Expert: Nancy - 1/25/2011

Question
Please help me understand the lyrics to her song "Lust" A woman keeps playing this for me and I am truly lost.

Answer
Hi Mark!

I can't help but wonder if this woman is trying to tell you something - lol. It's a very sexy song.  

Here is a piece of a quote from Tori about the song:
"And that's what a song like "Lust," which I wrote after marrying Mark, was really tapping into. The idea of rolling and unrolling, coiling and merging -- energy moving through the underworld to the real world. Under flesh into the heart, then taking it back to the real world."

Now for my interpretation of the lyrics...
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hey you gender nectar - HER MAN, SWEET, THINKING OF SENSUALITY AT IT'S CORE  
sifting through the grain of gold
tripping at your door
is that you
alpha in her blood - SHE'S A STRONG WILLED WOMAN
and when the woman lies
you don’t believe her - THIS ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH. ALL THOSE JOKES ABOUT HOW WE HAVE HEADACHES AND YOU NEVER BELIEVE US. HOWEVER, YOU GUYS HAVE SOME LIES OF YOUR OWN AND IN THIS MALE DOMINANT WORLD - WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE YOU ;)

rolling and unrolling
coiling, emerging
running free
running through
the underworld
into your room - I ALWAYS HEARD THIS WHOLE VERSE AS THE LUST/SEX ITSELF. AS SHE SAYS IN HER QUOTE, ITS ABOUT THE ENERGY; WHICH ESSENTIALLY THE LUST IS ALL ABOUT ANYWAY.

is he real or a ghost-lie - I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED A BIT AND SHES WONDERING WHERE HE WENT?!?
she feels she isn’t heard - THIS IS SO TYPICAL MAN & WOMAN; WE STRUGGLE TO FEEL UNDERSTOOD AND HEARD
and the veil tears and rages - NEWLY MARRIED, STRUGGLING WITH THINGS
till her voices are remembered
and his secrets can be told - HE SURRENDERS TO HER, COMMUNICATING, BEING WITH HER PHYSICALLY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE PHYSICAL GAME IS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR US. MOST OF THE TIME, ESPECIALLY IN LOVE, WOMEN NEED TO FEEL EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED BEFORE THE PHYSICAL CAN HAPPEN.

remember, remember
remember, remember
remember, remember
remember, remember - JUST ASKING HIM TO REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE, WHY THEY FEEL IN LOVE, TO TRUST HER

hey you, gender nectar
crystalline from the vine
you know you’ll drink her - I DON'T THINK THIS PART NEEDS AN EXPLANATION. DO YOU? LOL

so she prays for a prankster - PERHAPS SHE WANTS HIM TO LIGHTEN UP?
and lust in the marriage bed - MARRIAGE AND LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP DOES CHANGE THINGS. LUST ISNT WHAT IT ONCE WAS
and he waits till she can give - THIS CONFIRMS WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL AND THE PHYSICAL FOR US
and he waits and he waits - YOU POOR GUYS...LOL :)

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I tried to find you a live performance of the song to help you out. Sometimes, depending on the space she's in - she can really give you a whole new understanding of a song by her emotions behind it live. I couldn't find anything worth passing along on youtube. But if by chance your friend has Tori's LIVE FROM THE ARTIST DEN DVD, watch that. Read & digest these ideas....then watch that performance. She does a GREAT job on this song at that show. I know she gave me a whole new appreciation for it. Just in time to answer this question for you too!!

Hope this helps & thanks for asking!!

~ Nancy