Natalie Merchant Lyrics

Album: Tigerlily

I May Know The Word Lyrics

I may know the word

 But not say it

 I may know the truth

 But not face 

 

 I may hear a sound

 A whisper, sacred & profound

 But turn my head

 Indifferent 

 

 I may know the word

 But not say it

 I may love the fruit

 But not taste it

 I may know the way

 To comfort & to soothe

 A worried face

 But fold my hands

 Indifferent 

 

 If I'm on my knees

 I'm begging now

 If I'm on my knees

 Groping in the dark

 I'd be praying for deliverance

 From the night into the day

 But it's all gray here

 It's all gray to me 

 

 I may know the word

 But not say it

 This may be the time

 But I might waste it

 This may be the hour

 Something move me

 Someone prove me wrong

 Before night comes

 With indifference 

 

 If I'm on my knees

 I'm begging now

 If I'm on my knees

 Groping in the dark

 I'd be praying for deliverance

 From the night into the day

 But it's all gray here

 But it's all gray to me 

 

 I recognize the walls inside

 I recognize them all

 I've paced between them

 Chasing demons down

 Until they fall

 In fitful sleep

 Enough to keep their strength

 Enough to crawl

 Into my head

 With tangled threads

 They riddle me to solve 

 

 Again & again & again