His Pleasure Is My Pain

DreamsLast · 02-06-2007, 02:11 AM

Anyone ever notice there's a line in this song (His Pleasure Is My Pain) that is also found in "Do You Want To Play", from the This Way album?? It is "Are you only half alive or have you always been this inarticulate?" It's the first time I ever noticed it, so thought I'd share here. I know someone had said this line is from someone else's writing. Who wrote it first?

strengths.with.faults · 02-06-2007, 03:59 AM

yea I've noticed... but I didn't know someone else wrote it ??

never.alone · 02-06-2007, 04:14 AM

doesnt she say who in the liner notes of Do you want to play?

strengths.with.faults · 02-06-2007, 04:15 AM

seems like she would.. i don't really remember. guess I'll check sometime lol

awiste · 02-06-2007, 05:07 AM

Wasn't it a line written by Anais Nin?

never.alone · 02-06-2007, 05:09 AM

yea thats who i was talking about
but couldnt think of a name

who is anais nin?

strengths.with.faults · 02-06-2007, 05:18 AM

but wait.. wasnt that from Break me? not in Do You want to Play?

awiste · 02-06-2007, 05:36 AM

I'm pretty sure the line is from "Do you want to play" and not "Break Me"

Anais Nin was a writer of erotica... and I believe she is well known for her diaries that were published? I don't really know much about her.

strengths.with.faults · 02-06-2007, 05:39 AM

k cool i was jus thinkin that jewel said in the liner notes of break me that there was a hidden Anais Nin line.. i may have been thinkin of the DYWTP instead.. lol im a bit tired
it just made me think of break me when they mentioned Anais Nin

Little Bird · 02-06-2007, 07:11 AM

Yeah it was Anais Nin. She was an author who was popular in the 70's. I have 2 of her books. She has quite a sharpness to her writing that I can see why Jewel likes her so much.

fabiojj · 02-06-2007, 01:26 PM

The Break Me line "you could hurt me with the sharp edge of what you say" is from Bonnie Rait if I'm not mistaken. or is it Emmylou Harris (sp?)?? Oh well...

Little Bird · 02-06-2007, 03:12 PM

Yeah Jewel loves that saying and always planned to add it to a song. I think it's a great saying too and have used it a couple of times.

last_dance_rodeo · 02-06-2007, 03:22 PM

hmm i'll have to listen to that again

fabiojj · 02-07-2007, 12:09 AM

Oh, and I *love* His Pleasure is my Pain. It's one of my favorites.

DreamsLast · 02-07-2007, 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fabiojj

The Break Me line "you could hurt me with the sharp edge of what you say" is from Bonnie Rait if I'm not mistaken. or is it Emmylou Harris (sp?)?? Oh well...

In the 'This Way' liner notes for the song Break Me, she states: "There is also a line in here Rickie Lee Jones let me use because I thought it was perfect. It's 'sharp end of what you say'."

Don't ask me who Rickie Lee Jones is, but thought I'd help clear this up for us.

02-06-2007, 02:11 AM	#1
DreamsLast ~~Moderator~~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,635 Rep Power: 66	His Pleasure Is My Pain Anyone ever notice there's a line in this song (His Pleasure Is My Pain) that is also found in "Do You Want To Play", from the This Way album?? It is "Are you only half alive or have you always been this inarticulate?" It's the first time I ever noticed it, so thought I'd share here. I know someone had said this line is from someone else's writing. Who wrote it first? __________________ "We are loved beyond our capacity to comprehend..." -Jewel Kilcher, Acoustic Goddess Of Song & Modern Day Troubador

02-06-2007, 03:59 AM	#2
strengths.with.faults Robbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 285 Rep Power: 48	yea I've noticed... but I didn't know someone else wrote it ?? __________________ "Oh, how she knew the stars.. and the map of the human heart."

02-06-2007, 04:14 AM	#3
never.alone Jessica Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TN Posts: 472 Rep Power: 50	doesnt she say who in the liner notes of Do you want to play? __________________ alone. always. alone. never. alone.... Come away O human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand For the world's more full of weeping Than you can understand. http://blog.myspace.com/butiwannaplay

02-06-2007, 04:15 AM	#4
strengths.with.faults Robbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 285 Rep Power: 48	seems like she would.. i don't really remember. guess I'll check sometime lol __________________ "Oh, how she knew the stars.. and the map of the human heart."

02-06-2007, 05:09 AM	#6
never.alone Jessica Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TN Posts: 472 Rep Power: 50	yea thats who i was talking about but couldnt think of a name who is anais nin? __________________ alone. always. alone. never. alone.... Come away O human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand For the world's more full of weeping Than you can understand. http://blog.myspace.com/butiwannaplay

02-06-2007, 05:07 AM	#5
awiste Alli Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 283 Rep Power: 47	Wasn't it a line written by Anais Nin?

02-06-2007, 05:18 AM	#7
strengths.with.faults Robbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 285 Rep Power: 48	but wait.. wasnt that from Break me? not in Do You want to Play? __________________ "Oh, how she knew the stars.. and the map of the human heart."

02-06-2007, 05:36 AM	#8
awiste Alli Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 283 Rep Power: 47	I'm pretty sure the line is from "Do you want to play" and not "Break Me" Anais Nin was a writer of erotica... and I believe she is well known for her diaries that were published? I don't really know much about her.

02-06-2007, 05:39 AM	#9
strengths.with.faults Robbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 285 Rep Power: 48	k cool i was jus thinkin that jewel said in the liner notes of break me that there was a hidden Anais Nin line.. i may have been thinkin of the DYWTP instead.. lol im a bit tired it just made me think of break me when they mentioned Anais Nin __________________ "Oh, how she knew the stars.. and the map of the human heart."

02-06-2007, 07:11 AM	#10
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,122 Rep Power: 10	Yeah it was Anais Nin. She was an author who was popular in the 70's. I have 2 of her books. She has quite a sharpness to her writing that I can see why Jewel likes her so much. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

02-06-2007, 01:26 PM	#11
fabiojj Super JKF Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 293 Rep Power: 51	The Break Me line "you could hurt me with the sharp edge of what you say" is from Bonnie Rait if I'm not mistaken. or is it Emmylou Harris (sp?)?? Oh well...

02-06-2007, 03:12 PM	#12
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,122 Rep Power: 10	Yeah Jewel loves that saying and always planned to add it to a song. I think it's a great saying too and have used it a couple of times.

02-06-2007, 03:22 PM	#13
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 85	hmm i'll have to listen to that again __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

02-07-2007, 12:09 AM	#14
fabiojj Super JKF Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 293 Rep Power: 51	Oh, and I love His Pleasure is my Pain. It's one of my favorites.

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