Soul, Emotions; power of the unconscious mind; connecting to the source; reception. The element of Water represents the emotional, spiritual and soul functions. Water is maternal and feminine, and it sinks and penetrates. Water is non-linear, non-rational and non-discriminating. Water only understands feelings and emotions, and may have difficulty communicating with words. Just as water will continue to flow unless closely contained, water signs tend to have difficulty with boundaries. From the Choirgirl Hotel give the distinct drowning feeling...drowning into tears, drowning into rejection. Tori illustrates, "You know when you've cried and cried, and you really can't cry anymore, so you're very quiet? I started hearing the water, and "Pandora" - the last song on the record - came to me. She was sort of warning me that there are so many feelings under the rocks that I needed to turn into. She told me, 'You need to dive into this one, Tori, because your healing is in there. Once you go, it's a whole new journey, but you've got to metaphorically leave this little dock and come with me to find out what's really in this ocean of feelings.' So i did. And that's where I met these songs." The maternal nature of water is embodied throughout the songs on the album, dealing mostly with Tori's 1996 miscarriage. "This woman in Playboy Mommy, she'll swallow. She'll swallow a billion seeds to protect this little girl." "You hear stories about angels that come and save certain people they're beautiful stories. But what about the mother whose kid gets taken away and never comes back?" Songs with a Water affinity: Mrs. Jesus "...your walking on the water Bit, by far my favorite one, But now it seems we're drowning in a drop of water, Love..." '97 Bonnie and Clyde "...mama's messy isn't she, we'll let her wash off in the water..." Liquid Diamonds "... guess I'm an underwater thing So I guess you can't take it personally I'm liquid running there's a sea secret in me it's plain to see it is rising but I must be flowing liquid diamonds..." Ruby Through the Looking-Glass "...you could almost drown her waterfall..." Agent Orange "...he's geting an a to z, an underwater city where she swims and swims..." Pandora's Aquarium "...she dives for shells with her nautical nuns..." Cars and Guitars "...still the rain can’t confuse the thoughts that come, come in rhythm..." Apollo's Frock "...Apollo's frock was always as beautiful always as beautiful as the saddest rainstorm..." Mary "...rivers of milk are running dry, can't you hear the dolphins crying, what'll we do when our babies scream, fill their mouths with some acid rain..." Cruel "...even the rain bows down let us pray as you cock-cock-cock your mane..." Northern Lad "...girls you've got to know when it's time to turn the page, when you're only wet because of the rain..." Rattlesnakes "...jodie wears a hat although it hasn't rained for six days..." Time "...and the wind is making speeches, and the rain sounds like a round of applause...so put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips, as the dish outside the window fills with rain..." Space Dog "...rain and snow, our engines have been receiving your eager call..." Yes, Anastasia "...it's funny the things that you find in the rain..." Your Cloud "...Where the river cross, crosses the lake...If the rain has to separate from Itself does it say "pick out your cloud?"..." Virginia "...white shell Beads wrapped around her skin -- a life giving river -- Her body open..." Seaside "...there at the seaside, 5th of december, we chased the tide as her treasures were gathered..." Cooling "...Fire thought she'd really rather be Water instead..." Girl "... and in the doorway they stay and laugh as violins fill with water..." For Mark "...She needs to sleep like the ocean she needs to dream..." Take To The Sky "..My heart is like the ocean It gets in the way..." Heart of Gold "...i crossed an ocean for a heart of gold..." Sleeps With Butterflies "...I like rivers that rush in so then I dove in..." Abbey Road "...Running down Abbey Road don't stop the ocean I need to feel a tidal wave..." Tear In Your Hand "...all the world is all I am the black of the blackest ocean and that tear in your hand..." 1000 Oceans "...these tears I've cried I've cried 1000 oceans and if it seems I'm floating in the darkness well I can't believe that I would keep you from flying ..." Cooling "...this ocean is wrapped around that pineapple tree.." Etienne "... Kicked Out Of France But I Still Believe Taken To A Land Far Across The Sea..." Parasol "...I have no need for a sea view..." Marys of the Sea "...You will dance the ring, Marys of the Sea, the lost Bride weeps..." Merman "... something you're not willing to give He's a merman Doesn't need your voice to cross his land of ice..." Images with a Water affinity:       < BACK