Fall out the exit, lean on me now I see two of you in both my eyes Blur out my edges, punchdrunk and love-stoned Need something to hold me upright Let me know Won't you let me know? Steady my darling, don't worry I've got you And you got me most of the time Mezcal and lust bleach the message I'm sending They taste like you when you were all mine Would you let me know? Won't you let me know? It's so hard to believe what you won't let me see My head's caving in Oh It's so hard to believe what you won't let me see Won't you let me know? Won't you let me know? Oh it's so hard to believe what you won't let me see My head's caving in My head's caving in

Well, I followed Every single road back to the shallow This feeling's weighing heavy on my heart now Impossible to get back to the start now You used to make me feel like we had wings And we could fly away You always said we'd make it back someday But every little thing, every little thing Every little thing's coming back to me So pull me in or let me down slowly Another rush I can't stop caving in I can't stop caving in So are you coming back to me? Tell me who you wish that I could be You got me at the end of your string So pull me in or let me down slowly You wanna see me in a better light, but You kept me in the dark for far too long You know I never meant to make you cry But I made you cry like a thousand times But now Here's the part where you find out When you ignore all those doubts There's a price to pay You used to make me feel like we had wings And we could fly away You always said we'd make it back someday But every little thing, every little thing Every little thing's coming back to me So pull me in or let me down slowly Another rush I can't stop caving in I can't stop caving in So are you coming back to me? (Back to me) Tell me who you wish that I could be You got me at the end of your string So pull me in or let me down slowly Well, I followed Every single road back to the shallow And this feeling's weighing heavy on my heart now (We could fly away, we could fly away) Impossible to get back to the start now (I can't stop caving in) But now here's the part where you find out When you ignore all those doubts There's a price to pay (a price to pay) So pull me in or let me down slowly (yeah, yeah) Another rush I can't stop caving in I can't stop caving in So are you coming back to me? (Back to me) Tell me who you wish that I could be You got me at the end of your string So pull me in or let me down slowly You got me at the end of your string So pull me in or let me down slowly You got me at the end of your string So pull me in or let me down slowly (But now, here's the part where you find out) (When you ignore all those doubts) when you ignore (There's a price to pay, a price to pay) So pull me in or let me down slowly

It's hard to say what's real these days My mind can be a dangerous place She's too naive for suicide But god I wish that bitch would die Give me, give me, give me, give me a reason Why every night I'm losing sleep God damn she's on to me again Or maybe I had too much to drink You see I think I figured out I figured out as I was thinking How to stop her piercing voice From everything that she was stealing Get the gun, get the gun, get the gun Is all I'm hearing again and again you know I used to be such a hopeless man And she used to be such a sweet, sweet thing She's too naive for suicide But god I wish that bitch would die Shot gun shells, yeah it's alright The whiskey says, "Let's take her fuckin' life." One thing I do remember Is that things never get better And I got to make the voices, make the voices for the maker Of the maker making voices, making voices Gotta make her, gotta, gotta make her stop Before my head comes caving in again You can walk this world all alone But I can still hear her, tearing me apart

I wish I could've known On my approach, you were hard as stone Had I done you wrong? Had I stolen your smile, had I pulled you along? Fed you with words that were vacant and cold? Feeling my world caving in Feeling your love grow thin Lock you inside my head If you care, if you don't To undo what you did It's a mess, it's my fault It's my careful resolve What I hear, what I want It was not what you... said We cannot move this This space that's between us Without some kindness To soften the load To grace us with hope I wish I would've shown Something besides what was carelessly known Had I held my ground When we fell down and crept out of what we had plowed Locked up and caught up and crumbling down Feeling my world caving in Feeling your love grow thin Lock you inside my head If you care, if you don't To undo what you did It's a mess, it's my fault It's my careful resolve When I hear what I want It was not what you... said We cannot move this This space that's between us Without some kindness To soften the load To grace us with hope

Flower said, "I wish I was a tree" The tree said, "I wish I could be a different kind of tree" The cat wished that it was a bee The turtle wished that it could fly really high into the sky Over rooftops and then dive deep into the sea And in the sea, there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus with a pink flower on it And in the sea, there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus with a pink flower on it And the flower would be its offering of love to the desert And the desert, so dry and lonely, that the creatures all appreciate the effort Et le jackalope a dit "Je voudrais être un yeti Pour voler dans la nuit et'en aller loin d'ici" Mais le yeti a dit "Je voudrais être un monstre marin Pour pouvoir rentrer dans la mer de tous les requins" And the rattlesnake said "I wish I had hands so I could hug you like a man" And then the cactus said, "But don't you understand?" "My skin is covered with sharp spikes that'll stab you like a thousand knives A hug would be nice but hug my flower with your eyes" Till the flower said, "I wish I was a tree" The tree said, "I wish I could be a different kind of tree" The cat wished that it was a bee The turtle wished that it could fly really high into the sky Over rooftops and then dive deep into the sea And in the sea, there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus with a pink flower on it And in the sea there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus with a pink flower on it And the flower would be it's offering of love to the desert And the desert, so dry and lonely, that the creatures all appreciate the effort

