Tori Amos - i i e e e (Live Sessions 1998) + Lyrics

Artist : Tori Amos www.toriamos.com/
Studio album : From The Choirgirl Hotel
Year : 1998
Important : I own absolutely nothing - neither the music nor the lyrics. All rights reserved to their respective owners.
Lyrics
with your E's
and your ease
and I do one more
need a lip gloss boost
in your america
is it God's
is it your's
sweet saliva
with your E's
and your ease
and I do one more
I know we're dying
and there's no sign of a parachute
we scream in cathedrals
why can't it be beautiful
why does there
gotta be a sacrifice
just say yes
you little arsonist
you're so sure you can save
every hair on my chest
just say yes
you little arsonist
with your E's
and your ease
and I do one more
well I know we're dying
and there's no sign of a parachute
in this chapel
little chapel of love
can't we get a little grace
and some elegance
no we scream in cathedrals
why can't it be beautiful
why does there
gotta be a sacrifice

[@GoblinGuy333]

Why isn't this woman talked about in the same sentence with greats like Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Elton John, etc.? Her piano playing is more often than not rhythmically quite disconnected from her singing. And both rhythmically and compositionally complex. It's like she has two brains, one for her mouth and one for her hands. Absolutely otherworldly.

[@plasticmollusc]

She's better than them. They're mainly entertainers. She's an artist.

[@juniper9251]

That's a good question. But I think tori is... screw it, I'll be frank. She's smarter, she's more talented, and she's uncompromising. She doesn't sell out and she doesn't roll over. Tori is a goddess. Those men are mortals.

[@kellyhudson4002]

Maybe because she is a woman ❤

[@kellyhudson4002]

But, seriously. Completely different beast altogether ❤

[@belllabean]

1000% agreed

[@GoblinGuy333]

What starts as a great groove turns into an amazingly complex and dramatic masterpiece. This is in my top three of my favorite live musical performances. All on point and Tori's vocals are so absolutely perfect and emotive. You can feel her pain of that miscarriage and her anger at God. Her piano playing on this is just so complex that the fact she can sing at all is amazing. But then she pulls out her secret weapon: the best vocal and breath control in the business. It just melts me every time- Brilliance!!!

[@nadiiacat]

The richest palette of shades of her voice.

[@popchevalier]

This.

[@emmanuelntezeyombi8021]

Didnt know am ciscariage.

[@KK-111]

Other things going on here, as she explains in her live concerts...... ( Native American Indian boy, and more, as she drives across the desert)... The full meaning of her songs remains inscrutable (and provokes some thought and reflection), and this is a good thing.. :)

[@DavidHolder-qs8bf]

Tori will always rock#1I love you Tori David

[@davidkoblentz]

Tori is a modern legend who deserves adoration beyond compare... where is it ? she is a genius, an artist, a firefly, a sprite, a sun and more.

[@NaughticalNuns]

took 25 years to finally dive into tori-dom and i'm feeling betrayed by anyone i know who never introduced me to tori. she's a genius.

[@sabrielmoon]

Criminal offense

[@User-vm1xz]

Me too! Guess I was too young to really apreciate her. Now I'm obsessed.

[@carriehazel77]

You must not have known any hard core ears with feet because I drove people up the WALL with my Tori obsession 😅

[@derekwd33]

She’s a rockstar w/ a piano

[@OhMandy079]

@@carriehazel77bahahaha same! I would even prank call and blast Tori in everyone’s ears lol don’t ask lol I had problems ❤ ewf forever!

[@mr.a2192]

She really was incredible back in the day, still love her but nothing quite matches this.

[@paulsmyth6710]

Still the best iieee out there

[@letsalllovelein]

I wonder how it felt to have been in her presence and witness this masterpiece of a performance live. Absolute wows.

[@jamietingey7498]

Everyone probably blacked out.

[@airifyai]

I saw her in Little Rock, AR without the band. The most amazing concert by far.

[@airifyai]

I saw her several times in the 90’s and I’ve never seen anything better since. Just magical.

[@GoblinGuy333]

I have never heard a singer express more anger and pain than she did right here....

[@billmorrison9068]

Caught a lite sneeze, prescious things, and the waitress are also very fierce.

[@DarkMadamX83]

I know you know how I feel, you shove it in my face. You took my little girl 😢

[@BonitaLaMori]

In response to GoblinGuy333... Really, have you ever heard of Janis Joplin or Amy Lee?

[@DailyMotionBetter]

A miracle in songwriting. Jesus even picked up the bass for this one.

[@drumtravelfun]

Aka: Jon Evans.

[@sergiocabezuela9713]

The whole arrangement, darling.

