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shameless

written by ani difranco
ani difranco, [dilate] (1996) 수록

cannot name this.
i cannot explain this and i don't really want to.
just call me shameless.
i can't even slow this down, let alone stop this.
and i keep looking around, but i cannot top this.
if i had any sense i guess i'd fear this.
i guess i'd keep it down so no one would hear this.
i guess i'd shut my mouth and rethink a minute.
but i can't shut it now 'cuz there's something in it.
we're in a room without a door, and i'm sure without a doubt,
they're gonna want to know how we got in here.
and they're gonna want to know how we plan to get out.
we better have a good explanation for all the fun that we had
'cuz they are coming for us babe, and they are going to be mad.
yeah, they're going to be mad at us.
this is my skeleton.
this is the skin that it's in.
that is, according to light and gravity.
i'll take off my disguise.
the mask you met me in, 'cuz i got something for you to see.
just gimme your skeleton.
give me the skin that it's in.
yeah baby, this is you according to me.
i never avert my eyes.
i never compromise, so never mind the poetry.
i gotta cover my butt 'cuz i covet another man's wife.
i gotta divide my emotions into wrong and right.
the i got to see how close i can get to it without giving in.
then i get to rub up against it till i break the skin.
rub up against it till i break the skin.
they're gonna be mad at us.
they're gonna be mad at me and you.
they're gonna be mad at us and all the things we wanna do.
just please don't name this. please, don't explain this.
just blame it all on me.
say i was shameless.
say i couldn't slow it down, let alone stop it.
and say you just hung around 'cuz you couldn't stop it.