Ani DiFranco - Pulse + lyrics HQ

you crawled into my bed that night
like some sort of giant insect
and i found myself spellbound
at the sight of you,
beautiful and grotesque and all the rest of that bug stuff
bluffing your way into my mouth
behind my teeth, reaching for my scars-
that night we got kicked out of two bars
and laughed our way home

that night you leaned over
and threw up into your hair
and i held you there, thinking-
i would offer you my.....pulse
if i thought it would be useful
i would give you my breath,
except,
the problem with death
is that we have some hundred years
and then they can build buildings on our only bones
100 years, and then your grave is not your own
and we lie in out beds, and our graves
unable to save ourselves
from the quaint tragedies we invent- and undo,
from the stupid circumstances we slalom through

and i realized that night that the hall light,
which seemed so bright when you turned it on,
is nothing-
compared to the dawn
which is nothing-
compared to the light
which seeps from you while you're sleeping,
cocooned in my room-
beautiful and grotesque,
resting

that night we got kicked out of two bars
and laughed our way home

i thought-
i would offer you my pulse,
i would give you my breath
i would offer you my pulse,
i would give you my breath

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[PComier]

@grymesin one of her best. I just get lost in this every time I play it

[grymesin]

Uneathly good song!! Spellbouning. "Let's just stay here..." Ani, I'm from Bulgaria and have been your fan since I heard just one songs about 12 years ago - "Work your way out" You are one of a kind. (Thou my friends mostly say to me"Dude it's a girls music", ha ha:))

[phyphorous]

Went to your concert in GA, it made me never wanted to go to a live concert again. Took an arrow to a knee.

[caseydonwilliams]

i love my virginity to this song. Thank you Ani D.

[iThinkThereforeiCan]

Ani at her purest. Perfect bass and drums too. It just doesn't get any better than this.

[TheTribalSeed]

awesome upload! One of my favs by her...

[sellkyrck]

My dream it's to see her live in Mexico... some day... some day

[calmncollected10]

thank you for posting. this is my favorite poem by her.