Solitude Standing - Lyrics by Suzanne Vega


Lyrics
Solitude stands by the window

She turns her head as I walk in the room
I can see by her eyes she's been waiting

Standing in the slant of the late afternoon


And she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame


Solitude stands in the doorway

And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met


And she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame


And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear

And I say "I've never thought of finding you here"

I turn to the crowd as they're watching

They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm
I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one


And then she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame


And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she says"l've come to lighten this dark heart"

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear

And I say "I've never thought of finding you here"


Solitude stands in the doorway

And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met


And she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
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