Melissa Etheridge

[fox69]

"Company"

"Company"


If you ask me I will say I'm fine
All pink like birthday girls and valentines
Then the stillness of the night reminds
That I don't like to be alone

My thoughts are race cars running 'round my head
Burst into flames and crash into my bed
Until I fall into a dream instead
All my love has turned to stone

All I want is company
Someone to understand this misery
Send a reflection of myself to me
'Cause everybody needs some company

These times I'm living in just make no sense
Sometimes my face, it's pushed against the fence
I wanna scream out in my self defense
But I don't want to be alone

All I want is company
Someone to understand this misery
Send a reflection of myself to me
'Cause everybody needs some company

What is truth and what is fear?
Will I find it under here?
I know they're selling me a lie
But I'm not first in line to buy, first in line to try

I find some sanity on the written page
Well, life is worth more than a living wage
I say the battle's over now, it's time to change
I won't ever be alone

All I want is company
Someone to understand this misery
Send a reflection of myself to me
'Cause everybody needs some company

 

[fox69]

"Dance Without Sleeping"

"Dance Without Sleeping"


I don't want to talk about it
I've done enough I think
I don't want to spend more money
Don't want another drink
I would scratch out all the images
If I had the chance
Don't ask me what I'm thinking
Can't you see I only want to dance

Dance without sleeping
Dance without fear
Dance without senses no message I hear
Dance without sleeping
Dance till I'm numb
Dance till I think I can overcome

Walking on the edge of rage and understanding
Between the black and the white
This child is so angry
Alone here tonight
Alarming desperation
Leads me to believe
With all my shields and protection
It's only me I deceive

Dance without sleeping
Dance without fear
Dance without senses no message I hear
Dance without sleeping
Dance till I'm numb
Dance till I think I can overcome

The eyes on a magazine
The voice on the radio
The kiss on the movie screen
This is the story I know
Fathers hold on and they never go
Mothers hold on and they never go
Lovers hold on and they never go
Lovers they come and they never go

Dance without sleeping
Dance without fear
Dance without senses no message I hear
Dance without sleeping
Dance till I'm numb
Dance till I think I can overcome

 

[fox69]

"Don't You Need"

"Don't You Need"


I had a dream late last night
The water was running low
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky
My body was moving slow
And when I awoke I tasted the sweat of desire in my mouth
And I realized my heart had abducted my mind
And they were last seen headed south
Now I can't sleep I'm so wired
And I find myself screaming out

Don't you need don't you want
Can't you taste it when you're alone
Don't you cry don't you feel
Sometimes I wonder if you are real
Don't you bleed
Don't you need

There's no quenching the thirst there's no relief
For the hungry at heart
And as far as you're concerned I'm just a thief
Entertaining in the dark
But it's you that holds the cards
Now that the joker is wild

Don't you want to lay it down
And feel your skin against the ground
Don't you want to ride the storm
And then sleep inside the calm
Don't you want to get that high
Don't you want to be satisfied
Well if you don't want it from me
Don't you need

I had a dream late last night
The water was running low
And my fields were on fire burning my sky
How was I to know
That I burn every night in my dreams
And only morning can set me free

Don't you need don't you want
Can't you taste it when you're alone
Don't you cry don't you feel
Sometimes I wonder if you are real
Don't you bleed
Don't you need

 

[fox69]

"Down To One"

"Down To One"


What went right
What went wrong
Doesn't really matter much
When it's gone

Was it too hard to try
Was it too hard to lie
Did you just grow tired of hello and goodbye
Was it the naked truth that made you run
Where do I go now
That I'm down to one

Sooner or later
We all end up walking alone
I'm down to one
My heart is a traitor
It led me down this road
Now it's done
I'm down to one

I want to know where I failed
I want to know where I sinned
Cause I don't want to ever feel this way again
Was the wanting too deep
Did it block your sun
Where do I go now
That I'm down to one

What am I supposed to think
What am I gonna say
What did I ever know
About this love anyway

 

[fox69]

"Drag Me Away"

"Drag Me Away"


Did you think that I was leaving
My ticket was just one way
The angels I believed in
Were gonna carry me away
Did you think that I would simply
Give them my last breath
Well honey you've got me wrong
I would never leave you for death

It's gonna take more than that to get rid of me
It's gonna take more than that to make me fade
They'll have to tie me up and drag me away
They'll have to shut my mouth and drag me away

There is no one I serve
I am not here to please
I will not be a hostage
To my own dis-ease
Come on out and hold me
Out into the great sunlight
No power on earth can stop us
We both become one tonight

I've never been more sure of anything
I've never been more sure of what I am
They'll have to tie me up and drag me away
They'll have to shut my mouth and drag me away
There is no dark that can over come a flame
There is no force that can
Drag me away

They could bring an army
Ten thousand men or more
Their mass weapons of destruction
Won't even up the score
Come on come on baby
They'll have to drag me away
They'll have to tie me up and drag me away
They'll have to shut my mouth and drag me away
There's no dark that can overcome a flame
There's no force that can drag me away

