Studying Stones-Ani DiFranco

[00:00.00]ani difranco - studying stones [00:35.64] [00:37.64] [00:39.64]i am out here studying stones [00:42.96]trying to learn to be less alive [00:46.23]using all of my will [00:48.03]to keep very still [00:49.69]still even on the inside [00:52.65]i’ve cut all of the pertinent wires [00:56.01]so my eyes can’t make that connection [00:59.07]i am holding my breath [01:00.84]i am feigning my death [01:02.41]when i’m looking in your direction [01:05.37] [01:06.01]’course numb is an old hat [01:08.94]old as my oldest memories [01:12.56]see that one’s my mother [01:14.43]and that one’s my father [01:16.04]and that one in the hat, that’s me [01:18.87]it’s a skill i’d hoped to abandon [01:22.19]when i got out on the open road [01:25.42]but any more pent up emotion [01:27.71]and i think i’m gonna explode [01:30.96] [01:59.45]there’s never been an endeavor so strange [02:02.85]as trying to slow the blood in my veins [02:06.55]to keep my face blank [02:07.82]as a stone that just sank [02:09.51]until not a ripple remains [02:12.83]i am high above the tree line [02:16.52]sitting cross legged on the ground [02:20.08]when all of the forbidden fruit has fallen and rotted [02:23.23]that’s when i’m gonna come down [02:26.33] [02:26.79]’course numb is an old hat [02:29.74]old as my oldest memories [02:33.32]see that one’s my mother [02:35.25]and that one’s my father [02:36.86]and that one in the hat, that’s me [02:39.73]it’s a skill i’d hoped to abandon [02:43.02]when i got out on the open road [02:46.31]but any more pent up emotion [02:48.78]and i think i’m gonna explode [02:52.08] [03:11.95] [03:27.58] [03:38.44] [03:49.07]end