help me breathe
Singer:sophie b. hawkins
a silent woman parts her lips
to speak before she ought
she makes a cross of her emotions
and a panic of her thoughts
out of her mouth she comes in rages
she runs ahead of her intentions
though she's programmed for defeat
by the hunger and the hatred
the prostitution of her nature
she has given and forgiven for to give her
to the longing for a loving hand
but you know you cannot reach her
'til she's taken back her life
a lonely child of fourteen
finds her future in a drum
she plays for present day omissions
and for whom she must become
out of her passion breaks the stillness
a strict devotion to the rhythm
with a substitute for time
she looks out of her window
at the changes in the sky
she never wants to leave her sanctuary
but she's grown up on the outside
with an instinct for the pain
that drives the men inside her wild
and women wanting her insane
both lovers bring their cameras
to the beach on new year's eve
they are expecting nothing other
than to see what they believe
four feet walking toward the lighthouse
in the freezing winter rain
she flashes stately in the distance
humming her somnolent refrain