Everything Single, 2004

Fate Stay With Me Single, 1985

Feast on Scraps, 2002

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Everything Single

Everything (Radio Edit)

I can be an asshole of the grandest kind
I can withhold like it's going out of style
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone as, as positive as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still he-e-ere

I blame everyone else not my own partaking
My passive-aggressiveness can be devastating
I am the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone as
As everything as I am sometimes

You see everything (You see everything)
You see every part (You see every part)
You see all my light (You see all my light)
And you love my dark (And you love my-y dark)
You dig everything (You dig everything)
Of which I'm ashamed (Of which I'm ashamed)
There's not anything (There's not anything)
To which you can't relate (To which you can't relate)
And you're still he-e-ere

What I resist, persists and speaks
Louder than I know
What I resist, you love
No matter how low or high I go

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything (you dig everything)
Of which I'm ashamed (Of which I'm ashamed)

And you're still he-ere

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Everything (Vancouver Sessions)

I can be an asshole of the grandest kind
I can withhold like it's going out of style
I can be the moodiest baby
And you've never met anyone as, as negative as I am sometimes

I am the wisest woman you've ever met
I am the kindest soul with whom you've connected
I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen
And you've never met anyone as, as positive as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still he-e-ere

I blame everyone else not my own partaking
My passive-aggressiveness can be devastating
I'm terrified and mistrusting
And you've never met anyone as, as closed down as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything
To which you can't relate
And you're still he-e-ere

What I resist, persists, and speaks
Louder than I know.
What I resist, you love
No matter how low or high I go

I'm the funniest woman that you've ever known
I am the dullest women that you've ever known
I'm the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known
And you've never met anyone as
As everything as I am sometimes

You see everything
You see every part
You see all my light
And you love my dark
You dig everything
Of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything
To which you can't relate
And you're still he-e-ere

Ah ho oh,
'Nd ooh oh oh
You-ou ooh ooh oh oh

'Nd ah ho oh oh
Ooh ooh ooh

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Precious Illusions (Vancouver Sessions)

You'll rescue me right? In the exact same way they never did
I'll be happy right? When your healing powers kick in

You'll complete me right? Then my life can finally begin
I'll be worthy right? Only when you realize the gem I am?

But this won't wo-ork now the way it once did
And I won't keep it up even though I would love to
Once I know who I'm not then I'll know who I am
But I know I won't keep on playing the victim

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless
And parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends

This ring will help me yet as will you knight in shining armou-ou-ou-our
This pill will help me yet as will these boys gone through like water

But this won't work as well as the way it once did
'Cause I want to decide between survival and bliss
Though I know who I'm not I still don't know who I am
But I know I won't keep on playing the victim

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was a kid
And parting with them is like parting with a childhood best frie-ie-ie-iend

I've spent so long firmly looking outside me
I've spent so much time living in survi-i-i-i-i-ival mo-o-ode

But this won't work now the way it once did
'Cause I want to decide between survival and bliss
'n' though I know who I'm not I still don't know who I am
But I know I won't keep on playing the victim

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless
And parting with them is like parting with invisible best frie-ie-iends

These precious illusions in my hea-ea-ead did not let me down when I was a kid
And parting with them is like parting with a childhood best friend

Ooh ah ah ah oh oh
Ah ah 'nd oh oh oh

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So Unsexy (Vancouver Sessions)

Oh these little rejections how they add up quickly
One small sideways look and I feel so ungood and
Somewhere along the way I think I gave you the power to make
Me feel the way I thought only my father could

Oh these little rejections how they seem so real to me
One forgotten birthday I'm all but coo-ooked and
How these little abandonments seem to sting so easily
I'm thirteen again am I thirteen for good?

I can feel so unsexy for someone so beautiful and
So unlovèd for someone so fi-i-ine
I can feel so boring for someone so-o interesting and
So ignorant for someone of sound mind

Oh these little protections how they fail to serve me
One forgotten phone call and I'm deflated and
Oh these little defenses how they fail to comfort me
Your hand pulling away and I'm devastated

I can feel so unsexy for someone so beautiful and
So unlovèd for someone so fi-i-ine
I can feel so boring for someone so-o interesting and
So ignorant for someone of sound mind

When will I stop leaving baby-y?
When will I stop deserting baby-y-y?
When will I start staying with myse-elf?

