Sarah Mclachlan


CIRCLE
ELSEWHERE
FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTACY
GOOD ENOUGH
HOLD ON
LOST











Circle

There are two of us talking in circles
& one of us who wants to leave
in a world created for only us
an empty cage that has no key
don't you know we're working with flesh & blood
carving out of jealousy
Crawling into each other it's smothering
every little part of me

What kind of love is this that keeps me
hanging on
despite everything it's doing to me
what is this love that keeps me coming
back for more
when it will only end in misery

I know too many people unhappy
in a life from which they'd love to flee
watching others get everything offered
they're wanton for discovery
Oh my brother my sister my mother
you're loosing your identity
can't you see that it's you in the window
shining with intensity

What kind of love is this that keeps me
hanging on
despite everything it's doing to me
what is this love that keeps me coming
back for more
when it will only end in misery...
--Sarah Mclachlan


Elsewhere

I love the time & inbetween
the calm inside me
in the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a
distance I have wandered
to touch upon the years of
reaching out & reaching in
holding out holding in

I believe
this is heaven to no
one else but me
& I'll defend it as long as
I can be
left here to linger in silence
if I choose to
would you try to understand

I know this love is passing time
passing through like liquid
I am drunk in my desire...
but I love the way you smile at me
I love the way your hands reach out &
hold me near...
I believe...

I believe
this is heaven to no
one else but me
& I'll defend it as long as
I can be
left here to linger in silence
if I choose to
would you try to understand

Oh the quiet child awaits the day
when she can break free
the mold that clings like desperation
Mother can't you see I've got
to live my life the way I feel is
right for me
might not be right for you
but it's right for me...
I believe...

I believe
this is heaven to no
one else but me
& I'll defend it as long as
I can be
left here to linger in silence
if I choose to
would you try to understand

I would like to
linger here in silence
if I choose to
would you understand it
would you try to understand...



Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

All the fear has left me now
I'm not frightened anymore
It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh
it's my mouth that pushes out this breath

& if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
& if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love

Companion to our demons
they will dance
& we will play
With chairs candles & cloth
making darkness in the day
It will be easy to look in or out
upstream or down without a thought

& if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
& if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love

Peace in the struggle
to find peace
comfort on the way
to comfort

& if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
& if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love
I won't fear love
I won't fear love...



Good Enough

Hey your glass is empty
it's a hell of a long way home
why don't you let me take you
it's no good to go alone
I never would have opened up
but you seemed so real to me
after all the bullshit I've heard
it's refreshing not to see
I don't have to pretend
she doesn't expect it from me

Don't tell me I
haven't been good to you
don't tell me I
have never been there for you
don't tell me why
nothing is good enough

Hey little girl
would you like some candy
your momma said that it's OK
The door is open come on outside
no I can't come out today
it's not the wind
that cracked your shoulder
& threw you to the ground
who's there that makes you so afraid
you're shaken to the bone
& I don't understand
you deserve so much more than this

So don't tell me why
he's never been good to you
don't tell me why
he's never been there for you
don't you know that why
is simply not good enough
so just let me try
& I will be good to you
just let me try
& I will be there for you
I'll show you why
you're so much more than good enough...



Hold On

Hold on
Hold on to yourself
for this is gonna hurt like hell
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
you know that only time will tell
What is it in me that refuses to believe
this isn't easier than the real thing
My love
you know that you're my best friend
you know I'd do anything for you
my love
let nothing come between us
my love for you is strong & true

Am I in heaven here or am I...
at the crossroads I am standing
So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake & pray
that you'll be strong tomorrow & we'll
see another day & we will praise it
& love the light that brings a smile
across your face

Oh god if you're out there
won't you hear me
I know that we've never talked before
oh god the man I love is leaving
won't you take him
when he comes to your door

Am I in heaven here or am I in hell
at the crossroads I am standing
So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake & pray
that you'll be strong tomorrow & we'll
see another day & we will praise it
& love the light that brings a smile
across your face...

Hold on
hold on to yourself
for this is gonna hurt like hell



Lost

By the shadows of the night I go
I moved away from the crowded room
That sea of shallow faces masked in warm regret
They don't know how to feel, they don't know what is lost, ohh...

Lost in the darkness of a land
WHere all the hope that's offered is
Memories of being taken by the hand
And we are led into the sun

But I don't have a hold on what is real
Though we can only try
What is there to give or to believe
I want it all to go away I want to be alone
Sympathies wasted on my hollow shell
I feel there's nothing left to fight for
No reason for a cause
And I can't hear your voice and I can't feel you near

I wanted a change knowing all I could do was try
I was looking for someone...