You were looking down at them, they were looking down at you. You were starched and pressed, they were all disheveled. They were holding hands, they were ragamuffins and They said "I know we're not fancy, but we're on the same level." We've got plans, big plan, we're gonna change the world. All you care about is dollars, that doesn't make sense. All you do is hit snooze, watch the news, buy shoes, drink booze, make Money, feel spent and... Day after day after day, it's the same shit. Day after day after day, it's the same shit. Day after day after day, it's the same shit. Day after day after day after day after day. Then you looked at them without batting an eye and said "Hey little hippie, let your freak flag fly. Why don't you go smoke a bowl in your best tie dye, Get a tattoo of a dancing bear holding a peace sign. You can talk the talk but when it comes to real change, Aren't you and all your little friends exactly the same? You sit around at potlucks pointing fingers, placing blame, Drinking kombucha, and eating tempeh. Day after day after day, it's the same shit. Day after day after day, it's the same shit. Day after day after day, it's the same shit. Day after day after day after day after day. If you are judging them while they are judging you, And you think that makes them assholes, maybe you're an asshole too. Do we argue with each other 'til we both turn blue, Or find similarities in what we like and what we do? Yeah, just because someone does not look like me, Doesn't mean that they are a clone or a sheep. Maybe they like their job and they're living their dream, And they love their friends and their family. Yeah. Some people thrive between nine and five, And feel like they're choking if their neck's not tied And some people feel as if they're gonna die If their seams aren't straight and their shoes aren't tied. Some people like business, some people like numbers, Some people grow organic heirloom cucumbers, And only feel free with their hands in the dirt In a pair of old jeans and their favorite t-shirt. Some people feel enslaved when they have a boss, some people without one feel totally lost. To make this world work it takes all different kinds. We all have different tastes, different strengths, different minds, So it doesn't make sense to generalize And it doesn't make sense to judge with our eyes. We need more compassion, we need to be kind. If you open your heart you might like what you find. 'Cause there are some nice bus drivers, and there's some mean bus drivers And there are some nice cops in Madison, Wisconsin. And there's some nice teachers, and there's some mean teachers, Just because you have mean teachers, doesn't mean all teachers suck. And no one is nice all the time, no one is mean all the time. Think about what someone's going through that's making them be mean to you, like maybe their pet gerbil died and they are really sad inside, Or maybe they got in a fight with someone that they really like or Maybe they are really shy and don't know how to socialize, They just want to run and hide, not saying that it's justified But if we learn to empathize the resentments will vaporize, Situations metamorphize before our very eyes. Then the need to stereotype will become outdated when we realize that everyone Is really complicated. We are all so complicated. We are all so complicated. I am also complicated. I am also complicated. I'm a black mama lactivist, a home-owning punk. It's been over a decade since the last time I got drunk. I drive a minivan and I've got junk in the trunk. I think Danny Devito is a total hunk. I like revisiting the shit my therapist helps me remember. Being friends with someone for a long time, still not knowing their gender. I fight for equal rights and I fight for inner peace. I pray to the dead for the gratitude I need. I've got chickens in my backyard and a little garden plot. I really hate commercials but I got a slap-chop, 'cause I'm a sucker for a remix, let me tell you what, By the time that I am finished, you're gonna love these nuts. I'm a little bit pop culture, a lot bit D.I.Y., I don't know the definition of T.M.I. I write poems about my period, post pictures of my log, If you don't like body functions then you shouldn't read my blog. My husband's a musician from the mountains in France, He wrote me a song, we did interpretive dance, Then he knocked me up, now we have the coolest kid, Yeah, hooking up with him's the smartest thing I ever did. And I feel like I can fly when I'm on roller skates, I get a little high when I eat dried dates. I feel like I'm unloading when I'm loading up the car. I feel like I'm exploding when I'm holding my guitar. I don't understand what numbers have to do with success Or what sales have to do with happiness, Unless they're the kind of sails that will carry me to sea, Where my grandma and grandpa are waiting for me. I never thought I'd make it to 25, now I'm 37 and I'm glad that I'm alive. If I ever need a tour bus, I'm still gonna drive, 'Cause I like looking out the windshield as the world goes by. Looking out the windshield as the world goes by. Yeah, looking out the windshield as the world goes by. Now I'm 37 and I'm glad that I'm alive And I like looking out the windshield as the world goes by.

When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me But it's only really scary 'cause it makes me feel serene In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun Look at the ocean, and the desert, and the mountains, and the sky Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye When I saw Genevieve I really liked it when she said What she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff She said 'I like giants Especially girl giants 'Cause all girls feel too big sometimes Regardless of their size' When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes And I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado So I flip to my back and I float and I sing I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything So I talked to Genevieve and almost cried when she said That the giant on the cliff wished that she was dead And the lemmings on the cliff wished that they were dead So the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead When she thought up all those reasons that they ought to live instead It made her reconsider all the sad thoughts in her head So thank you Genevieve, cause you take what is in your head And you make things that are so beautiful and share them with your friends We all become important when we realize our goal Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole And yeah, rock and roll is fun, but if you ever hear someone Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun Look at the ocean, and the desert, and the mountains, and the sky Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye And I don't wanna make her cry 'Cause I like giants

My mother says that Rain is angels Who are crying Up in heaven And i believe that 'Cause when sad things happen It starts raining It's been raining It's been raining For awhile now It's been raining At least forty days And i've been crying Since the first time Someone i loved Passed away I'll build an ark Inside my body In a bottle And disappear 'Cause my soul is drowning Missing people That i wish could Still be here But it won't stop raining And i can't stop crying My friends keep dying It's been raining For awhile now It's been raining At least forty days And i've been crying Since the first time Someone i loved Passed away It's been raining For awhile now It's been raining At least forty days And i've been crying Since the first time Someone i loved Passed away