Oh these little projections how they keep springing from me
I jump my ship as I take it personally and
Oh these little rejections how they disappear quickly
The moment I decide not to abandon me

I can feel so unsexy for someone so beautiful and
So unlovèd for someone so fi-ine
I can feel so boring for someone so-o interesting and
So ignorant for someone of sound mind

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Feast on Scraps

Bent 4 U (Precious Illusions Single) aka Bent For You (Feast On Scraps)

You're unsure and you're not ready so that must mean I want you
You're unavailable and disinterested, to you I look for comfort

A million times in a million ways I will try to change you
A million months and a million days I'll try to convince you

I have waited for you and adjusted for you and I'm done
I have deferred to you and enabled you and I'm done

You're too young or you're too old or you're simply not inclinèd
You're asleep or you're withholding be that my cue to crave you

Several times in several ways I'll try to squeeze love from you
Several hours and several ways I'll feast on scraps thrown from you

I have bent for you and I've deprived for you and I'm done
I have depressed for you and I've contorted for you and I'm done
I have stifled for you and compromised for you and I'm done
I have silenced for you and sacrificed for you and I'm done

It won't be long before I am reclaimed and
It won't take long and I'll be on path again
It won't be easy for us to disengage and
I'm at the end of self-deprivation stage

You're afraid of every woman, afraid of your inner workings
You cringe at the thought of living under the same, roof as me God and everything

A million times and a million ways I've tried to alter to match you
Several times every several days I've tried to uncrush on you

I have waited for you and adjusted for you and I'm done
I have deferred to you and enabled you and I'm done
I have bent for you and I've deprived for you and I'm done
I have depressed for you and I've contorted for you and I'm done

Ooh oh ah ho ho ah ah ah ah no oh oh oh
Ooh oh ah ah ah ah aye yi ho oh ho oh
Ooh ooh ah ah ah da dum ah ah ah
Ooh ooh ooh ooh aye ee aye ah ya ah ho oh oh

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Fear of Bliss

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My misery has enjoyed company
And although I have achèd
I don't threaten anybody
Sometimes I feel more bigness than I've shared with you
Sometimes I wonder why I quell when I'm not required to

I've tried to be small
I've tried to be stunted
I've tried roadblocks and all
My happy endings prevented

Sometimes I feel it's all just too big to be true
I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do

Fear of bliss and fear of joyitude
Fear of bigness (and ensuing solitude?)

I could be golden
I could be glowing
I could be freedom
But that could be boring

Sometimes I feel this is too scary to be true
I sabotage myself for fear of losing you

Fear of bliss and fear of joyitude
Fear of bigness (and ensuing solitude?)

This talk of liberation makes me want to go lie down
Under the covers 'til the terror of the unknown is gone, go-o-o-one

I could be full
I could be thriving
I could be shining
Sounds isolating

Sometimes I feel this is too good to be true
And I sabotage myself for fear of what my joy could do

Fear of bliss and fear of joyitude
Fear of bigness (and ensuing solitude?)

Fear of bliss and fear of joyitude
Fear of bigness (and ensuing solitude?)

[Softly] I've tried to be small
I've tried to be stunted
I've tried roadblocks and all
My happy endings are prevented

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Hands Clean (Acoustic Version)

If it weren't for your maturity none of this would've happened
If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself and
If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and if
If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much

Ooh this could be messy-y
But you-ou don't seem to mi-ind
Ooh don't go telling everybody-y-y
And overlook this supposèd crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of u-u-u-us
And I have honoured your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of thi-i-is

You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me and
You're a kind of a protégé and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me and
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian and
I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it

Ooh this could be messy-y-y
But you-ou-ou don't seem to mi-ind and
Ooh don't go telling everybody-y-y
And overlook this supposèd cri-ime

We'll fast forward to a few years later and
No one knows except the both of u-u-u-us
And I have honoured your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of thi-i-is

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family and
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse and
I wish I could tell the world 'cause you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly and
I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and you keep your firm body and

Ooh this could be messy-y-y
But you-ou-ou don't seem to mi-ind and
Ooh don't go tellin' everybody-y-y
And overlook this supposèd crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of u-u-u-us
And I have honoured your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of thi-i-is

Ooh ooh ah ah
Ooh oh ah oh
Ooh ah oh

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Offer

Who, who am I to be blue?
Look at my family and fortune
Look at my friends and my house

Who, who am I to feel dead? and
Who am I to feel spent?
Look at my health and my money

And where, where do I go to feel good?
Why do I still look outside me?
When clearly I've seen it won't work

Is it my calling to keep on when I'm unable and
Is it my job to be selfless extraordinai-aire and
My generosity has me disabled by this
My sense of duty to offer

And why, why do I feel so ungrateful?
Me who is far beyond survival
Me who's seen life as an oyster

Is it my calling to keep on when I'm unable and
Is it my job to be selfless extraordinai-aire and
My generosity has me disabled by this
My sense of duty to offer

And how, how dare I rest on my laurels
How dare I ignore an outstretched hand
How dare I ignore a third-world country

Is it my calling to keep on when I'm unable and
Is it my job to be selfless extraordinai-aire and
My generosity has me disabled by this
My sense of duty to offer

Who, who am I to be blue?

