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Dilate - Lyrics by Difranco Ani


Lyrics
life used to be life-likenow it's more like show bizi wake up in the nightand i don't know where the bathroom isand i don't know what town i'm inor what sky i am underand i wake up in the darkness and idon't have the will anymore to wondereveryone has a skeletonand a closet to keep it inand you're mineevery song has a youa you that the singer sings toand you're it this timebaby, you're it this timewhen i need to wipe my facei use the back of my handand i like to take up spacejust because i canand i used my dressto wipe up my drinki care less and leasswhat poeple thinkand you are so lameyou always disappoint meit's kinda like our running jokebut it's really not funnyi just want you to live up tothe image of you i createi see you and i'm so unsatisfiedi see you and i dilateso i'll walk the plankand i'll jump with a smileif i'm gonna go downi'm gonna do it with styleand you won't see me surrenderyou won't hear me confess'cuz you've left me with nothingbut i've worked with lessand i learn every room long enoughto make it to the doorand then i hear it click shut behind meand every key works differentlyi forget every timeand the forgetting defines methat's what defines mewhen i say you sucked my brain outthe english translationis i am in love with youand it is no funbut i don't use words like love'cuz words like that don't matterbut don't look so offendedyou know, you should be flatteredi wake up in the nightin some big hotel bedmy hands grope for the lightmy hands grope for my headthe world is my oysterthe road is my homeand i know that i'm betteroff alone

Book: Shattered Sighs