Rock Paper Scissors — текст песни (Ani Difranco)

It`s rock, paper, scissors as to whether
I will get over you at all
It`s hand against hand
Both hands are mine
It`s standing in a circular line
Which is not to say that I am not also happy
A happy me with a surprise inside
Surprise surprise, here`s another bright light in your eyes
Exposing all the stuff you`re just not calculating enough to hide
And this melancholy that I carry makes me feel so grown up
At the kitchen table doing shots of resignation
I never thought I`d see the day when I would say I give up
And break the stallions of my wildest expectations
But I do not want to know you this way
Surrounded by so much pain
But how am I supposed to let go of you this way
Like a bird to the sky my friend?
And if I could accept all these dark colours
As just part of some bigger colour scheme
And if it wasn`t for that drippy string quartet of sadness
Underscoring each smiling scene
Desire drags me right out of myself
Like a gas-soaked rope tied to a piece of coal
I`m getting prepared and looking at the bright side
While the flames ripple on the sea and swallow me whole
But this melancholy that I carry makes me feel so grown up
At the kitchen table doing shots of resignation
I never thought I`d see the day when I would say I give up
And break the stallions of my wildest expectations
But I do not want to know you this way
Surrounded by so much pain
But how am I supposed to let go of you this way
Like a bird to the sky my friend?
Hey, hey, hey...