Second Intermission
from Evolve by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
second intermission
anticipation
you know the third act
small talk drops out of the play
you’re standing in the lobby
tightening your tourniquet
waiting for it
waiting for it
and then the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there’s all these questions milling around
and there’s no time to ask
no bliss for little miss leading
she’s learning about bleeding
but what is love if not exquisite?
our only saving grace (or is it)
and somewhere inside your iris
blooms the reflection of my surprise
as you stroll past every last do not enter
and touch me at my epicenter
and the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there’s all these questions milling around
and there’s no time to ask
i’m always trying to get there
i never really get there
to that quiet place where i accept myself
instead i’m deep inside some high school
locker room no clothing
popping the zits of my self-loathing under fluorescent lights
and the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there’s all these questions milling around
and you’re too ashamed to ask
second intermission
anticipation
you know the third act
small talk drops out of the play
you’re standing in the lobby
tightening your tourniquet
waiting for it
waiting for it
anticipation
you know the third act
small talk drops out of the play
you’re standing in the lobby
tightening your tourniquet
waiting for it
waiting for it
and then the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there’s all these questions milling around
and there’s no time to ask
no bliss for little miss leading
she’s learning about bleeding
but what is love if not exquisite?
our only saving grace (or is it)
and somewhere inside your iris
blooms the reflection of my surprise
as you stroll past every last do not enter
and touch me at my epicenter
and the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there’s all these questions milling around
and there’s no time to ask
i’m always trying to get there
i never really get there
to that quiet place where i accept myself
instead i’m deep inside some high school
locker room no clothing
popping the zits of my self-loathing under fluorescent lights
and the bell sounds
and the lights flash
and there’s all these questions milling around
and you’re too ashamed to ask
second intermission
anticipation
you know the third act
small talk drops out of the play
you’re standing in the lobby
tightening your tourniquet
waiting for it
waiting for it
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from Evolve,
released March 11, 2003
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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