Damn, I Wish I Could Write Like This

2007 - Tracy Chapman - Our Bright Future

I used to think about what's real and true
What can not be proven; what can not be assumed.
Once when I was younger, in the bloom of youth
I received an honest answer when a lie would do.

And now all I do is sit in my darkened room,
and on occasion break my silence,
to howl at the moon.
To curse every nerve and neuron in my brain
That won't stop the pain I'm feeling
And let me stop thinking

I used to think, Galileo would agree
that the world was round
and you'd come round, to me
But I have looked for you
and you're nowhere in sight
the world must be flat
the Babylonians were right

And now all I do is sit in my darkened room,
and on occasion break my silence,
to howl at the moon.
To curse every nerve and neuron in my brain
That won't stop the pain I'm feeling
And let me stop thinking

I used to think, consider gravity,
If I placed you on a pedestal, you'd slip and fall for me
But you floated on the air
far away at light speed
I guess some objects do defy the laws that we conceive

And now all I do is sit in my darkened room,
and on occasion break my silence,
to howl at the moon.
To curse every nerve and neuron in my brain
That won't stop the pain I'm feeling
And let me stop thinking

I used to think - it took all my time
Analyzing you- your mind on my mind
Your name my mantra
repeated on my lips
that once tried to kiss you
a memory unrepressed

And now all I do is sit in my darkened room,
and on occasion break my silence,
to howl at the moon.
To curse every nerve and neuron in my brain
That won't stop the pain I'm feeling
And let me stop thinking

Stop thinking of you
Stop thinking of you
Stop thinking of you
Stop thinking of you