[@biachiking7043]

Hahahahahaha

[@GoblinGuy333]

Matt and Jon have such a groove going on this tune. I do appreciate the soundscape guitar because it doesn't cover up any of Tori's absolutely astounding piano. But adds some texture to it all. This woman is one of the quirkiest yet most immensely talented people I have ever seen or heard. Her voice and breath control is simply otherworldly. Like she's got some alien DNA in there. Stunning!

[@saraa6040]

I just liked your comment 8 yrs later Blimey

[@artgat652]

i’ve watched this a thousand times and i still cry every single time. her voice, her piano playing, the band, everything is sublime.

[@barbaragood7844]

The same for me 💜

[@sasr78]

@artgat652 it's OK....I think we ALL have that reaction to this performance in particular and Tori live in general!!!!!!!

[@meganreiff6441]

This is the best version of this song. Chills every time.

[@sirulrichvonlichtenstein4851]

Songs from the Choirgirl isn't exactly my favorite Tori album. But this live performance may be one of her best. Mad skills. 4:30. She is a master of ultra-powerful rhythm-lead licks.

[@minncface]

i i e e e (live) 4:29 The piano bridge: OMG this part is so haunting...The way she goes off, omg. She has spoken about having visions of an entity, which inspired her to write this song. But whatever it is that she is directly lashing out at during this part, is perhaps the one to have made the "sacrifice"of taking her "little girl" causing her to have a miscarriage. HOLY FUCK. * ** * I know you understand, understand the way I feel YOU SHOVE IT YOU SHOVE IT IN MY FACE I know you understand the way I feel but YOU TOOK YOU TOOK MY LITTLE GIRL I know you understand the way I feel... If you understand, understand the way... Well, then... Why?... Whhyyy... iiieee eeh eh ie eh ahh iieeh ah * ** * i i e e e * * * * * * I know you understand, understand the way I feel YOU SHOVE IT YOU SHOVE IT IN MY FACE I know you understand the way I feel YOU TOOK YOU TOOK MY LITTLE GIRL I know you understand the way I feel If you understand, understand the way I... Well, then... Why then...? Whyyy... iiieee eeh eh ie eh eiah iieeh yah * * * * * * i i e e e Why does there gotta be a sa-sa-SACRIFICE ??????????

[@OhMandy079]

I understand understand the way she made me feel while I was listening to it like something was trying to rip open my skin to get out...but that's tori for you ♡♡♡

[@TarantulaCandy]

she's having a go at God, "I know you understand the way I feel (God gave up "his" son in sacrifice) God knows how painful, and she's asking why knowing the pain he took her little girl. the defiance of this woman is admirable.

[@gravygood]

Yes! And when she says "You shove it in my face" she must be referring to the endless repetition of the crucifixion story she and many of us have had to endure.

[@MrZebira]

Currently have that bridge on repeat and I can get how good this sounds... I love Tori and I love this! I am dancing inside!!!

[@christopherlowe4129]

This is my favorite part of the live performance and I never knew the lyrics. Thank you for posting. She is amazing!

[@chimeraskeep_0]

She goes right through every cell in my body. In a good way I mean..

[@finop8573]

No talent here...Not!!!🙏✌❤🌎🙏👏🆘️👽😎🆘️

[@kevinbrown688]

Puts me in another dimension!

[@GoblinGuy333]

@@kevinbrown688 Perhaps she is from another dimension herself.

[@jamietingey7498]

She's your cocaine

[@simonavalentinamusic]

Wooooowwwwww, this is pure music!!!! You don’t even need lyrics, I personally do not even understand much, yet my body does, my ears, skin is goosebumps, can’t explain. She is a legend, so underrated!

[@GoblinGuy333]

Her ability to play two different keyboards with two hands with syncopated notes on the left and smoother tones on the right and her voice creating amazing sounds independent of both is mind-boggling. Holy Sh.....

[@simonavalentinamusic]

@@GoblinGuy333 Absolutely!!! 🎶💜

[@nadiiacat]

@@GoblinGuy333 Brilliance 🎶

[@dhakshan]

Friend: "so, what's your type?" Me: someone who can sing like Tori Amos Friend: Good luck staying single all your life

[@victoracedomatellan5416]

Not sure whether anyone has noted that she modifies the phonetics: sacri[v]ice, etc.; she does this often in her songs, particularly with vowels

[@charmelizabeth8584]

Yes, I think that's part of what makes her music so interesting and different.

[@kctoeknee]

TORI FUCKING KICKS ASS!!!!

[@saraht903]

A musical goddess. Her talent is so over-looked, its criminal. ♥️♥️♥️ i will forever love and be moved by her music.

