Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

Solitude stands by the window

And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

I see how their eyes are gathered into one

Solitude stands in the doorway

And then she turns to me with her hand extended

And she turns to me with her hand extended

And I say "I've never thought of finding you here"

And she turns to me with her hand extended

Standing in the slant of the late afternoon

I turn to the crowd as they're watching

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear

They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm

I suddenly remember each time we've met

And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

She turns her head as I walk in the room

And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

I wanted to be in there among them

I can see by her eyes she's been waiting

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

By her long cool stare and her silence

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear