Solitude Standing-Suzanne Vega

[ti:solitude standing] [ar:] [al:279692] [by:] [offset:0] [00:19.90]Solitude stands by the window [00:22.89]She turns her head as I walk in the room [00:25.87]I can see by her eyes she's been waiting [00:29.51]Standing in the slant of the late afternoon [00:32.64]And she turns to me with her hand extended [00:35.53]Her palm is split with a flower with a flame [01:02.54]Solitude stands in the doorway [01:05.68]And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette [01:07.87]By her long cool stare and her silence [01:12.14]I suddenly remember each time we've met [01:15.39]And she turns to me with her hand extended [01:19.33]Her palm is split with a flower with a flame [01:45.83]And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight" [01:52.02]And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart" [01:58.55]And she takes my wrist I feel her imprint of fear [02:03.83]And I say "I've never thought of finding you here" [02:11.96]I turn to the crowd as they're watching [02:14.54]They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm [02:18.28]I wanted to be in there among them [02:21.20]I see how their eyes are gathered into one [02:24.61]And then she turns to me with her hand extended [02:26.77]Her palm is split with a flower with a flame [02:54.89]And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight" [03:00.89]And she says"I've come to lighten this dark heart" [03:07.37]And she takes my wrist I feel her imprint of fear [03:13.97]And I say "I've never thought of finding you here" [03:20.22]Solitude stands in the doorway [03:23.20]And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette [03:26.62]By her long cool stare and her silence [03:30.13]I suddenly remember each time we've met [03:33.26]And she turns to me with her hand extended [03:36.42]Her palm is split with a flower with a flame