Everest Lyrics - Up Up Up Up Up Up - Ani Difranco

from the depth of the pacific 

to the height of everest 

and still the world is smoother 

than a shiny ball-bearing 

so i take a few steps back 

and put on a wider lens 

and it changes your skin, 

your sex, and what your wearing 

distance shows your silloutte 

to be a lot like mine 

like a sphere is a sphere 

and all of us here 

have been here all the time 

you brought me to church, 

cinder blocks, flourescent light 

you brought me to church 

at 7o'clock on a sunday night 

and the band was rocking 

and the floors were scrubbed clean 

and everybody had a tambourine 

so i took a deep breath and became 

the white girl with the hair 

and you sat right beside me 

while everybody stared 

and through the open window 

i think the singing went outside 

and floated up to tell 

all the stars not to hide 

'cause by the time church let out 

the sky was much clearer 

and the moon was so beautiful, 

that the ocean held up a mirror 

as we walked home we spoke slowly 

we spoke slow, 

and we spoke lowly 

like it was taking more time 

than usual to choose 

the words to go 

with your squeaky sandle shoes 

like time is not a thing 

that's ours to lose