Elsewhere

Music and Lyrics by Sarah McLachlan

First, I would like to dedicate this song and page to my friend Erin. It's her theme song (If you watch Ally McBeal you know what I'm talking about.) Erin is a bohemian flower child and she says: "I don't care who I fall in love with, whether male or female, but I refuse to restrict myself."


I love the time and in between 
the calm inside me 
in the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a 
distance I have wandered
to touch upon thee years of 
reaching out and reaching in.

holding out holding in
I believe this is heaven to no one else but me
and 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 and hold me near...
I believe...

I believe this is heaven to no one else but me
and 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 desparation.
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
and 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 it
I would like to linger here in silence 
if I choose to
would you try to understand...


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