Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

heard from the tv
of the latest bombing
the girls were dancing
she was coming of age

shells fired out
flowers mowed down
innocence targeted
whose god is this?
wish that she had one more day

there at the seaside
5th of december
we chased the tide
as her treasures
were gathered
i had to laugh
as she gave sand a bath

jangle jangle
jingle jangle
jangle and circle again

heard from the tv
of the latest bombing
the girls were dancing
she was coming of age

shells fired out
flowers mowed down
innocence targeted
whose god is this?
wish that she had one more day

there at the seaside
5th of december
we chased the tide
as her treasures
were gathered
i had to laugh
as she gave sand a bath

jangle jangle
jingle jangle
jangle and circle again

jangle jangle
jingle jangle
jangle and circle again

jangle jangle
jingle jangle
jangle and circle again

jangle jangle
jingle jangle
jangle and circle and end

she was coming of age

© Sword & Stone

(improv from Portland, ME 3/3/03--)
she...
comes off your land
came from the sand
she...is of your land
on the map of scarlet
on the map of her body
she comes from low land
she's coming to you
she's from hiding
waiting for you
waiting for you

This b-side to Scarlet's Walk was first released as a streaming-audio feature on Scarlet's Web (located on the "Tori's Tour" map on Provincetown, Rhode Island). It was released officially as one of Scarlet's Hidden Treasures on May 18, 2004 as part of the Welcome to Sunny Florida DVD/CD set. Tori performed this song live (solo), in-concert for the first time during the On Scarlet's Walk Tour in Portland, ME on March 3, 2003.

"Originally, Seaside was on Scarlet's Walk. However, as I started tying the story together musically, geographically, and of course, the element of the narrative itself, I came upon a sticky wicket as a writer...It became crystal clear that Seaside had to have occurred within the sonic structural realms of pancake. Almost as if Seaside is the moon to pancake's Mars. Therefore pancake and Seaside are obviously a tension of the opposites. Each polarity is giving Scarlet an understanding of what's really at play here at this time. Both songs are giving her a clue...[Miss Scarlet with the Candlestick in the Library]."
-- Tori; Seaside Preface, Scarlet's Web

"So I got a letter from...a while ago...it was a couple years ago. and uh, i got it backstage and it was from a 13 year old girl and she said, um, "in all the bombings I lost my best friend" - and she was 13 too. and this came from the Middle East. I carry that letter around and this little song came and she was gonna be on Scarlet's Walk, but she's here tonight instead."
-- Tori; in-concert Tower Records Brea, Ca 12/02/03