Post by Julie on Apr 24, 2005 16:47:30 GMT -5
Northern Lad
Had a northern lad
well not exactly had
She was never enough for him so she feels like she never really had him.
he moved like the sunset
god who painted that-
first he loved my accent
how his knees could bend
I thought we'd be ok
me and my molasses
She thought they would be together just fine but she says she just didn't see the full picture...molasses...calling herself slow.
But I feel something is wrong
But I feel this cake just isn't done
She has this gut feeling that no matter how good things get, there's something wrong with this situation.
Don't say that you Don't
and if you could see me now
said if you could see me now
She's thinking about how much she's grown since they were together and thinking of what he would think if he saw the way she is now.
girls you've got to know
when it's time to turn the page
when you're only wet
because of the rain
She is telling people not to get sucked into sticky situations like this when you're only happy because you're in a relationship and not really enjoying it.
he don't show much these days
it gets so fucking cold
I loved his secret places
but I can't go anymore
She's thinking about how much things have changed from when they were first together to now when they are distant and things aren't going the way she wants.
"you change like sugar cane"
says my northern lad
I guess you go too far
when pianos try to be guitars
The pianos trying to be guitars is a metaphor for not truly being yourself. Being ashamed of your quirks to please someone else.
I feel the west in you
and I feel it falling apart too
She can feel the relationship dying.
Don't say that you Don't
and if you could see me now
said if you could see me now
girls you've got to know
when it's time to turn the page
when you're only wet
because of the rain
when you're only wet
because of the rain
Here's Tori's description of it:
"My heart goes out to where that song [Northern Lad] comes from. It's very much about thinking you were loved for who you were, and realizing you weren't and realizing maybe you don't love yourself. The line, I guess you go too far/when pianos try to be guitars is just about never being enough. I felt that with my instrument sometimes, wanting to be Jimmy Page. You can only be you. A lot of times it's never enough for people."
Tori said there was one thing that has been kept out of the media, and she can only thank her girlfriends (and some boyfriends) that have been loyal to her. In between her Sylvia Plath and heavy classics and non-fiction, she used to have books like The Flames of Love, etc. Trashy romance novels. She felt ashamed, but was so hooked on them. But one day she was talking to Beenie and was reminded how she used to always read them but not anymore, and why was that? "Because I met this guy, he's no white knight, but I wrote this for him." and went into Northern Lad. After she finished, she told us, "I'm really not supposed to talk about him, see we made a deal; I married him."
At this point, there was a problem with one of the lights, so everything stopped while Kevyn gave Tori a "Lip Gloss Boost" and then asked if the person with the last question wanted to ask it now during the break. Chris stood up and told her back in '96, he was one of about 8 people at this radio station and she had played a new song, that is now Never Seen Blue. He wanted to know where it had come from. Tori was a bit surprised; "I did? I sang that? Oh shit. See, it's about the same guy that I'm not supposed to talk about about and I lied about Northern Lad and I don't have another lie." And she played it. So beautiful.
-- an account of VH1 Storytellers on October 24, 1998 by Beth Coulter via The Dent
Had a northern lad
well not exactly had
She was never enough for him so she feels like she never really had him.
he moved like the sunset
god who painted that-
first he loved my accent
how his knees could bend
I thought we'd be ok
me and my molasses
She thought they would be together just fine but she says she just didn't see the full picture...molasses...calling herself slow.
But I feel something is wrong
But I feel this cake just isn't done
She has this gut feeling that no matter how good things get, there's something wrong with this situation.
Don't say that you Don't
and if you could see me now
said if you could see me now
She's thinking about how much she's grown since they were together and thinking of what he would think if he saw the way she is now.
girls you've got to know
when it's time to turn the page
when you're only wet
because of the rain
She is telling people not to get sucked into sticky situations like this when you're only happy because you're in a relationship and not really enjoying it.
he don't show much these days
it gets so fucking cold
I loved his secret places
but I can't go anymore
She's thinking about how much things have changed from when they were first together to now when they are distant and things aren't going the way she wants.
"you change like sugar cane"
says my northern lad
I guess you go too far
when pianos try to be guitars
The pianos trying to be guitars is a metaphor for not truly being yourself. Being ashamed of your quirks to please someone else.
I feel the west in you
and I feel it falling apart too
She can feel the relationship dying.
Don't say that you Don't
and if you could see me now
said if you could see me now
girls you've got to know
when it's time to turn the page
when you're only wet
because of the rain
when you're only wet
because of the rain
Here's Tori's description of it:
"My heart goes out to where that song [Northern Lad] comes from. It's very much about thinking you were loved for who you were, and realizing you weren't and realizing maybe you don't love yourself. The line, I guess you go too far/when pianos try to be guitars is just about never being enough. I felt that with my instrument sometimes, wanting to be Jimmy Page. You can only be you. A lot of times it's never enough for people."
Tori said there was one thing that has been kept out of the media, and she can only thank her girlfriends (and some boyfriends) that have been loyal to her. In between her Sylvia Plath and heavy classics and non-fiction, she used to have books like The Flames of Love, etc. Trashy romance novels. She felt ashamed, but was so hooked on them. But one day she was talking to Beenie and was reminded how she used to always read them but not anymore, and why was that? "Because I met this guy, he's no white knight, but I wrote this for him." and went into Northern Lad. After she finished, she told us, "I'm really not supposed to talk about him, see we made a deal; I married him."
At this point, there was a problem with one of the lights, so everything stopped while Kevyn gave Tori a "Lip Gloss Boost" and then asked if the person with the last question wanted to ask it now during the break. Chris stood up and told her back in '96, he was one of about 8 people at this radio station and she had played a new song, that is now Never Seen Blue. He wanted to know where it had come from. Tori was a bit surprised; "I did? I sang that? Oh shit. See, it's about the same guy that I'm not supposed to talk about about and I lied about Northern Lad and I don't have another lie." And she played it. So beautiful.
-- an account of VH1 Storytellers on October 24, 1998 by Beth Coulter via The Dent
