Fierce Flawless Lyrics - Revelling / Reckoning - Ani Difranco

she was cuffed to the truth like the truth was a chair 

bright interrogation light in her eyes 

her conscience lit a cigarette and just stood there 

waiting for her to crack 

waiting for her to cry 

his face scampered through her mind 

like a roach across a wall 

it made her heart soar 

it made her skin crawl 

they said, we got this confession we just need for you to sign 

why don't you just cooperate and make this easier on us all 

there was light and then there was darkness 

but there was no line in between 

and asking her heart for guidance 

was like pleading with a machine 

'cause joy, it has its own justice 

and dreams are languid and lawless 

and everything bows to beauty 

when it is fierce 

and when it is flawless 

on the table were two ziploc baggies 

containing her eyes and her smile 

they said, we're keeping these as evidence 

'til this thing goes to trial 

meanwhile anguish was fingering solace 

in another room down the hall 

both were love's accomplices 

but solace took the fall 

now look at her book of days 

it's the same on every page 

and she's got a little tin cup with her heart in it 

to bang along the bars of her rib cage 

bang along the bars of her rib cage