Ani Difranco Recoil Lyrics

Recoil Lyrics

Come home and my guitar has nothin' to say to me

I recoil from all my friends and then I'm in misery

Been so long since I've been held really since I was his

Probably just need to be held that's probably all it is



Course, then I think of my dad who time travels mostly now

Back to when he was free and holding out hope somehow

Who sits all day in a line of wheelchairs against a wall

Inventing ways to play out time like us all, like us all



To all the people out there tonight who are comforting themselves

If you should happen to see my light, you can stop and ring my bell

I'm just sittin' here in this sty, strewn with half written songs

Taking one breath at a time nothin' much going on, nothin' much going on



Little flashing zero on my answering machine

Rats scratching at my brain, brain shuffling its feet

Yes, I have my father's heart it may or may not keep on trying

Can't really tell you what it is keeps me this side of that dark line



But I'm not there to take care of him and I'm not here to take care of me

I'm going outside to watch the house burn down across the street

I'm going outside to watch the house burn down across the street



To all the people out there tonight who are comforting themselves

If you should happen to see my light, you can stop and ring my bell

I'm just sittin' here in this sty, strewn with half written songs

Taking one breath at a time nothin' much going on, nothin' much going on