El Greco-Paula Cole

[00:09.60]I'm black on blacker velvet, [00:11.91]Milk skin and veins, [00:14.09]Like some El Greco painting, [00:16.34]So full of pain. [00:18.33]So full of longing for light of day. [00:23.08] [00:27.13]I thought I knew who I was in the world. [00:30.56] [00:31.50]But here I am twice blind at being born, [00:35.62]Crawling to my buried voice, within. [00:40.98] [00:44.04]And I've forgotten who I used to be. [00:51.95] [00:52.70]And I've forgotten the woman in red, [00:58.88] [00:59.69]Living her dream. [01:01.50]And I've forgotten the courage I used to be. [01:10.92] [01:19.34]Happiness is overrated, [01:20.84] [01:21.65]It never lasts. [01:23.71]Skating the surface of oceanic depths. [01:27.52] [01:28.14]Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning. [01:33.38] [01:37.00]So please forgive me all my seriousness, [01:40.87]My so-called spirituality, [01:43.12] [01:43.81]I'm just a mess. [01:45.12] [01:45.74]I'm tears and anxiety, [01:47.55] [01:48.30]But I'm unafraid to See. [01:51.54] [01:53.98]And I've forgotten who I used to be, [02:02.65]The leader in her glory shining, divining. [02:11.48]And I've forgotten, the courage I used to be, [02:19.40] [02:20.15]The middle passage is so damned humbling, persona crumbling, [02:29.01]I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. [02:33.93] [02:37.17]And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. [02:42.85] [02:45.78]I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, [02:51.52] [02:54.52]And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. [03:01.63] [03:04.25]Like some El Greco painting, [03:06.31]No sun or sky. [03:08.50]No lantern, no candle needed to light, [03:12.18] [03:12.80]The holy radiance behind the eyes. [03:20.04] [03:21.35]And I've forgotten who I used to be. [03:28.90] [03:29.71]And I've forgotten the woman in red, living her dream. [03:38.45]And I've forgotten the courage I used to be. [03:47.12]I don't know...