[@enigma8077]

She was so underrated and ahead of her time

[@jamietingey7498]

Not underrated to me!

[@user-bt7ix6sw2g]

she still is

[@Spinny78]

Best version ever. 25 yrs later.

[@joss63]

A genius arrow of a song, fired straight through the heart. It doesn’t get better than this. Thank you Tori

[@HB-xf2xl]

Brilliant. Every bit of it. That band is tight af right here.

[@primavera-duo-berlin]

Genius, goddess, legend. Nobody compares to her

[@victoracedomatellan5416]

I always feel ecstatic when listening to this amazing song

[@joss63]

Me too !

[@billystoneburner6899]

It never fails to make me cry...she is a Goddess

[@annam8083]

She is so awesome 😎 I kind wish she still Performed like this! & gives you chills and oh my gosh I wish I Could do what she does!!! ❤️ The Raisin girl!!

[@spoiledrottengreatdane9580]

Am I the only one here that likes the shorter hair on Tori?

[@belllabean]

this woman~!!😯🤩 I mean it honestly fucking incredible what she can do. this is one of her best performances ever, i think (and so complex!!). i keep watching/listening over n over...n over of late

[@beatricedesbois2108]

🤍🎼tout est dit 🤗💚🤍💚👍👍

[@zapalizap]

I said this many times about this one: this is as close a performance can get to an orgasm and/or death.

[@lesliewilhelmus656]

This is truly magnificent. I don't even have the words to describe how amazing this performance is!! Tori is probably the most under rated musician of the 90s

[@GoblinGuy333]

And her song writing and composition is just stellar as well!

[@sabrielmoon]

I always end up here

[@SaraAllen-ui5wz]

Me too

[@jamietingey7498]

I'm back right now for my fix.

[@cyberbri6899]

FREAKING AMAZING!!!!! I love the musicians Tori picked for this!! I would have loved to see this in person!!

[@mjweber0313]

This performance is on my short list of favorite things...ever.

[@bruisescarr]

The best live performance EVERRRR 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@ratter531]

Tori's song can evoke every human emotion, Love her.

[@jutjubow]

Wow, what a song and what a musicianship! That longer version sent me to heaven.

[@christianward9614]

Can we talk about how hard Matt plays those drums?! Jesus! 🖤

[@tmmpurple]

I know you understand why, well then, WHY?

[@sea1599]

Lyrics: With your E's And your ease And I do much more Need a lip gloss boost In your America Is it God's Is it yours Sweet saliva With your E's And your ease And I do one more I know we're dying And there's no sign of a parachute We scream in cathedrals Why can't it be beautiful Why does there gotta be a sacrifice Just say yes You little arsonist You're so sure you can save Every hair on my chest Just say yes You little arsonist With your E's And your ease And I do one more Well I know we're dying And there's no sign of a parachute In this chapel little chapel of love Can't we get a little grace And some elegance No we scream in cathedrals Why can't it be beautiful Why does there gotta be a sacrifice

[@arcadeoutpost]

This was so good, despite her personal life issues 1998 was Tori's year. Got to see a few shows of the often sold out Choirgirl tour, she had broken through to be a cult favorite and anyone even halfway cool was talking about her

[@njrib]

“Why then? Whyyyyyyyy??”

[@jamietingey7498]

The question we all ask.

[@latnboii]

You took my little girl!

[@markmedica5945]

What concert is this from I need to see the whole thing. She is otherworldly. 🫠

[@DeeJayShawDay]

Sessions at West 54th, I think?

[@kathrynshelton6892]

Tori Amos has more artistry, talent in her pinkie toenail than most of today's artists. Just my opinion. No need to try to change my mind.

[@derekmcewen3631]

In her prime. I'm so glad I saw her back then.

[@evaajbrin]

What's she singing at 5.11-5.13? 😃 I've been dying to know for ages, but I don't seem to be able to decipher this bit...

[@bettynelms9899]

“You shove it, you shove it in my face”

[@GoblinGuy333]

@@bettynelms9899 Basically she is saying that God knows her pain because he sacrificed his only son, Jesus. And that every time she was in church that fact got shoved in her face. And that it doesn't make sense to her that he would want her to feel the same thing.

[@SaraAllen-ui5wz]

​@@bettynelms9899you shove it you shove it BACK in my face. Probably a typo. Love to you fellow Tori adorer xxxxxx

[@Itsjustjess352]

I never fully appreciated Jon’s grooves until I picked up the bass myself almost 2 years ago. Now going back & revisiting many of these old live performances from decades ago with Tori, Jon & Matt….it’s just pure magic. 🎶 💜 🎹 🎸🥁

[@frailure]

So amazing.

