Post by Julie on Jun 8, 2005 15:02:28 GMT -5
RIBBONS UNDONE she's a girl
rising from a shell running to
spring It is her time it is her time
Watch her run with Ribbons undone
she's a rose in a Lily's cloak she can hide
her charms It is her right there will be time to
chase the sun with Ribbons undone she runs
like a fire does just picking up daisies Comes in
for a landing a pure flash of lightening Past alice
blue blossoms you follow her laughter And then she'll
surprise you arms filled with lavender Yes my little pony is
growing up fast She corrects me and says "you mean a
thoroughbred" A look in her eye says the Battle's
beginning From school she comes home and cries I
don't want to grow up Mom at least not tonight
you're a girl Rising from a shell Running
tyhrough Spring with Summer's hand in
reach now It is your time It is your time so
just run with Ribbons undone It is your
time yes my angel It is your time so
just run with Ribbons undone run
run my darlin' Ribbons undone
I think it's pretty self-explainitory but I think the generation factor really fits into this. The fact that Tash has so much more freedom than Tori or Tori's mother, Mary did when they were her age and that's what the happiness and joy brings out of this situation that she's created for her daugther.
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Ribbons Undone is a song that really I guess explains a mother's love, and a fathers love for their daughter. They see their little girl running in the field with their ribbons flying and they're like little flashes of lightening that go by especially when you are in the back field her and you can run and run and run and run and catch butterflies thinking that you can fly like one.
I was watching Tash run and I started to remember something my mother said to me, she told me years ago. We would look in a mirror and she said 'this woman that I see that you see, this old woman, wrinkled woman, is a stranger to me.' I said 'You are the most beautiful woman I know' and she said that's, don't get distracted by what I am telling you. She said 'That is a stranger to me. Inside I'm running. Inside my legs can carry me. I don't have a heart condition I'm not someone who is in a wheelchair. I am someone who catches the butterflies in my minds eye.' And when I watched my daughter running, I saw my mother. And I began to understand that this case is a distraction sometimes and it tricks us because it can start making us believe that we are old of sprit, not just that the violin case is beat up, but you can begin to believe that the violin has no music to play anymore and that is where you have to go to the tree of knowledge and I tasted my mothers wisdom looking in that mirror. And I see her running now. And my mother will always be running, next to Tash, together hand in hand, and Ribbons Undone is something that I can see myself running along side them."
-- Tori; The Beekeeper Limited Edition Bonus DVD
I: Ribbons Undone was obviously inspired by your daughter. Did having a child change your music?
TORI: It's hard to put my finger on it. I think that there is a playfulness that has emerged since I became a mom. I love being a woman and I must say I've never loved being a woman as much as I do now. I'm 41, and I'm loving it. Being a mom healed a lot of wounds. Natashya kicked a lot of demons away when she came out. Kids are able to strike where no-one else can, with the things they say, but they are also able to mend and heal where no-one else can.
b>I: So, would you like more kids?
TORI: No.
I: No more demons to kick?
TORI: The demons can come and visit me. I'm open for business. But no more children. I can't.
-- Tori; ExBerliner Magazine (German), Feb 2005
SONG CANVAS: "Ribbons Undone"
A moment with Tash:
"Mummy, can I draw a picture?"
"Of course, sweetheart."
"I want to use your colored pencils, though."
"That's fine, let me get them for you."
"That's okay, that's okay, I'll get them."
"I'm going to have a sip of my green tea then."
"Let me pour it for you, Mummy."
"Okay, sweetheart, but the teapot is made of porcelain, so it can break if it gets dropped, so can you use both hands?"
"Porcelain doesn't break if it drops on the couch in the living room."
"Well, if porcelain teapot drops on the porcelain teacup on the couch, then the teapot and the cup can have a crash, thereby breaking them both."
"Look, this water bottle is not porcelain. This is plastic, Mummy. Watch it drop."
So the water bottle quickly drops to the floor, and luckily I had put the lid on tightly.
"Mummy, look! These colored pencils are flowers and this flag protects mummies but not daddies."
Tash has picked up a British flag that had been bought for the football festivities before, of course, England was out of the quarterfinals of Euro 2004. She starts waving what she calls her wand and says, "I'm the fairy, but not the alien fairy. I'm good to mummies and I have these flowers, look. But the alien fairies like black, so I'm going to give them a black flower."
Then Tash proceeds to pull out a black-colored pencil, which had gotten into my colored-pencil flower arrangement.
