splinter

Ani Difranco

Somethin' about this landscape
Just don't feel right
Hyper-air-conditioned
And lit pup all night

Like we just gotta see
Like we can't even bring ourselves to sweat

Sweat in the summer, shiver in the winter
Just enough to know that we're alive
Watch out for that T.V., it's full of splinter
And remember you can always go outside
Really, really, really far outside

And some might call it conservation
And some might call it common sense
And maybe it's because I am libra
I say balance, balance, balance
I say balance, balance, balance

Who put all this stuff in my apartment?
Who put all this ice in my drink?
Who put the poison in the atmosphere?
Who put the poison in the atmosphere?
Who put the poison in the way I think?

Oh, women, won't you be our windows?
Women who bleed, and bleed, and bleed
Women who swell with the tide
Women who change when the wind blows
Show us we are not separate from everything
Show us we are connected to everything

So, here's to the trials of living
Here's to feeling our share of pain
All the way from childbirth to dying
Here's to staying connected to everything
Here's to being connected to everything