 

[fox69]

"Enough Of Me"

"Enough Of Me"


We were all wounded in some domestic war
I found you to settle my score
You looked like father
You felt like mother
My mind told my heart
There is no other

And I gave you my soul
And every ounce of control
I gave you my skin
And my original sin
I gave you my pride and my side
oh my pride

Ain't that enough
I turned your dreams into lightning
Ain't that enough
I held the world back for you
Ain't that enough
I loved you past the point of dying
Ain't that enough of me for you

I was so sure one and one gave you one
My noisy love is coming undone
Now you leave like father
Disappointed like mother
And I know in my heart
There is no other

And I gave you my soul
And every ounce of control
And I gave you my shame
And my eternal flame
And I gave you my need and my seed Oh my need

Why can't you hold on

 

[fox69]

"Enough Rain"

"Enough Rain"


Haven't you had enough rain
Have you been drowning in your favorite pain
Don't go back to sleep stay awake here with me
Haven't you had enough rain

Where are you going
When there's nowhere to run and nothing to hide
Who are you fooling
The fear that surrounds you comes from inside

Haven't you had enough rain
Have you been drowning in your favorite pain
Don't go back to sleep stay awake here with me
Haven't you had enough rain

Are you believing
That someday is over and dreams are all gone
Come on believe me
Life is a voice and you are the song
Honey, come on

Don't let go keep breathing
You can hold on
The sky will stop bleeding
Just like the pain
Haven't you had enough rain

Haven't you had enough rain
Have you been drowning in your favorite pain
Don't go back to sleep stay awake here with me
Haven't you had enough rain

 

[fox69]

"Falling Up"

"Falling Up"


I sent a picture to my very best friend
And in the picture was me and my car
At another dead end
If you wanna and come and find me
I can leave you a sign
My heart's a little heavy but the rest of me is, well
Fine all fine

So here's to me let's raise a cup
I'm fancy free and I'm falling
Falling, I'm falling up now
I'm falling up now, I'm falling up now

I get the picture of reapin' what I sow
It's getting' clearer that all that I love
Is all that I know

So here's to me let's raise a cup
I'm fancy free and I'm falling
Falling, I'm falling up now
I'm falling up now, I'm falling up now

Every now and then it gets too dark to see
Too dark to see just what's in front of me
Every now and then I fall off the edge
Right off the ledge heels over head
Am I givin' in if I'm trying
Am I really falling or flying
Am I really living or dying
Am I really falling, falling or flying

I'm falling up now
I'm falling up now
I'm falling up now

Come on send me a picture
Of everywhere that you've been
And then honey, come on, come on, come on
And shake it like a Polaroid

 

[fox69]

"Fearless Love"

"Fearless Love"


When I woke up I was 17
You kissed my lips in a bad bad dream
Showed me things aren't what they appear to be
Called me angel and set me free
You gave me life in the cold cold dark
But you ran away in the mornings spark
Made me think that reality
Is not where I want to be

I am what I am and
I am what I am afraid of
Oh what am I afraid of
I need a fearless love
Don't need to fear the end
If you can't hold me now
You will never hold me again
I want to live my life
Pursuing all my happiness
I want a fearless love
I won't settle for anything less

I've walked my path had worlds collide
I lost my way and I fooled my pride
This lover's ache wouldn't feel so strange
If I could only change

But I am what I am and
I am what I am afraid of
So what am I afraid of
I need a fearless love
Don't need to fear the end
If you can't hold me now
You will never hold me again
I want to live my life
Pursuing all my happiness
I want a fearless love
I won't settle for anything less

Now I'm not here to lay the blame
I understand when you hold a flame
Heads will shake heads will turn
And sometimes you just get burned

 

[fox69]

"Gently We Row"

"Gently We Row"


When my soul crashed into my body
Falling into consciousness
That's when my mind began this illusion
Of taking it step after step
I looked into Mother's eyes
I said tell me what I should believe
And she drew me a room with a light
And said just turn it off when you leave

[Chorus:]
Slow slow this river is slow
And we're all out here all on our own
Row row gently we row
And one day we'll find our way home

Step after step they drew me a town
They drew me a fear and a need
They drew me a God and they drew me some money
Hiding the truth far from me
I asked the cool firelight
Tell me what I should believe
They gave me a song and they gave me a dance
Saying sleep now your pain we'll relieve

[Chorus]

I have stumbled and crawled
I have begged to know why
I've been ashamed when I've chosen to lie
In all of this darkness I have searched for a light
To come and find me
And when I found me

I wrapped my arms 'round my own daughter
As she fell into her place and time
And as her mind creates her illusions
I won't complicate hers with mine
She looked into her mother's eyes
Said tell me what I should believe
And I drew her a door and I drew her a key
I said when you're ready you come and find me
And we'll walk out of here and tomorrow will be
A new day
Slow slow this river is slow
You are never out here on your own
Row row gently we row
Together we'll find our way
Slow slow this river is slow
And life is not what it seems
Row row gently we row
The truth is it's only a dream