ONE
(Alanis
Morrisette)
I am the biggest hypocrite
I've been undeniably jealous
I have been loud and pretentious
I have been utterly threatened
I've gotten candy for my
self-interest
The sexy treadmill capitalist
Heaven forbid I be criticized
Heaven forbid I be ignored
I have abused my power forgive
me
you mean we actually are
all one
one, one, one, one,
one, one, one
I've been out of reach and
separatist
Heaven forbid average (
whatever average means )
I have compensated for my
days
of powerlessness
I have abused my so-called
power forgive me
You mean we actually are
all one
one, one, one, one,
one, one, one
Did you just call her amazing?
Surely we both can't be
amazing!
and give up my hard earned
status
As fabulous freak of nature?
I have abused my power forgive
me
You mean we actually are
all one
one, one, one, one,
one, one, one
Always looked good on paper
Sounded good in theory. |
I
WAS HOPING
(Alanis
Morrisette)
As we were talking outside
it was cold we were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter my wife
is in the next room we've
having troubles you know please don't tell her or anyone but I need
to talk to somebody
You said "wouldn't it be
a shame if I knew how great I was five minutes before I died I'd be filled
with such regret before I took my last breath" and I said "you're
willing to tell me this now and you're not going to die any time soon"
and I said
I haven't been eating chicken
or meat or anything and you said yes but you've been wearing leather and
laughed and said we're at
the top of the food of chain
and yes you're still a fine
woman and I cringed
( Chorus )
I was hoping, I was hoping
we could heal each other
I was hoping, I was hoping
we could be raw together
We left the restaurant where
the head waiter ( in his 60's ) said "good-bye sir thank you for your
business sir you're successful
and established sir
& we like the frequency
with which you dine here sir
and your money"
& when I walked by they
said "thank you too dear"
I was all pigtails and cords
and there was a day when
I would've said something
like "hey dude I could buy
and sell this place so kiss
it"
I too once thought I was
owed something
( Chorus )
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could challenged
each other
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could crack
each other up
I too thought that when proved
wrong I lost somehow
I too once thought life
was cruel
It's a cycle really you
think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you I think you're insensitive
and I don't
feel heard and said do you
believe we are fundamentally judgmental? fundamentally evil?
And you said yes I said
I don't believe in revenge
In right or wrong good or
bad you said
"well what about the man
that I saw
handcuffed in the emergency
room bleeding
after beating his kid and
she threw a shoe at his head I think what he did was wrong and I would
have had and hard time feeling compassion for him" I had to watch my tone
for fear of
having you feel judged.
( Chorus )
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could dance
together
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could be
creamy together. |
UNDER
THE WATER
(Jewell)
Bees are buzzing' in their
honey catacomb
All the noise seems to call
my head a home
Can't escape the scratching'
My blood makes a noise
It's hard not to play when
there are so many toys
So many toys
(Chorus)
Under the water
The total is more than the
sum
Under the water
I hear who I'll become
There's a hole inside my
head,
where all the thoughts break
out
Sometimes my flesh is filled,
with forget fullness and
doubt
It's easy to feel separate,
no control of the reigns
Innocence ain't lost it
just needs to be maintained
It needs to be maintained
Beside me are strange fish,
moody and dark
A tapestry of intention
that maintains the spark
And there's a tiny light
A flicker within
Forgiveness is the needle
that knows how to mend
It knows how to mend
(Chorus)
Under the water
The total is more than the
sum
Under the water
I hear who I'll become
I've decided to hear who
we will become
Wanna lay down in the water,
go back to where I'm from
Outer space is just a puzzle
of stars
Music the mechanics of the
human heart
A post that stirs, a shadow
that casts
An insatiable thirst drains
a martini glass
There's no place sacred,
no honest reflection
Our senses made senseless
by a lack o' direction
Monks are great with their
fists uncurled
But they live in a cave,
they know nothing' of the world
I wanna live brave, I wanna
love without fear
But it's hard to navigate
when I can't even hear
Bees are buzzing' in their
honey catacomb
All the noise seems to call
my head a home
Can't escape the scratching'
My blood makes a noise
It's hard not to play when
there are so many toys
There're so many toys
(Chorus)
Under the water
The total is more than the
sum
Under the water
I hear who I'll become
Under the water
My flesh is filled with
stars
Under the water
I hear who we really are
Under the water
I lay my burdens down, down,
down
Under the water
All resistance drowns
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do, do
Come on, come down, down,
down under go,
A-go down on and go down
under
Go under the water, I hear
who I'll become
Under the water
I lay my problems down
Under the water
All my resistance drowned. |
ON
MY OWN
(Katie
Holmes)
On my own, pretending he's
beside me
all alone, I walk with him
'til morning,
without him I feel his arms
around me
and when I lose my way I
close my eyes and he has found me.
In the rain, the pavemente
shines like silver,
all the lights are misty
in the river
in the darkness, the trees
are full of starlight
and all I see is him and
me forever and forever.
And I know it's only in my
mind,
that I'm talking to myself,
and not to him
and although I know that
he is blind
still I say, there's a way
for us.
I love him, but when the
night is over
he's gone, the river's just
a river
without him, the world around
me changes,
the trees are bare and everywhere
the streets are full of strangers.
I love him, but every day
I'm learning,
all my life, I've only been
pretending
without me, his world will
go on turning
the world is full of happiness
that I have never know.
I love him, I love him, I
love him,
but only on my own. |
