you each time

lyrics by ani difranco

there you were day after day
six feet
twenty feet
two feet away
right in my pocket singin me a song
makin my heart race all day long

and we talked it out and we talked it down
but your eyes were not listening
and my ears were looking around
for another song to sing
but it was you each time
it was you

the answer to each moment must be yes
and the question: can you live with that?
becomes the test
so you weigh it against that aching in your chest
and that secretly relentless emptiness

and you talk it out and you talk it down
but your eyes are not listening
and my ears are running around
looking for another song to sing
but it is you each time
it is you

so my heart finally broke
it was so long bent
and it broke in three places
when it finally went
it wanted only to say what it meant
so it suffered every punishment
now it lives in a shack outside of town
and only the wolves are out there listening
and in her dreams they chase her down
their moonlit eyes are glistening
and it is you each time
it is you


i love this song. i'm so glad i discovered this artist while watching russell simmons def poetry slam on hbo this summer (aug 29). she caught my attention, i googled her, found out she was a singer as well as a poet and now 14 cds later i am inspired and happy and we hope to live happily ever after ;)
i can't believe how long it's taken me to have found her :)