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Purgatorying

As per Feast On Scraps

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E-entertain me for the tenth hour in a row again
Anaesthetize me with your gossip and any random anecdotes
A-and fill every hour with activity or ea-ea-ear candy-y-y
Drop me off at intersections in any city metro-opolitan
And keep me in this state
And keep me purgatorying
And sing me back to sleep
This is far more than I had bargained for

Start every week with a breakneck urgent design
And e-end every speed day with my
Briefcase representing free time
Spending my fruit as my purchases become my lifeline
Please give my lo-ove to my family
I'll doubtfully be home at Christmas time
Don't disturb me in this state
Please leave me purgatorying
I'll be damned if I'm to wake
This is far more than I am equippèd for

I've held you up like a deity
Like you're the sole owner of wings
This unrequited tunnel vision
And I wonder why I've not been wri-iting
Please keep me in this state
Please keep me purgatorying
Please rock me back to sleep
This love is more than than I had bargained for
I'll be damned if I'm to wake
This is far more than I'm equippèd for

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Simple Together

You've been my golden best friend
And now with post-demise at hand
I can't go to you for consolation
'Cause we're off limits during this transition

This grief overwhelms me
It burns in my stomach
And I can't stop bumping into things

[Doubled]
I thought we'd be simple together
I thought we'd be happy together
Thought we'd be limitless together
I thought we'd be precious together
But I was sadly mistaken

You've been my soulmate and then some
I remembered you the moment I met you
With you I knew God's face was handsome
With you I saw fun and expansion

This loss is numbing me it pierces my chest
And I can't stop dropping everything

I thought we'd be sexy togethe-er
Thought we'd be evolving togethe-er
I thought we'd have children togethe-er
I thought we'd be family together
But I was sadly mistaken

If I had a bill for all the philosophies I shared
If I had a penny for all the possibilities I presented
If I had a dime for every hand thrown up in the air
My wealth would render this no less severe

I thought we'd be genius togethe-er
I thought we'd be healing togethe-er
I thought we'd be growing togethe-er
Thought we'd be adventurous together
But I was sadly mistaken

Thought we'd be exploring togethe-er
Thought we'd be inspired togethe-er
I thought we'd be flying togethe-er
Thought we'd be on fire together
But I was sadly mistake-ee-e-e-ee-e-e-en

Ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ah ow
Ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ah ow
Ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ah ow
Ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ah ow

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Sister Blister

You and me we're cut from the same cloth
It seems to some we famously get along
But you and me are strangers to each other
'Cause you and me: Competitive to the bone

Such tragedy to trample on each other with how much we've endured
With the state this land is in

And you and me feel joinèd by only gender
We are not all for one and one for all

Sister blister we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we wi-i-i-i-in
They're happy we're climbing over each other to
Beg the club of boyz to let us in

You and me estrangèd from the mother
You and me have felt impotent in our skin
You and me have taken it out on each other and
You and me disloyal to the feminine

Such a pity to disavow each other with how far we've come
With how strong we've been

And you and me are on this pendulum together
And you and me with scarcity still fueling

Sister blister we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we wi-i-i-i-in
They're happy we're climbing over each other to
Beg the club of boys to let us in

We may not have priorities same
We may not even like each o-o-other
We may not be hugely anti-men
But such a cost to dishonour a sister

You and me have made it harder for the other
We forget how hard separatism has been
You and me, we can help change their minds together and
You and me in alignment until the end

Sister blister we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we wi-i-i-i-in
They're happy we're climbing over each other to
Beg the club of boys to let us in

Sister blister we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we wi-i-i-i-in
They're happy we're climbing over each other to
Beg the club of boys to let us in

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (ooh ooh)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (ooh ooh)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (ooh ooh)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (ooh ooh)
Ah ah ah ah ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (hoo ooh ooh)

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Sorry 2 Myself (Precious Illusions single, Under Rug Swept (Japan)) aka Sorry To Myself (Feast on Scraps)

For hearing all my doubts so selectively and
For continuing my numbing relentlessly and
For helping you when myself not even considering
For beating myself up and over-functioning

To whom do I owe the biggest apology?
No one's been crueller than I've been to me

For letting you decide if I indeed was desirable and
For my self-love being so embarrassingly conditional and
For denying myself to somehow make us compatible and
For trying to fit a rectangle into a hole and

To whom do I owe the biggest apology?
No one's been crueller than I've been to me

I'm sorry to myself
My apologies begin here before everybody else
I'm sorry to myself
For treating me worse than I would anybody else

For blaming myself for your unhappiness and
For my impatience when I wa-as perfect where I was
For ignoring all the signs that I was not ready and
For expecting myself to be where you wanted me to be

