Rather Voices, Rather Rooms Lyrics

Give me a bed and a light and a big book to hide

Filigree--no sight to see, call it cables and string

Unearth the heartiest beat

My enemy: no one next to me

You're not alone if your eyes are open

You're not alone if there's no one beside you

You're not alone then your eyes stay open

You're not alone then, you're not alone now

I'd rather write about something I've never seen, than look into the cold, black deep

Absent of the space between, there's no one next to me

You're not alone if your eyes are open

You're not alone if there's no one beside you

You're not alone then your eyes stay open

You're not alone then, you're not alone now

You're not alone if your eyes are open

You're not alone if there's no one beside you

You're not alone then your eyes stay open

You're not alone then, you're not alone now

I don't need nobody to tell me they're sorry

My grieving's immortalized

The shame's still a virtue when loneliness works too

I'm finally closing my eyes

But was it true? What did we lose when we learned of our abuse?

The first step is in: I search for evidence of my own independence

You're not alone if your eyes are open

You're not alone if there's no one beside you

You're not alone then your eyes stay open

You're not alone then, you're not alone now

You're not alone if your heart is breaking

You're not alone if you're overheard/over her

You're not alone then your heart stays breaking

You're not alone then--you're over her