Studying Stones Lyrics

Studying Stones by Ani DiFranco
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I am out here studying stones
Trying to learn to be less alive
Using all of my will
To keep very still
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Still even on the inside
I've cut all of the pertinent wires
So my eyes can't make that connection
I am holding my breath
I am feigning my death
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When I'm looking in your direction
'Course numb is an old hat
Old as my oldest memories
See that one's my mother
And that one's my father
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And that one in the hat, that's me
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
When I got out on the open road
But any more pent up emotion
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And I think I'm gonna explode
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There's never been an endeavor so strange
As trying to slow the blood in my veins
To keep my face blank
As a stone that just sank
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Until not a ripple remains
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I am high above the tree line
Sitting cross legged on the ground
When all of the forbidden fruit
has fallen and rotted
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That's when I'm gonna come down
'Course numb is an old hat
Old as my oldest memories
See that one's my mother
And that one's my father
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And that one in the hat, that's me
It's a skill I'd hoped to abandon
When I got out on the open road
But any more pent up emotion
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And I think I'm gonna explode