"Mummies don't mind black flowers."
"Mommies don't mind black flowers."
"No, but the alien fairies really, really, really need black flowers, because it's dark."
"What's dark?"
"Where the aliens come from. They come from where there are twinkles in the sky."
"You were a twinkle in the sky."
"No, that was Natashya, I am the fairy. Here, look. Here's your microphone."
At that announcement I'm surprised, because when she's not Natashya she likes to be this creature she's invented called "Alice Lily Horsey Ribbons," which has woven itself into "Ribbons Undone." I did not use those words in that order, but used and referenced them nonetheless, mainly to capture Tash's spirit.
Tash picks up a little tiny flashlight that Mark uses to see gear at the mixing desk during a live show. I start singing a silly song and Tash says-excuse me, the fairy says, "Sing properly. The show is about ready to start."
So quickly my brain is trying to come up with a proper song at seven-fifteen in the morning, pre-kindergarten. And one of the new songs for the album pops into my head, maybe because it has the word porcelain in it. So I proceed to sing the song properly and Tash is doing the lights for the performance.
I finish the song and Tash says, "When I was a twinkle in the sky, I wanted you to marry my daddy. And I told you so, didn't I?"
"I guess you did."
"And you heard me, didn't you?"
"I guess I did."
"You were going to marry another boy, weren't you?"
"I don't know if marry is accurate, but I had other boyfriends, yes."
"But your last boyfriend was not my daddy, was it?"
"No, you're right. My last boyfriend was the last boyfriend I ever had because then I was with your daddy."
"But I did not want your boyfriend to be my daddy."
"Well, my last boyfriend was very nice."
"But he was not my daddy! And I told you that when I was a twinkle in the sky. And I picked Daddy for you, Mummy, because I love you."
At that juncture, the postman is at the door and Tash's daddy has just walke din from working out. The postman says, "You won't be needing that flag, deary. The football team all had to go home because they lost."
The postman and Tash's daddy have a bit of knowing giggle and the postman says, "We all have to move on, so you won't need that flag, deary."
Tash looks up, waving her flag wand, and looks at the postman and says, "This flag protects mummies, not daddies, from the alien fairies."
And at that moment, it was crystal clear that Tash was the one who obviously had "moved on."
rising from a shell running to
spring It is her time it is her time
Watch her run with Ribbons undone
she's a rose in a Lily's cloak she can hide
her charms It is her right there will be time to
chase the sun with Ribbons undone she runs
like a fire does just picking up daisies Comes in
for a landing a pure flash of lightening Past alice
blue blossoms you follow her laughter And then she'll
surprise you arms filled with lavender Yes my little pony is
growing up fast She corrects me and says "you mean a
thoroughbred" A look in her eye says the Battle's
beginning From school she comes home and cries I
don't want to grow up Mom at least not tonight
you're a girl Rising from a shell Running
tyhrough Spring with Summer's hand in
reach now It is your time It is your time so
just run with Ribbons undone It is your
time yes my angel It is your time so
just run with Ribbons undone run
run my darlin' Ribbons undone
I think it's pretty self-explainitory but I think the generation factor really fits into this. The fact that Tash has so much more freedom than Tori or Tori's mother, Mary did when they were her age and that's what the happiness and joy brings out of this situation that she's created for her daugther.
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Ribbons Undone is a song that really I guess explains a mother's love, and a fathers love for their daughter. They see their little girl running in the field with their ribbons flying and they're like little flashes of lightening that go by especially when you are in the back field her and you can run and run and run and run and catch butterflies thinking that you can fly like one.
I was watching Tash run and I started to remember something my mother said to me, she told me years ago. We would look in a mirror and she said 'this woman that I see that you see, this old woman, wrinkled woman, is a stranger to me.' I said 'You are the most beautiful woman I know' and she said that's, don't get distracted by what I am telling you. She said 'That is a stranger to me. Inside I'm running. Inside my legs can carry me. I don't have a heart condition I'm not someone who is in a wheelchair. I am someone who catches the butterflies in my minds eye.' And when I watched my daughter running, I saw my mother. And I began to understand that this case is a distraction sometimes and it tricks us because it can start making us believe that we are old of sprit, not just that the violin case is beat up, but you can begin to believe that the violin has no music to play anymore and that is where you have to go to the tree of knowledge and I tasted my mothers wisdom looking in that mirror. And I see her running now. And my mother will always be running, next to Tash, together hand in hand, and Ribbons Undone is something that I can see myself running along side them."
