Ani Difranco - Studying Stones Lyrics
I am out here studying stonesTrying to learn to be less aliveUsing all of my willTo keep very stillStill even on the insideI've cut all of the pertinent wiresSo my eyes can't make that connectionI am holding my breathI am feigning my deathWhen I'm looking in your direction'Course numb is an old hatOld as my oldest memoriesSee that one's my motherAnd that one's my fatherAnd that one in the hat, that's meIt's a skill I'd hoped to abandonWhen I got out on the open roadBut any more pent up emotionAnd I think I'm gonna explodeThere's never been an endeavor so strangeAs trying to slow the blood in my veinsTo keep my face blankAs a stone that just sankUntil not a ripple remainsI am high above the tree lineSitting cross legged on the groundWhen all of the forbidden fruit has fallen and rottedThat's when I'm gonna come down'Course numb is an old hatOld as my oldest memoriesSee that one's my motherAnd that one's my fatherAnd that one in the hat, that's meIt's a skill I'd hoped to abandonWhen I got out on the open roadBut any more pent up emotionAnd I think I'm gonna explode
