Ani DiFranco "Shroud"

Reprieve 2006

i had to leave the house of fashion
go forth naked from its doors
cuz women should be alliesnot competitors
and i had to leave the house of god
cuz the cross replaced the wheel
and the goddesses were out in the garden
with the plants that nourish and heal
i had to leave the house of privilege
spend christmas homeless and feeling bad
to learn that privilege is a headache
that you don't know that you don't have
and i had to leave the house of television
to start noticing the clouds
it's amazing the stuff you see
when you finally shed that shroud

i had to leave the house of conformity
in order to make art
i had to be more or less true
to learn to tell the two apart
and i had to leave the house of fear
just about as soon as i could crawl
ignore my face on the wanted posters
stuck to the post office wall

i had to leave the house of self-importance
to doodle my first tattoo
realize a tattoo is no more permanent
than i am, and who
ever said that life is suffering
i think they had their finger on the pulse of joy
ain't the power of transcendence
the greatest one we can employ


© 2006 righteous babe music / bmi

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[LittleLulubee]

Wow, who made this? This piece of art came out AMAZING!!

[ProfessionalWidow83]

@LittleLulubee I have no idea who made it. But yes it is amazing.

[MysticMoonGoddess67]

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[MysticMoonGoddess67]

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[MysticMoonGoddess67]

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[mizzruckus]

I love this pic!