-- Tori; The Beekeeper Limited Edition Bonus DVD
I: Ribbons Undone was obviously inspired by your daughter. Did having a child change your music?
TORI: It's hard to put my finger on it. I think that there is a playfulness that has emerged since I became a mom. I love being a woman and I must say I've never loved being a woman as much as I do now. I'm 41, and I'm loving it. Being a mom healed a lot of wounds. Natashya kicked a lot of demons away when she came out. Kids are able to strike where no-one else can, with the things they say, but they are also able to mend and heal where no-one else can.
b>I: So, would you like more kids?
TORI: No.
I: No more demons to kick?
TORI: The demons can come and visit me. I'm open for business. But no more children. I can't.
-- Tori; ExBerliner Magazine (German), Feb 2005
SONG CANVAS: "Ribbons Undone"
A moment with Tash:
"Mummy, can I draw a picture?"
"Of course, sweetheart."
"I want to use your colored pencils, though."
"That's fine, let me get them for you."
"That's okay, that's okay, I'll get them."
"I'm going to have a sip of my green tea then."
"Let me pour it for you, Mummy."
"Okay, sweetheart, but the teapot is made of porcelain, so it can break if it gets dropped, so can you use both hands?"
"Porcelain doesn't break if it drops on the couch in the living room."
"Well, if porcelain teapot drops on the porcelain teacup on the couch, then the teapot and the cup can have a crash, thereby breaking them both."
"Look, this water bottle is not porcelain. This is plastic, Mummy. Watch it drop."
So the water bottle quickly drops to the floor, and luckily I had put the lid on tightly.
"Mummy, look! These colored pencils are flowers and this flag protects mummies but not daddies."
Tash has picked up a British flag that had been bought for the football festivities before, of course, England was out of the quarterfinals of Euro 2004. She starts waving what she calls her wand and says, "I'm the fairy, but not the alien fairy. I'm good to mummies and I have these flowers, look. But the alien fairies like black, so I'm going to give them a black flower."
Then Tash proceeds to pull out a black-colored pencil, which had gotten into my colored-pencil flower arrangement.
"Mummies don't mind black flowers."
"Mommies don't mind black flowers."
"No, but the alien fairies really, really, really need black flowers, because it's dark."
"What's dark?"
"Where the aliens come from. They come from where there are twinkles in the sky."
"You were a twinkle in the sky."
"No, that was Natashya, I am the fairy. Here, look. Here's your microphone."
At that announcement I'm surprised, because when she's not Natashya she likes to be this creature she's invented called "Alice Lily Horsey Ribbons," which has woven itself into "Ribbons Undone." I did not use those words in that order, but used and referenced them nonetheless, mainly to capture Tash's spirit.
Tash picks up a little tiny flashlight that Mark uses to see gear at the mixing desk during a live show. I start singing a silly song and Tash says-excuse me, the fairy says, "Sing properly. The show is about ready to start."
So quickly my brain is trying to come up with a proper song at seven-fifteen in the morning, pre-kindergarten. And one of the new songs for the album pops into my head, maybe because it has the word porcelain in it. So I proceed to sing the song properly and Tash is doing the lights for the performance.
I finish the song and Tash says, "When I was a twinkle in the sky, I wanted you to marry my daddy. And I told you so, didn't I?"
"I guess you did."
"And you heard me, didn't you?"
"I guess I did."
"You were going to marry another boy, weren't you?"
"I don't know if marry is accurate, but I had other boyfriends, yes."
"But your last boyfriend was not my daddy, was it?"
"No, you're right. My last boyfriend was the last boyfriend I ever had because then I was with your daddy."
"But I did not want your boyfriend to be my daddy."
"Well, my last boyfriend was very nice."
"But he was not my daddy! And I told you that when I was a twinkle in the sky. And I picked Daddy for you, Mummy, because I love you."
At that juncture, the postman is at the door and Tash's daddy has just walke din from working out. The postman says, "You won't be needing that flag, deary. The football team all had to go home because they lost."
The postman and Tash's daddy have a bit of knowing giggle and the postman says, "We all have to move on, so you won't need that flag, deary."
Tash looks up, waving her flag wand, and looks at the postman and says, "This flag protects mummies, not daddies, from the alien fairies."
And at that moment, it was crystal clear that Tash was the one who obviously had "moved on."
