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Lyrics for Self Evident by Ani DiFranco:
| | | Artist: | Ani DiFranco |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Self Evident | | | | Date Added: | 24/10/2007 | | Views: | 143 | | | | Lyrics: | (inspired by the WTC disaster)
yes,
us people are just poems
we're 90% metaphor
with a leanness of meaning
approaching hyper-distillation
and once upon a time
we were moonshine
rushing down the throat of a giraffe
yes, rushing down the
long hallway
despite what the p.a. announcement says
yes, rushing down the long
hall
down the long stairs
in a building so tall
that it will always be there
/>
yes, it's part of a pair
there on the bow of noah's ark
the most prestigious couple
just kickin back parked
against a perfectly blue sky
on a morning beatific
/>
in its indian summer breeze
on the day that america
fell to its knees
after
strutting around for a century
without saying thank you
or please
and
the shock was subsonic
and the smoke was deafening
between the setup and the punch
line
cuz we were all on time for work that day
we all boarded that plane for to fly
and then while the fires were raging
we all climbed up on the window sill
and
then we all held hands
and jumped into the sky
and every borough looked up when
it heard the first blast
and then every dumb action movie was summarily surpassed
and
the exodus uptown by foot and motorcar
looked more like war than anything i've seen so far
so far
so far
so fierce and ingenious
a poetic specter so far gone
/>
that every jackass newscaster was struck dumb and stumbling
over 'oh my god' and 'this is
unbelievable' and on and on
and i'll tell you what, while we're at it
you can keep the
pentagon
keep the propaganda
keep each and every tv
that's been trying to
convince me
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