Paula Cole

Me (1996)

I am not the person who is singing

I am the silent one inside

I am not the one who laughs at people's jokes

I just pacify their egos

I am not my house or my car or my songs

they are only just stops along my way

I am like winter

I'm a dark cold female

with a golden ring of wisdom in my cave

and it is me who is my enemy

me who beats me up

me who makes the monsters

me who strips my confidence

I am carrying my voice

I am carrying my heart

I am carrying my rhythm

I am carrying my prayers

but you can't kill my spirit

it's soaring and it's strong like a mountain

I go on and on but when my wings are folded

the brightly coloured moth

blends into the dirt into the ground
and it's me who's too weak

and it's me who's too shy

to ask for the thing I love

I am walking on the bridge

I am over the water and I'm scared as hell

but I know there's something better

yes I know there's something

yes I know, I know, yes I know

that I love

but it's me