The lights go dim
as the night calms down
She’s still winding around
Spinning or so she thinks
like the miniature
ballerina
she wishes
she could be
Desperate to be nothing
Desperate for
a turn of the key
a taming of the shrew
Day and night
she wonders alone
Who will it be
to unlock me
Pleading
don’t you like
these
simple and sad
delicate words
like a doll
covering disaster
now who’s the puppet
and who’s the master
It’s easier to be
seen as something
that you not.
but is it because
there is less to cover up?
One way or another
anything you do
will get twisted
and turned around
on you
Spiraling girl
you always give the world
You always give the world a whirl
and I believe
no good deed
goes unpunished
like being hated
for lovin’.
It used to feel good to throw away
all our cautions
but these days
the wind’s too heavy
can’t keep your feet on the ground.
as the night calms down
She’s still winding around
Spinning or so she thinks
like the miniature
ballerina
she wishes
she could be
Desperate to be nothing
Desperate for
a turn of the key
a taming of the shrew
Day and night
she wonders alone
Who will it be
to unlock me
Pleading
don’t you like
these
simple and sad
delicate words
like a doll
covering disaster
now who’s the puppet
and who’s the master
It’s easier to be
seen as something
that you not.
but is it because
there is less to cover up?
One way or another
anything you do
will get twisted
and turned around
on you
Spiraling girl
you always give the world
You always give the world a whirl
and I believe
no good deed
goes unpunished
like being hated
for lovin’.
It used to feel good to throw away
all our cautions
but these days
the wind’s too heavy
can’t keep your feet on the ground.