If you see me speak without words
Know that I am speaking of the wind
And if you see my words like wind
know that soft tongues cut through stone
And if you see my tongue like stone
Know its wisdom lies in silence
and if you see my wisdom in silence
Then with you I will always be

And if you doubt my true love is true
Just see how you have no mockings on your hands
And if you see you wear no chains
You are free like poor men
And if you see your freedom in being poor
Pleased you'll be with the treasure of your mind
And if you're pleased with the treasure of your mind
Then with you I will always be

And if you wonder how it is that I left
Just watch the sun set slip away
and as you watch that sun slip away
know some things are better left unseen
And if you know things are better left unseen
then night shall carry you in her arms
and if you see I carry you in my arms
Then with you i will always be
With you I will always be

So much space can fit in a sigh
More than words can say
I'm left here with my hands all awkward
Trying to mend space

I used to know you
But not anymore
Your substance has been subtracted
Word by word

Silence in my ears
where once you offered your conviction
Your promises are dry beads
That crack with nostalgia

But, that's all right
That's okay
Had no business
giving myself to you anyway

Be careful next time for sure
And I'll
Never trust my pink fleshy heart
I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
To a Carnivore
Carnivore

Your soul is an ink stain
Your perfection is
You're as fragile as your thoughtlessness
as strong as you can bend

you could only believe in embryos,
Had all your high hopes through a telescope
And lavender haunted you
So I could only laugh in yellow

You then liquefy with an ingenious subtlety
and you slip through the fingers of ambiguity

Well, that's all right
That's okay
Had no business
giving myself to you anyway

Be careful next time for sure
And I'll
Never trust my pink fleshy heart
I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
To a Carnivore

I did it before
But I don't think I'll do again
next time
I won't hunger for this thing
I take back my songs
and my poetry
This time i won't be too easy to read

And I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
And I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
And I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
to a carnivore
to a carnivore
to a carnivore

It's getting cold and I'm starting to sneeze,
I wipe my nose on my sleeve.
I've got the sniffles
I'd better drink my tea.
Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

I'd catch a cold with you anytime,
I ain't just feverish, I ain't just lyin'
'Cause when your nose is running it's a perfect time for kissing
and hugging.
Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

We'll stay inside where it's nice and warm
Tell our bosses, we're caught in a sneezing storm.
We'll sniffle and snuggle and watch some more tv.
Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

I'd catch a cold with you anytime,
I ain't just feverish, I ain't just lyin'
'Cause when your nose is running it's a perfect time for kissing
and hugging.
Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch a cold with me?

Do you do you wanna wanna wanna wanna do you do you wanna
do me yes indeed,
Oh do you do you wanna wanna catch/have a cold with me?

Comfortably Numb

Snow is on the mountain
winter settles in my heart
Icy fingers are familiar
smooth and cold and oh so hard
Comfortably numb

Frost bites deep
tiny birds fly from my heart
White winds scream
as they leave frozen lands of my heart
Comfortably numb

I watch my hands
to see what it is they do
Their dirty, they don't build churches
They don't take risks and they don't remember you
Comfortably numb

Orion was a mighty warrior
Cleopatra was a cheap French maid
He said sweetheart I give you the moon
She says I much prefer jewelry
So in the stars he stayed
Comfortably numb

Me and Jesus, we go way back
Cause we used to hang at the mall
He says you can't trust them
They'll just put holes in your hands
So I covered him while he stole a bottle of cheap cologne
Comfortably numb
Lord, forbid, care crawled up my arm
and I killed it right on the spot
For fear it might tear out of my heart
And make me love what I do not
Comfortably
Comfortably
Comfortably Numb

Cruise Control

Where do you go
when the cold wind blows
what do you see
when you're staring down victory

Well, hey mister, this one's gonna pass you by if you let it fly
let it go, oh
you're not here, you're not in love...
you're on Cruise control
You're on cruise control
you're on cruise control

You have no taste for
what is too known
you have to ignore something
once it is shown

Well, hey mister, this one's gonna pass you by if you let it fly
let it go, oh
you're not here, you're not in love...
you're on Cruise control
You're on cruise control
you're on cruise control

You can't get it back,
it's like a heart attack
once you lose track,
you can never find the track back home
you lost a friend and you lost something great
you sold yourself
***just to save a little faith***
just like a razor with nothing left to cut through
you throw yourself on everyone around you
oh you're invincble, you (blah blah blah blah blah)
you catch cleverness up around your heart
you were always like the rest of us
?
But you'll be lonely tonight
lonely tonight
lonely tonight

you can't comprehend hunger
before it begins
you can't appreciate good love until it's too late

Well, hey mister, I'm gonna pass you by if you let me fly
let me go, oh
you're not here, you're not in love,
you're on cruise control
you're on cruise control
you're on cruise control

Closer To Fine
Written by The Indigo Girls
Performed by Jewel with others at Lilith Fair '97
Lyrics distributed by Margaret Murphy

I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
The best thing you ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It's only life afterall
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it
I'm crawling on your shore

I went to the doctor
I went to the mountains
I looked to the children
I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
He graded my performance
He said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
Got my paper and I was free

I went to the doctor
I went to the mountains
I looked to the children
I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
And I went in seeking clarity.

I went to the doctor
I went to the mountains
I looked to the children
I drank from the fountains

We go to the doctor
We go to the mountains
We look to the children
We drink from the fountains

Yeah, we go to the bible
We go through the workout
We read up on revival
And we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

Can't Take My Soul The weathers getting cold But its ninety degrees outside It feels like I'm driving so slow But this old ford is cruising ninety-five I thought I could hear your cold words After all, they were just words I thought I could see your sad eyes After all, eyes won't lie I thought that I could just take this hatred in Let it back out and see love again But now I'm giving up Who, I'll never give you Say you can take my life And you can keep this heart Whooo, but you'll never take my soul Nooo, never you can take my soul Feels so good I can not feel That these tears running down my face I dry my eyes to see the sunrise And I find it set, it's too late So I sit there and listen to you scream after all I never know But I cry before I go to sleep after all I know I wasn't what I should be I thought that I could just take this hatred in Let it back out and see love again But now I'm giving up Who, I'll never give you Say you can take my life And you can keep this heart Whooo, but you'll never take my soul Nooo, never you can take my soul Tried to say goodbye yesterday But we ended up in bed instead Asked you if ... But I couldn't turn away, turn my head Walking with the strings that you pull after all I'll never go After all the times I tried after all I know I wasn't what I should be I thought that I could just take this hatred in Let it back out and see love again But now I'm giving up Who, I'm never giving in Say you can take my life You can have this car You can keep this stuff I don't want your damn dog You can have my.... in my head And all of those good things ...everywhere you'll never take my soul You would of think that you could possess All of my hopes and all of my (breasts?) (And all of my babies and my lovers too) But don't you know that you will pull with you Yeah never take my soul No, you'll never take Can't take my soul