Natalie Merchant Short Quotes

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What a cold and rainy day
where on earth is the sun hid away?

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Your face saving promises
whispered like prayers
I don't need them

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O, I need
the darkness
the sweetness
the sadness
the weakness
I need this

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I need
a lullaby
a kiss goodnight
angel sweet
love of my life
o, I need this

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Take a look at my body
look at my hands
there's so much here
that I don't understand

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Once I was open, could hope, I had no doubt
but that was the worst thing that I could do

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Who'll save the poor little girl?
oh, Henry...
who'll tell the story of her?
Henry Darger

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Don't spread the discontent
don't spread the lies
don't make the same mistakes
with your own life

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Let me
have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning
please don't hide them just because of tears

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Trouble me
disturb me with all your cares and you worries
trouble me
on the days when you feel spent

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People see me
I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads
how I confound you and astound you

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Newspapers ask intimate questions
want confessions
they reach into my head
to steal the glory of my story

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Ophelia was a bride of god
a novice Carmelite
in sister cells the cloister bells
tolled on her wedding night

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Who do you believe?
who will you listen to
who will it be?
it's high time that you decide
in your own mind

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I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses
he's their kid I stay out of it,
but who gave you the right to do this?

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Ophelia was a cyclone, tempest
a god damned hurricane
your common sense
your best defense
lay wasted and in vain

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Ophelia was a circus queen
the female cannonball
projected through five flaming hoops
to wild and shocked applause...

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Have I been blind
have I been lost
inside myself and
my own mind
hypnotized
mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen?

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Speak to me
don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling
there's no telling where it starts or how it ends

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Where is the halo
that should glow 'round your face
and where are the wings that
should grow from your shoulder blades?

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Don't talk, I will listen
don't talk, you keep your distance
I'd rather hear some truth tonight
than entertain your lies

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Ophelia's mind went wandering
you'd wonder where she'd gone
through secret doors
down corridors
she'd wander them alone

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Motherland cradle me
close my eyes
lullaby me to sleep
keep me safe
lie with me
stay beside me
don't go, don't you go

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See them walking, if you dare
if you call that walking
stumble, stagger, fall and drag themselves
along the streets of heaven

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Threats like, "if you don't mind I will beat on your behind"
"slap you, slap you silly" made me say,
"o, what's the matter here?"

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You'll know it's true, that you are blessed and lucky
it's true, that you are touched by something
that will grow and bloom in you

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People ruthless, people cruel
see the damage that some people do
full of hatred, full of pride
it's enough to make you lose your mind

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These sobering sights I've seen
in the City of Angels
have all been one rude awakening
that was due to me
in this city of fallen angels

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I know that it will hurt
I know that it will break your heart
the way things are
and the way they've been
and the way they've always been

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People struggle, people fight
for the simple pleasures in their lives
but trouble comes from everywhere
it's a little more than you can bear

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