I've Left The Girl I Was Supposed To Be

"Tiger" by Paula Cole

Where do I put this fire
This bright red feeling
A tiger lily down my mouth
He wants to grow to twenty feet tall

I've left Bethlehem
And I feel free
I've left the girl I was supposed to be and
Someday I'll be born

I'm so tired of being shy
I'm not that girl anymore
I'm not that straight A anymore
Now I wanna sit with my
legs wide open and laugh so
loud that
The whole damn restaurant will
turn and look at me

Look at the tiger jumping out of her mouth

No more sex-starved teachers
trying to touch my ass
I can finally be a teenager at age 26
Go to hell lions, tigers and bears
I'm not afraid of you anymore
My fear broke apart like 50
balloons and I'm thrown
around the room
Like party confetti now

Someday I'll be born

Someday
Someday I'll be born
Someday

High and noon

Beginning played backwards once

"Always" by October Project

I have come to know you
Over all these years
We've seen many days come and go
After all the time we've shared
All the secrets told
Will you ever say I love you

If you gave me nothing
Nothing more than this
I would have the mem'ry to keep
Let me make this simple wish
As we fall asleep
Let me wake with you by my
side

Always

If you have to leave me
Leave me with a kiss
Tell me how you feel without words
Are you so afraid to stay
Must you be alone
Let me wake with you by my side

Always

"Never is a Promise" by Fiona Apple

You'll never see the courage I know
Its colors' richness won't appear within your view
I'll never glow the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgments made on you

But as the scenery grows I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still to proud to mention, to you

You'll say you understand
But you don't understand
You'll say you'll never give up seeing eye to eye
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie

You'll never touch these things that I hold
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
You'll never feel the heat of this soul
My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown to you

You'll say "don't fear your dreams"
It's easier than it seems
You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie

You'll never live this life that I live
I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night
You'll never hear the message I give
You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight

But as the scenery grows I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights
I realize what I am now too smart to mention, to you

You'll say you understand
You'll never understand
I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why
I don't know what to believe in
You don't know who I am
You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie