El Greco-Paula Cole

[ti:El Greco] [ar:Paula Cole] [al:Courage] [by:] [offset:0] [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