As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins

Lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down I've been weak, things get tough Sometimes my knees can barely hold me up I'm no fool, but it's said You gotta walk a mile to get outta my head Come within, taste it up Take a little bit, and baby, don't you give up Get your life, give a damn You gotta make a move and show me where we can stand Lay me down in darkness Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Come on Lay me down in darkness Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Come on Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need I got the time, it'll be alright, yeah I got the time that you need, yeah We all bleed, bleed the same If you get the picture, leave it outta the frame, yeah In the now, take a chance Make a mess, and don't forget that life is a dance Come within, taste it up Take a little bit, and baby, don't you give up Get your life, give a damn You gotta make a move and show me where we can stand Lay me down in darkness Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Come on Lay me down in darkness, yeah Tell me what you see Love is where the heart is Show me I'm the one, tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need, yeah Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need Show me I'm the one tell me I'm the one that you need Mmmm-mmm me, show me baby baby tell me that's me, yeah I got the time, it'll be alright, yeah I got the time that you need Come on! La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la- lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me La-la-lay me down La-la-lay me down in darkness

Did you ever see me Or could you even see at all I looked at your cold white face So still, so empty Yet I knew you were at rest I knew you were at rest Much more comforted Than I What else could I find to replace who you were It was the carefree Unrestricted love that you never meant to give You never had the choice You never meant to give You never had the choice It was your innocence It was part of who you were What else could I find to replace who you were It was the carefree Unrestricted love that you never meant to give You never had the choice You never meant to give You never had the choice It was your innocence It was part of who you were It was your innocence It was the comfort of a friend It was your innocence It was part of who you were It was your innocence It was the comfort of a friend

What is this world? What is it we've created? In the burdens of this life, I cannot rest This world means nothing Everything we hold will pass away With a void Of completion comfort will ever fade I long for this wind to cease Everything we hold will pass away Everything we hold will pass away I long for this wind to cease We once held Undying devotion Dead to our thoughts Undefined like our love Everything we hold Will pass away Everything we hold will pass away

Please take away from me All these things I do not need Use me to keep your conscience clean Show me what to do To sacrifice for you I gladly give my life to you I've wandered far enough to never have given up too much And now I'm offering you everything I am Give me your hand I'm walking on thin ice And I know you can deliver me More than good advice Teach me with your deep love How to look inside And not be afraid To shine You are my destiny The path I'm cutting tirelessly And searching for you endlessly Even when I'm Surely in the heart of you I still persist on collecting proof that You are never known and though I feel you I have grown to wonder if I'll ever really understand Give me your hand I'm walking on thin ice And I know you can deliver me More than good advice Teach me with your deep love How to look inside And not be afraid To shine 'Cause I've been a fool Pretending to be free When all I could do was run away When the spot light caught me Heal me with your sweet love 'Cause I do believe When I open my eyes in front of you I see Give me your hand I'm walking on thin ice And I know you can deliver me More than good advice Teach me with your deep love How to look inside And not be afraid To shine 'Cause I've been a fool Pretending to be free When all I could do was run away When the spot light fell on me Heal me with your sweet love 'Cause I do believe When I open my eyes in front of you It's the truth I see

Guilty undertaker sighs Lonely organ grinder cries Silver saxophones say i, I should refuse you Cracked bells and washed out horns Blow into my face with scorn It's not that way I wasn't born to lose you I want you I want you Darling, i want you So bad Drunken politicians leap Onto the street where mothers weep And saviors who are fast asleep They wait for you And I'll wait for them to interrupt me Drinking from my broken cup And ask me To open up the gate for you I want you I want you Darling, I want you So bad I want you Darling, I want you, oh Oh, I want you Oh, so bad Now all my fathers, they've gone down True love, they've been without it And all their daughters, they still put me down 'Cause I think about it I will return to the queen of spades Talk with my chamber maid She knows that I'm not afraid to look at her She's good to me There's nothing she don't see She knows where I would rather be But that doesn't matter Your dancing child with his chinese suit He spoke to me, I stole his flute No, I wasn't that cute to him Was I? I did it though because he lied Because he took you for a ride Because time was on his side Because, I want you Darling, I want you I want you Oh, I want you I want you So bad Oh, don't joke with me now, baby I want you I want you Let's go home I want you...

I'm a wounded soldier on a downtown train to your place You've launched a secret heart with your face You don't always say what I want to hear but you move me Across the rooftops and into the deep blue sea Did we not choose each other? Are we just heroes for a day? This time I will stand by you And mine is the heart I will save, yeah I drew a hard line but I just can't see it Your colors are bleeding all over my bullshit I wanna be your star but I gotta learn to feel myself I want your love and I need your help Did we not choose each other? Are we just heroes for a day? This time I will stand by you And mine is the heart I will save Can we not judge each other? I'd rather wipe your tears away I can follow my heart till the end But I just can't choose the way Just because we live like dolphins together So many reasons to break the wave We can swim from street lamp to street lamp forever We can be kissing in the rain Can we not judge each other? I'd rather wipe your tears away I can follow my heart till the end But I just can't choose the way Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong I can make my bed, you can sing your song Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong I can make my bed, you can sing your song Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go Listen baby, listen baby don't you do me wrong I can make my bed, you can sing your song Ain't nobody else gonna make you shine If it's the truth you seek then darlin' love you'll find I don't wanna, I don't wanna take your pain away Isn't yours to give, isn't mine to save Here's my heart, here's my hand, here's my soul Take it in, take it apart, take it easy, let it go