All aglow on stage I saw you unfasten the latch to your own cage On your hands and knees You crawled out and you sang relief A bird - who knew it? Mirror mocked you and you fought it So it goes On a lark I pressed my fingers deep in your dark You carried me Like a child into the darkened sea Knowing not where this is going Knowing there is no knowing So it goes It seems so bittersweet Arrive as family yet one to leave Still I seek reprieve All the while I'm asking, was it all a dream? Has it been a myth? Once you closed your eyes and made a wish Let it go I know that I was born You were meant to yet you slipped away in the storm Said you weren't afraid Huddled warm in the shelter of our cave Like a bell, it then rung us Ears filled with the sound of the love among us So it goes

Where am I - Where am I - Feel I've lost myself again Not that I'm not on the right path Cause I know I've always been But I took a curve - a sharp bend And I'm out of sight Trees scattering the falling, faltering sunlight Where have I gone? Just as I chose to enter the cave So I can choose to leave again It's been a long time - I knew that love could hurt It's been a long time I knew that love could hurt Have I lost my way? Can't know these days Could I embrace or snuff the ember of this flame? Am I destined to stand alone? Naked, cowering in shame With you yelling loud Hands around my waist, my head all Wrapped up in a cloud Escaping, gotta go I gotta go when you're around I'm gone Escaping going gone Do you know how this feels? Is this how you deal? Do you know how this feels? Is this how you deal? Yeah, you really know how to deal Oh yeah, you really know Oh you really know how to deal Oh yeah, you! I'm gonna do my best I'm gonna really try I'm gonna try so hard to forgive you Remember why I loved you I really loved us You went and threw me Under the bus Oh yeah you went and threw me Oh yeah, you! Escaping going gone escaping going gone escaping going gone

I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you like a breath, I moved with you in and out through you it was silly, too vulnerable to be pumping blood out there with you my ship pretty much tied to yours like we were floating on a red sea a dead sea, too salty, too dense yet a totally buoyant sea - that's how you felt to me like buoyancy, my tongue censored to a delicacy but you were foreign to me totally & completely new to me but also old to me, like fear to me you were like the feeling of fear I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you I thought that I could balance you I saw so much glowing inside of you amidst all the darkness, there were crystals in you amidst all the crystals, there was darkness too & I wanted to explore all the pathways in you how the sunlight refracted off the walls of you how rays bent & prayed to be frayed by you your seams gleaming with bursting beams I thought I knew you but I didn't know anything I saw your sign and it said nothing I didn't know where you led me till you left me there I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you I saw you as a story unfolding I saw you as a flower just blooming I saw you as everything new moving forward towards something greater shifting fate, shedding weight oh boy when we were in that cave you amazed me & you challenged me you loved me & you dazzled me you scared me but you wooed me you didn't & yet you knew me you surprised me when you found me but you lost me yeah you left me I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you I dreamt I loved you so much part of me imploded a jagged gaping thing it felt inside of me, till it rotted like a maze to my misery sad sad sad it amazes me sad sad sad my naivety I was in the dark with you but I wanted to find a way to be with you cause I loved you I was in the cave with you I agreed to go in the dark with you I felt I could move mountains with you

You found a job you like Working in that old store Where they sell all those worn treasures That someone's loved before And your face fits in Like a painting on the wall Just like those worn treasures You've seen it all It's like you're growing younger It's like you're getting old I watch your face bend I watch your body fold And the careful knit of your eyebrows Like those cable stitches with which you take such care And I wonder when you glance in a mirror Are you self aware? And it seems that my heart always breaks Like the wind against the sails Impossibly, I still think of you Every night without fail I wonder, will you marry? Will you learn to talk like them? Will you grow into your body or harden to the bitterness of men? I hope another woman never has you Yet I hope you fall deeply in love I guess I wish for you whatever you want When push comes to shove And I've felt this way a thousand times That I am falling down a flight of stairs Impossibly, I still love you Still, it isn't fair I hope another woman never has you Yet I hope you fall deeply in love I guess I wish for you whatever it is that You wish for yourself.

You can't swim How'd that slip by me? You pretended you knew Then floundered beside me I tried to teach you; I can't teach I've been a lonely whale You, the beach I'll snake a broman Maybe a brewski You snuck a kiss in I gave you reiki Some people say, "You can't look for love" Well I found you online Some people say, "You can't buy a heart," Well you were recommended to me I put you in my cart I'm a good sales girl And a smart consumer I know just what to look for In a lover You're an otter; I'm your favorite rock Keep me in your armpit I'm gonna steal your socks You're so patient I wouldn't change it I will love you always In every second Some people might talk about us Some people might laugh about us Some people might look at us Oh let them, I want them to see The way you look at me You and me The wind whispered to me, "He's kind of a newbie, Treat him gently, Stroke his belly," And my heart said, "If you don't give this a try What is it you will give a try? Don't be stupid," I said, "Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, Okay, cupid," Some people say Yeah they do Some people say a lot Let em talk.