To whom do I owe the first apology?
No one's been crueller than I've been to me

And I'm sorry to myself
My apologies begin here before everybody else
I'm sorry to myself
For treating me worse than I would anybody else

When I wonder which crime is the biggest
Forgetting you, or forgetting myse-elf
Had I heeded the wisdom of the latter
I would've naturally loved the fo-o-ormer

For ignoring you, my highest voices and
For smiling when my strife was all too obvious
For being so disassociated from my body and
For not letting go when that would've been the kindest thing

To whom do I owe the biggest apology
No one's been crueller than I've been to me

And I'm sorry to myself
My apologies begin here before everybody else
I'm sorry to myself
For treating me worse than I would anybody else
I'm sorry to myself
My apologies begin here before everybody else
I'm sorry to myself
For treating me worse than I would anybody else

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh

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Unprodigal Daughter

I had disengagèd to avoid being totalled
I would run away and say good riddance soon enough
I had grown disgusted by your small-minded ceiling
To imagine myself bolting had not been difficult

Soon be my life
Soon be my pace
Soon be my choice of which you'll have no part of

Unprodigal daughter and I'm heading for the West
Disenchanted daughter and this plane cannot fly fast enough
Unencumbered daughter hit the ground running at last
I'd invite you but I'm busy being unoppressed

I hit the ground running although I know not what toward
I hit the town reeling forgetting all that came before
I felt primed and ready once surrounded by the palms
I felt culture shockèd but dissuaded I was not

This is my town
This is my voice
This is my taste of which you've had no part of

Unprodigal daughter and I'm heading for the West
Disenchanted daughter and this plane cannot fly fast enough
Unencumbered daughter hit the ground running at last
I'd invite you but I'm busy being unoppressed

One day I'll saddle back and speak of foreign adventures
One day I'll double back and tell you about these unfettered years
One day I'll look back and feel something other than relieved
Glad that I left when I did before "no dear you can't" got the best of me

I'd speak of artistry you would roll your eyes skyward
When I'd speak of spirituality, you would label it absurd
When I spoke of possibility you would frown and shake your head
If I had stayed much longer I'd have surely imploded

These are my words
This is my house
These are my friends of which you've had no part of

Unprodigal daughter and I'm heading for the West
Disenchanted daughter and this plane cannot fly fast enough
Unencumbered daughter hit the ground running at last
I'd invite you but I'm busy being unoppressed

Unprodigal daughter and I'm heading for the West
Disenchanted daughter and this plane cannot fly fast enough
Unencumbered daughter hit the ground running at last
I'd invite you but I'm busy being unoppressed

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Fate Stay With Me Single

Fate Stay With Me

What did you think I'd be doin' now
While you left me, I was thinkin' aloud
Would there be no end to my sorrow
Will I make it through tomorrow

Let the autumn leaves fa-all
The chilly raindrops free-eeze
The white snow me-ee-elts
I'll just sail on those seas
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free

That wouldn't be any fun
I'd rather be lying on the sun
Together alone with you
Beneath the sky of blue

Let the autumn leaves fa-all
The chilly raindrops free-eeze
The white snow me-ee-lts
I'll just sail on those seas
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free

Tell me! Te-ell me!
Why my life is full of cryin'
Baby! Baby!
I feel as though I'm dying

Fate, Fate, Fate

Let the autumn leaves fa-all
The chilly raindrops free-eeze
The white snow me-ee-elts
I'll just sail on those se-eas
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free

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Find The Right Man

You found the right man in the right place
Once in a while you meet him face to face
It was love at first sight
Honey you've gotta fight
For his lo-ove, for his lo-ove

He feels the same way, I think you know it
You can't be afraid to show it
When will this hidden emotion
Give you the notion
Make the first move, make the first move

You gotta get it straight
Oh dear don't wait
This might be your lucky day
Don't say that there's no way-ay

Darling you just can't let him go
Deep down in your heart you can't feel it all
I'll be having a conversation
I'll be calling all there is
For his lo-ove, for his lo-ove

You know you can take his heart away
Just look straight in his eyes
And then you say
Hey can't you just see
We'll be great you and me
Oh yea-ah, oh yea-ah

[Instrumental]

You gotta get it straight
Oh dear don't wait
This might be your lucky day
Don't say that there's no wa-ay

You found the right man in the right place
Once in a while you meet him face to face
It was love at first sight
Honey you've gotta fight
For his lo-ove, for his lo-ove

It was love at first sight
Honey you've gotta fight
For his lo-ove, for his lo-ove
It was love at first sight
Honey you've gotta fight
For his lo-ove, for his lo-ove
It was love at first sight
Honey you've gotta fight
For his lo-ove, for his lo-ove
It was love at first sight
Honey you've gotta fight...

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