[00:09.60]I'm black on blacker velvet,
[00:11.91]Milk skin and veins,
[00:14.09]Like some El Greco painting,
[00:16.34]So full of pain.
[00:18.33]So full of longing for light of day.
[00:23.08]
[00:27.13]I thought I knew who I was in the world.
[00:30.56]
[00:31.50]But here I am twice blind at being born,
[00:35.62]Crawling to my buried voice, within.
[00:40.98]
[00:44.04]And I've forgotten who I used to be.
[00:51.95]
[00:52.70]And I've forgotten the woman in red,
[00:58.88]
[00:59.69]Living her dream.
[01:01.50]And I've forgotten the courage I used to be.
[01:10.92]
[01:19.34]Happiness is overrated,
[01:20.84]
[01:21.65]It never lasts.
[01:23.71]Skating the surface of oceanic depths.
[01:27.52]
[01:28.14]Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning.
[01:33.38]
[01:37.00]So please forgive me all my seriousness,
[01:40.87]My so-called spirituality,
[01:43.12]
[01:43.81]I'm just a mess.
[01:45.12]
[01:45.74]I'm tears and anxiety,
[01:47.55]
[01:48.30]But I'm unafraid to See.
[01:51.54]
[01:53.98]And I've forgotten who I used to be,
[02:02.65]The leader in her glory shining, divining.
[02:11.48]And I've forgotten, the courage I used to be,
[02:19.40]
[02:20.15]The middle passage is so damned humbling, persona crumbling,
[02:29.01]I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
[02:33.93]
[02:37.17]And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
[02:42.85]
[02:45.78]I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
[02:51.52]
[02:54.52]And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
[03:01.63]
[03:04.25]Like some El Greco painting,
[03:06.31]No sun or sky.
[03:08.50]No lantern, no candle needed to light,
[03:12.18]
[03:12.80]The holy radiance behind the eyes.
[03:20.04]
[03:21.35]And I've forgotten who I used to be.
[03:28.90]
[03:29.71]And I've forgotten the woman in red, living her dream.
[03:38.45]And I've forgotten the courage I used to be.
[03:47.12]I don't know...