Tidal Wave, oh What have you come to claim? Tidal Wave, oh What have you come to save? Tidal Wave, oh when you come call my name no lord, oh I no I won't be afraid My poppa came down the stairs And he said to me There's a telephone call for you In the pantry I picked up the other line And it said to me Are you ready for infinity? And don't you worry bout me If I'm at sea Don't you worry bout me! Don't you worry bout me If I'm at sea Don't you worry bout me Ow! I won't be drowning No, I'll float I got an anchor But I'm a boat I won't be drowning No, I'll float I got an anchor But I'm a boat Tidal Wave, oh What have you come to claim? Tidal Wave, oh What have you come to save? Tidal Wave, oh When you come call my name I'm gonna ride that tidal wave And don't you worry bout me If I'm at sea Don't you worry bout me Don't you worry bout me If I'm at sea Don't you worry bout me Ow! I won't be drowning No, I'll float I got an anchor But I'm a boat I won't be drowning No, I'll float I got an anchor But I'm a boat Tidal Wave, oh Tidal Wave, oh oh Tidal Wave, oh Tidal Wave, oh oh

Fill me up My drink, my cup Fill me up Cause you made me this way It feels the same The words, the pain They say, "we'll make a hole so we can plug it in," Well, Plug me in! I'm drained I'm thin Well, Plug me in! Why does the wiggling Why does the wriggling Why does the wedging feeling Feel like I'm spilling? I wanna take it out When can I take it out? My sink a cavity You've taken my spout, ow! Plug me in! I'm drained I'm thin Well, Plug me in! How bout that spirochete How bout that spirochete How bout that spirochete You pulled on me when You said it'd make me better Make me better Well you put it in me Rotting and festered, ow! As I live and breathe As I live and breathe As I live and breathe - Trust me I don't need no man I don't need no man I don't need no man to fight for me Oh but Plug me in! I'm drained I'm thin Well, Plug me in! How bout that spirochete Oh I got no need Oh you got to trust me How bout that spirochete Oh I got no need Oh why won't you believe me? Ow!

Sheriff say he got a case for me He call "Investigation Family" Well, I got my mission and it take me Illinois, Chicago, no I won't be Silent, shamed or forgot I'm gonna get my guns while the gettin's hot Cowboy Dan! Lent a hand! Strapped all my limbs to his bed. Cowboy Dan! Lent a hand! Burned all the hairs off my legs. Well, police say they got a clue for me They're bringing back a piece of my identity Navy sure do look pretty but I'm a woman And that means I'm oh so silly. They say they found me They say they found me They say they found me With a gun in my mouth I don't recall I don't recall Why don't you tell me about it all? Hunker down! He got my head spinnin round He got my teeth turnin brown He got my crown stuck in the roof of his snout. We were! We were! We were in the belly of the beast! We were! We were! Crying out cause we couldn't see! Goddamn you! Had me beguiled Goddamn you! Kept me dragging for miles Goddamn you! Had me swindled good Goddamn my papa says he gonna pull down your hood. Fare thee well Fare thee well Fare thee well My papa's gettin his gun I would if I were you - I'd leave town My daddy said he gonna come shoot you down I would if I were you - I would leave town My papa said that they gonna come shoot you down Aren't we! Aren't we! Aren't we family? Well, fare thee well! Fare thee well! Fare thee well my papa's gettin his gun I would if I were you - I'd leave town My daddy said that he gonna come shoot you down I would if I were you - I would leave town! My papa said that he gonna come shoot you down!

I did like it when you kiss me real sweet Put your hands around my feet You held me like I might fall away Like you knew I would never stay And you, you had the grace You knew it was not your place And you, you could count my age Fixated on one another's face I think something in you hums to me Rumbles with anxiety I'd like to wear you like a big coat And pretend that I'm an adult And you, you had the grace You knew it was all a chase All the potential that we'd make My ambition will not fade I like the sadness as it grows in men It gets better as the years are spent I get drunk on something so absurd A frequency that I once heard And you, you had the grace You knew it was not your place And you, you could count my age Fixated on one another's face You saw it was a chase All the potential that we'd make My ambition will not fade Hold on for another day I'll keep you where you like it most If you promise not to overdose I do worry that you'll one day die Who will I have been in your life? And you, you had the grace A light beneath your face And you let hope cascade Hold on for another day Hold on for another day Hold on for another day