Scarlet's Story
Commentary by Tori Amos
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"She thinks she's got it all figured out, and then she goes to Boston airport, and that is when the thread leaves her and follows another woman on a different plane. And Scarlet takes a little plane, and she gets into New York, and she gets into New York City, where she sees this plane tht this other woman is on, that the thread followed and tied itself to. She sees this plane uh, crash, above New York City. And the thread comes back to her while she's on the ground, and then the panic and the chaos that happens. She's able to see and hear what this woman went through before she died. So she takes that thread with her. And she doesn't want to leave New York, I think it's almost like feeling a friend that's wounded, not wanting to leave their side. At a certain point, though, she goes. It's time for her to go."
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Amos, Tori, "I can't see New York," Scarlet Stories, Epic
Records, 2002.
"She thinks she's got it all figured out, and then she goes to Boston airport, and that is when the thread leaves her and follows another woman on a different plane. And Scarlet takes a little plane, and she gets into New York, and she gets into New York City, where she sees this plane tht this other woman is on, that the thread followed and tied itself to. She sees this plane uh, crash, above New York City. And the thread comes back to her while she's on the ground, and then the panic and the chaos that happens. She's able to see and hear what this woman went through before she died. So she takes that thread with her. And she doesn't want to leave New York, I think it's almost like feeling a friend that's wounded, not wanting to leave their side. At a certain point, though, she goes. It's time for her to go."
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Amos, Tori, "I can't see New York," Scarlet Stories, Epic
Records, 2002.
