Fiona Apple--Tidal

Sleep To Dream

I tell you how I feel, but you don't care 
I saw tell me the truth, but you don't dare 
You say love is a hell you cannot bear 
And I say gimme mine back and then go there - for all I care 
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream 
You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem 
This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways 
So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise 
I have never been so insulted in all my life 
I could swallow the seas to wash down all this pride 
First you run like a fool just to be at my side 
And now you run like a food, but you just run to hide, and I can't abide 
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream 
You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem 
This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways 
So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise 
Don't make it a big deal, don't me so sensitive 
We're not playing a game anymore; you don't have to be so defensive 
Don't you plead me your case, don't bother to explain 
Don't even show me your face, 'cuz it's a crying shame 
Just go back to the rock from under which you came 
Take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim - 
And don't forget the blame 
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream 
You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem 
This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways 
So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise 

Sullen Girl

Days like this, I don't know what to do with myself 
All day -- and all night 
I wander the halls along the walls and under my breath 
I say to myself 
I need fuel -- to take flight -- 
And there's too much going on 
But it's calm under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion 
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion 
Is that why they call me a sullen girl -- sullen girl 
They don't know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea 
but he washed my shore and he took my perl 
And left and empty shell of me 
And there's too much going on 
But it's clam under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion 
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion 
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion 
It's calm under the waves in the blur of my oblivion 



Shadowboxer

Once my lover, now my friend 
What a cruel thing to pretend 
What a cunning way to condescend 
Once my lover, and now my firned 
Oh, you creep up like the clouds 
And you set my soul at east 
Then you let your love abound 
And you bring me to my knees 
Oh, its evil, babe, the way you let your 
grace enrapture me 
When well you know, I'd be insance - 
to ever let that dirty game recature me 
You made me a shadowboxer, baby 
I wanna be ready for what you do 
I been swinging all around me 
'Cause I don't know when you're 
gonna make your move 
Oh, your gaze is dangereous 
And you fill your space so sweet 
If I let you get too close 
You'll set your spell on me 
So darlin' I just wanna saw 
Just in case I don't come through 
I was on to every play 
I just wanted you 
But, oh, it's so evil, my love, the way you've 
no reverence to my concern 
So I'll be sure to stay wary of you, love, 
to save the pain of 
Once my flame and twice my burn 
You made me a shadowboxer, baby 
I wanna be ready for what you do 
I been swinging all around me 
'Cause I don't know when you're 
gonna make your move 

Criminal

I've been a bad bad girl
I've been careless with a delicate man 
And its a sad sad world 
When a girl will break a boy 
Just because she can 
Don't you tell me to deny it 
I've done wrong and I want to 
Suffer for my sins 
I've come to you 'cause I need 
Guidance to be ture 
And I just don't know where I can begin 
What I need is a good defense 
'Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal 
And I need to redeemed 
To the one I've sinned against 
Because he's all I ever knew of love 
Heaven help me for the way I am 
Save me from the evil deeds 
Before I get them done 
I know tomorrow brings the consequence 
At hand 
But I keep livin' this day like 
The next will never come 
Oh help me but don't tell me 
To deny it 
I've got to cleanse myself 
Of all these lies till I'm good 
Enough for him 
I've got a lot to lose and I'm 
Bettin' high 
So I'm beggin' you before it ends 
Just tell me where to begin 
What I need is a good defense 
'Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal 
And I need to redeemed 
To the one I've sinned against 
Because he's all I ever knew of love 
Let me know the way 
Before there's hell to pay 
Give me room to lay the law and let me go 
I've got to make a play 
To make my lover stay 
So what would an angel say 
The devil wants to know 
What I need is a good defense 
'Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal 
And I need to redeemed 
To the one I've sinned against 
Because he's all I ever knew of love 
What I need is a good defense 
'Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal 
And I need to redeemed 
To the one I've sinned against 
Because he's all I ever knew of love 

