Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Ninth song on Tori Amos’s 1994 album Under the Pink. The song features Tori on piano and vocals.
The song describes her masturbating while her father, a Methodist pastor, was holding a prayer meeting downstairs. She uses this to explore the relationship between sex and Christianity.
[Verse 1]
Icicle, icicle, where are you going?
Where are you going?
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
[Chorus]
Gonna lay down
Gonna lay down
[Verse 2]
Greeting the monster in our Easter dresses
Father says, "Bow your head like the Good Book says"
Well, I think the Good Book is missing some pages
[Chorus]
Gonna lay down
Gonna lay down
[Bridge]
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 pj's
Lay your book on my chest
Feel the word, 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...
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Gonna lay down
Gonna lay down
Lay down
I'm gonna lay down
Icicle was written by Tori Amos.
Icicle was produced by Tori Amos & Eric Rosse.