Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

father lucifer
you never looked so sane
you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain
tell me that you're still in love with that milkmaid
how's the lizzies
how's your jesus christ been hanging

nothing gonna stop me from floating
nothing gonna stop me from floating

he says he reckons i'm a watercolour stain
he says i run and then i run from him
and then i run
he didn't see me watching
from the aeroplane
he wiped a tear
and then he threw away our appleseed

nothing gonna stop me from floating

everyday's my wedding day
though baby's still in his comatose state
i'll die my own easter eggs
don't go yet
and beenie lost the sunset but that's but that's ok
does joe bring flowers to marilyn's grave
and girls that eat pizza but never gain weight
father lucifer you never looked so sane

© Sword & Stone

(bridge --)
and if you want, i'll take you
you will see through it all
the lies are all behind me now
and if you want, something from her, well
steve mcqueen, i do believe he keeps listening
and if you come, i'll take you
you will see through it all
when you were a young boy
and if you want, something from her, well
i can't be her, but i can take you, take you through her door

The US Jackie's Strength Remix single features two remixed versions of Father Lucifer, produced by King Britt (of Digable Planets and SYLK 130) and John Wicks.

"To visit Father Lucifer, to have a moment to dance... to go down in the dark, to visit with the dude! Not these Little prince of darkness wannabes...some of them are cute, but to visit the real energy force that has held the darkness: you go there with honor. And that takes a very big heart to hold the place of shadow. When I went to Lucifer I learned many things. But that whole thing of, he didn't see me watching from the airplane, he wiped a tear and threw away our appleseed...there's so much religious reference and metaphor coming back full circle from the myths. A part of her loved Lucifer, a part of her tried to find him in so many men that couldn't carry his energy."
-- Tori; B Side, 05/96

"So, um, when I came home I guess it was at Thanksgiving because I remember a bird and forks going down at the table, when my father said to me, 'Tori Ellen, I can't believe you wrote this song about me.' And I said, 'I write everything about you, what are you surprised about?' And he said, 'No, but I'm really hurt about this one.' And I said, 'Well which one is it?" And he said, "well, you called me Satan." And I said, "No! I was taking drugs with a South American shaman and I really did visit the Devil and I had a journey." And he went, 'Oh, Praise Jesus!'"
-- Tori; VH1 Storytellers

"Father Lucifer is really about going to have a cup of tea with Lucifer, which I had to do. Now, when I say Lucifer, I'm talking about the feelings that we hide from ourselves [not something that's twisted and evil, like during the Inquisition when they used Christianity to torture people. That's Satanism.] I had to go in this record when I was trying to find parts of myself that I had not let scream and dance and have a tear. I went to go visit Lucifer to get my talisman, which means my little magic key that took me to the places that I hadn't let myself go. That's really about having a little tango, a little dance, with Lucifer. The idea that Dark is not a scary thing if you go in there understanding there is a purity in Darkness. There's also a lot of distortion in Darkness. It's a choice where you want to go, and I wanted to get to the truth, not to the drama and to keeping me from the truth."

"I remember at the dinner table one night, my father said, 'I heard Father Lucifer, and it really kind of hurt me. I never saw myself as Father Lucifer.' I said, 'No, no, no! I wasn't talking about you! I was on an Ecstasy trip, Dad, and I had an affair with Lucifer and Jesus -- so don't worry about it.' He felt much better."
-- Tori; Blender Magazine, Nov 2002