Slow Like Honey

You moved like honey in my dream last night 
Yeah, some old fires were burning 
You came near to me and you endeared to me 
But you couldn't quite discern me 
Does that scare you? I'll let you run away 
But your heart will not oblige you 
You'll remember me like a melody 
Yeah, I'll haunt the world inside you 
And my big secret - Gonna win you over 
Slow like honey, heavy with mood 
I'll let you see me, I'll covet your regard 
I'll invade your demeanor 
And you'll yield to me like a scent in the breeze 
And you'll wonder what it is about me 
It's my big secret - Keeping you coming 
Slow like honey, heavy with mood 
Though dreams can be deceiving 
Like faces are to hearts 
They serve for sweet relieving 
When fantasy and reality lie too far apart 
So I stretch myself across, like a bridge 
And I pull you to the edge 
And stand there waiting 
Trying to attain 
The end to satisfy the story 
Shall I release you? 
Must I release you? 
As I rise to meet my glory 
But my big secret 
Gonna hover over your life 
Gonna keep you reaching 
When I'm gone like yesterday 
When I'm high like heaven 
When I'm strong like music 
'Cuz I'm slow like honey, and 
Heavy with mood 



The First Taste

I lie in an early bed, thinking late thoughts 
Waiting for the black to replace my blue 
I do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught 
But daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary 
Of waiting to be consumed by you 
Give me the first taste, let it begin heaven cannot wait Forever 
Darling, just start the chase - I'll let you win but you must 
Make the endeavor 
Oh, your love give me a heart contusion 
Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red 
Your hungry flirt borders intrusion 
bI'm building memories on things we have not said 
Full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love, not nearly my love, not nearly 
Give me the first taste, let it begin heaven cannot wait Forever 
Darling, just start the chase - I'll let you win, but you must 
Make the endeavor 

Never Is A Promise

You'll never see the courage I know 
Its colors' richness won't appear within your view 
I'll never glow - the way that you glow 
Your presence dominates the judgements made on you 
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights 
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception 
My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights 
I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you 
You'll say you understand, but You don't understand 
You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye 
But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie 
You'll never touch - these things that I hold 
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own 
You'll never feel the heat of this soul 
My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you 
You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems 
You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high 
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie 
You'll never live the life that I live 
I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night 
You'll never hear the message I give 
You'll say it links as though I might give up this fight 
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights 
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception 
My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights 
I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you 
You'll say you understand, you'll never understand 
I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why 
I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am 
You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry 
But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie 

The Child Is Gone

Darling, give me your absence tonight 
Take the shade from the canvas and leave me the white 
Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside 
And don't bother leaving the light on 
'Cuz I suddenly feel like a different person 
From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion 
And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion 
A vacancy that just did not belong 
The child is gone 
Honey help me out of this mess 
I'm a stranger to myself 
But don't reach for me, I'm too far away 
I don't wanna talk 'cuz there's nothing left to say 
So my Darling, give me your absence tonight 
Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside 
'Cuz there's no kind of loving that can make this all right 
I'm trying to find a place I belong 
And I suddenly feel like a different person 
From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion 
And I ran my hand over a strange inversion 
As the darkness turns into the dawn 
The child is gone , The child is gone 



Pale September

Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that year 
The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin 
But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared 
My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within 
But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full 
And sank in the burrows of my keep 
And all my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet 
And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep 
He goes along just as a water lily 
Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats 
Unweighted down by passion or intensity 
Yet unaware of the depth upon which he coasts 
And he finds a home in me 
For what misfortune sows, he knows my touch will reap 
And all my armour failing down, in a pile at my feet 
And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep 
All my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet 
And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep 

Carrion

Won't do no good to hold no seance 
What's gone is gone and you can't bring it back around 
Won't do no good to hold no searchlight 
You can't illuminate what time has anchored down 
Oh, Honey (I've gone a-) 
Oh, Honey (I've gone a-) 
Oh, Honey (I've gone away) 
Won't do no good to sing no love song 
No sound could simulate the presence of a man 
Won't do no good asking no questions 
Your divination should acquaint You with the plan 
Oh, Honey (I've gone a-) 
Oh, Honey (I've gone a-) 
Oh, Honey (I've gone away) 
My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me And all I want is to save you, honey 
Or the strength to walk away 
Won't do no good to go no distance 
The space between us is as boundless as the dark 
Won't do no good to throw no fist, babe 
You can't intimidate me back into your arms 
Oh, Honey (I've gone a-) 
Oh, Honey (I've gone a-) 
Oh, Honey (I've gone away) 
My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me 
Like the carrion of a murdered prey 
And all I want is to save you, honey 
Or the strength to walk away 
My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me 
Like the carrion of a murdered prey 
And all I want is to save you, honey 
Or the strength to walk away