One Safe Place - Marc Cohn

Ah-ah-ah, oh Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, oh You are my safe place From things that I can't face When it all gets too much for me And I'm lost in my anxiety And if my heart aches You breathe with me at my pace When it all gets on top of me You are my gravity Thank you for loving my crazy Thank you for hiding here with me Thank you for making me face this world again And again You are my safe place You forgive all my mistakes When no one is listening You hear me when I don't say a thing You never judge me (judge me) Make me laugh when I'm crying (crying) Overdose on anxiety (anxiety) But you are the remedy (but you are the remedy) Thank you for loving my crazy (sha-la-la-la) Thank you for hiding here with me (sha-la-la-la) Thank you for making me face this world again And again Ah-ah, ah-oh Ah-ah, ah-oh I'll be your safe place (sha-la-la-la) Baby, this shit goes both ways (sha-la-la-la) Oh, you know you can talk to me (sha-la-la-la) I'll be your therapy (sha-la-la-la) You are my safe place From things that I can't face When it all gets on top of me You are my gravity

I was never a sharp one But I try to write even when it's dull This night is a dark one But sometimes I like when it gets cold Yeah, all of my movies play in black and white This wasn't the same old plot I thought I had in mind Don't ask me if I'm alright, I can't decide I'm spiraling down, don't wanna take you on a ride Oh, by the way All my stuffies wanna know if you're okay I've been great, 'cause they put me in a safe place Act like I'm nine when I watch Adventure Time To cure the pain, I'll explain That shit put mе in a safe place (Somebody tеll the medic) I'm in a safe place (I don't need anesthetic) I'm in a safe place (I'm already apathetic) I'm in a safe place (I know it's pathetic) but I'm in a safe place I'm finna spill all my business Finna give all that realness Tell them I could really give a fuck about millions I'ma make the money, give it all to my children Life's been rough, I can't hold my ceiling Done so many drugs, I don't know what real is Brush under the rug, so I won't admit it Never gave a fuck, I don't know my limits Trix and a Pop-Tart, flips on a Darkstar Kitchen floor ramp and a Hot Wheel cop car Tryna convince myself that it's not hard growing up Now I gotta watch where the cops are Miss wakin' up on a Sunday morning Momma cleanin' up to a gospel chorus Old days dead and gone and maybe I'm still mourning I'll record it Oh, by the way All my stuffies wanna know if you're okay I've been great, 'cause they put me in a safe place Act like I'm nine when I watch Adventure Time To cure the pain, I'll explain That shit put mе in a safe place (Somebody tеll the medic) I'm in a safe place (I don't need anesthetic) I'm in a safe place (I'm already apathetic) I'm in a safe place (I know it's pathetic) but I'm in a safe place (Somebody tеll the medic) I'm in a safe place (I don't need anesthetic) I'm in a safe place (I'm already apathetic) I'm in a safe place (I know it's pathetic) but I'm in a safe place

Don't pull a single rock from me I might be distant Interrogation leads to an avalanche The hard hit will feel close up, up close The avalanche We rise, we rise We fall, we fall Don't pull a single rock from me We rise, we rise, we fall, we fall Don't pull a single rock from me God loves all humanity Though you are different You're a sight to see This is an avalanche The hard hit will feel close up, up close Don't doubt the avalanche We rise, we rise We fall, we fall Don't pull a single rock from me We rise We rise, we fall we fall Don't pull a single rock from me I've just exploded in real time Pieces fly with no reason or rhyme I splinter, a cracked mirror, a broken face I want to be whole In a safe place In a safe place I've just exploded in real time Pieces fly with no reason or rhyme I splinter, a cracked mirror, a broken face I want to be whole In a safe place In a safe place In a safe place In a safe place

I was driving down Ninth Avenue As the sky was getting dark Didn't have nothin' else to do So I kept on riding to Battery Park I stepped out in the damp and misty night As the fog was rolling in Man said, "Last boat leaving tonight Is the boat for Ellis Island" As my feet touched solid ground I felt a chill run down my spine I could almost hear the sound Of thousands pushing through the lines Mothers and bewildered wives That sailed across the raging sea Others running for their lives To the land of opportunity Down on Ellis Island "What is this strange paradise?" They must've wondered through their cries and moans After all they've sacrificed Their faith, their families, friends and homes Then on the Inspection Stairs They were counted out or counted in Frozen while the inspectors stared Down on Ellis Island Now me I only stumbled in Just to wander around that empty hall Where someone else's fate had been Decided in no time at all And cases filled with hats and clothes And the belongings of those who journeyed far They're strange reminders I suppose Of where we're from and who we are But as the boat pulled off the shore I could see the fog was lifting And lights I never seen before Were shining down on Ellis Island Shining down on Ellis Island