Lucifer I learned many things. But that whole thing of, he didn't see me watching from the airplane, he wiped a tear and threw away our appleseed...there's so much religious reference and metaphor coming back full circle from the myths. A part of her loved Lucifer, a part of her tried to find him in so many men that couldn't carry his energy."
-- Tori; B Side, 05/96

"So, um, when I came home I guess it was at Thanksgiving because I remember a bird and forks going down at the table, when my father said to me, 'Tori Ellen, I can't believe you wrote this song about me.' And I said, 'I write everything about you, what are you surprised about?' And he said, 'No, but I'm really hurt about this one.' And I said, 'Well which one is it?" And he said, "well, you called me Satan." And I said, "No! I was taking drugs with a South American shaman and I really did visit the Devil and I had a journey." And he went, 'Oh, Praise Jesus!'"
-- Tori; VH1 Storytellers

"Father Lucifer is really about going to have a cup of tea with Lucifer, which I had to do. Now, when I say Lucifer, I'm talking about the feelings that we hide from ourselves [not something that's twisted and evil, like during the Inquisition when they used Christianity to torture people. That's Satanism.] I had to go in this record when I was trying to find parts of myself that I had not let scream and dance and have a tear. I went to go visit Lucifer to get my talisman, which means my little magic key that took me to the places that I hadn't let myself go. That's really about having a little tango, a little dance, with Lucifer. The idea that Dark is not a scary thing if you go in there understanding there is a purity in Darkness. There's also a lot of distortion in Darkness. It's a choice where you want to go, and I wanted to get to the truth, not to the drama and to keeping me from the truth."

"I remember at the dinner table one night, my father said, 'I heard Father Lucifer, and it really kind of hurt me. I never saw myself as Father Lucifer.' I said, 'No, no, no! I wasn't talking about you! I was on an Ecstasy trip, Dad, and I had an affair with Lucifer and Jesus -- so don't worry about it.' He felt much better."
-- Tori; Blender Magazine, Nov 2002

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[prettygoodgirl]

This is probably my second favorite Tori song. I really think it's about religion. Of course, you guys probably have already mentioned that. ;D
I was so happy that this song was performed on the WTSF DVD. It's amazing.