[@bblackburn1823]

Unworldly version!

[@clhs]

Sublime.

[@ПРо-л1л5о]

Christian Scott Exactly.

[@salvatoredecicco7746]

She really is.

[@aaronbarchanowicz9976]

Should be taught and shown to every high-school band throughout the country. The Nicola Tesla of artistic music!

[@mdshihab-ci9tt]

Just Wow❤

[@gazzili]

this is mind blowing

[@kelliesharpe5333]

Needed this, today. Tori has always had a way of making my Girl Cellz come together.

[@PageyWagey]

I live for this vers.

[@keithvlismas2456]

That was 🔥

[@ArtemK88]

Tori Love😮

[@beatricedesbois2108]

🖐🥂Je n'ai pas changé d'avis ❤🎹🎼 Elle tourne en boucle le chez MOI 🇨🇵Marseillaise d' adoption 🥂PAIX ET BONHEUR 😉💚

[@Ashlesha-sj4lb]

Um dos maiores gênios da música!

[@metricdeep8856]

What a great artist! So free to deliver.

[@tomprice3258]

Brilliant stuff. I love Tori!

[@Hadley-hb8ll]

yaess, o 3 of de babies.

[@opheliabells]

Why can't it be beautiful? why does there got to be a sacrifice!? 🦋🦋

[@Sac68ru]

Great Song! Thanx!

[@stopsurveilling332]

Godlike

[@njrib]

Imagine doing all that and then saying Hi everybody how’s it going? Absolute Goddess

[@GothicWarrior94]

Too awesome.

[@billystoneburner799]

Tori is the only Goddiss live event known in 50 years.

[@demiliberatore8700]

Legend. Pure genius.

[@WasteFaced]

p to the rops

[@MarkCox21125150]

Amazing!!!!

[@luiseduardopallaresllinas5542]

siempre tu con esa voz de hada

[@rossistephane162]

This is a sublime voice that makes sense with the beauty of Tori !

[@uzi978]

She was definitely in her prime here... giving Elaine Benes a run for her money in the dancing department.

[@finop8573]

1970s baby here...oh my............❤✌👍🙃

[@drunkenramble4120]

In the Zone. Awesome!!!

[@BabyblueQtPie4u]

her voice is haunting

[@trinebean7435]

amaaaazing

[@belllabean]

i love love love the jam in the middle of this. tis an absolute fave tune of mine in any form it comes, but yeah, this jam/ adlib is sweeeeet

[@Helenagonzaga9611]

I love you tori

[@tmmpurple]

You took you took my little girl

[@andacarabacci]

Aşırı seksi, aşırı üst seviyede. Karizması sesi ve yaratıcılığı ve tabiki maynard ın kankası olması ❤❤❤❤

[@sugarlumpie]

This is my life theme song

[@emmaroman7058]

Saw her live both in Warzawa and in Oslo, she never fails to keep me amazed! Extremely wonderful singer and performer, it’s hard to explain ❤️🇸🇪

[@krzysztofpupin]

Czyste piękno ...

[@MichelleMarieSpranger1976]

He here, He here, He here. I am sure you can say, with Your Ease, and Your Ease, Yeeeeeeeeahhhhhh ... I know we be diving into a certain Calvary, scream in, Cathedrals, Beauty...

[@MarieneMafrsin-no4yb]

Rodriguez William Gonzalez Michael Williams Timothy

[@beatricedesbois2108]

👋2023 bientôt 24 sans modération la "Prodige du "🎹🎹🎼🎹 " je reste baba devant cette Exellente Artiste. Merci Toris 🤍💚

[@ElviraScott-l9f]

Hernandez Ruth Jackson Mark Rodriguez George

[@PabloTRUE-v8d]

Anderson Jessica Thompson Thomas Moore Kimberly

[@DallasJohnson-s1i]

Lopez Ruth Thomas Steven Harris Brenda

[@samanthabaldwin5771]

Thompson George Young Margaret Miller Kevin

[@KristyAerts]

Miller Donna Anderson Scott White Jeffrey

[@DarkMadamX83]

So i think this is her ode to God for taking her baby, 3 times..

[@NettieRodriguez-r2y]

Davis Susan Young Steven Gonzalez Patricia

[@radyananda3980]

Fantastico!

[@Metalholica1]

🤘🥰😍😘😍🥰🤘

[@wilsonparkinson5205]

Harris Matthew Rodriguez Ronald Martin Lisa

[@NormanCowans-p2v]

Perez Donna Williams James Jones Christopher