Itch Lyrics - Not So Soft - Ani Difranco

I am evening the score 

I am cutting the umbilical cord 

Curled with my teeth against my knees 

I am scratching at my consciousness 

Like a bitch with fleas 

I think you'll be greatly pleased 

To learn that yours was the hardest 

Itch to relieve 

This is me 

Without my hair 

Welcome to my open stare 

I got nothing to hide no more 

Why disguise what isn't there 

I am an eyesore 

I am a detour 

You can find me crying on 

The shoulder of the road 

And I will tell you 

What you want to hear 

Before you go 

And that is that 

Yours was the hardest itch to relieve 

Yours was the hardest itch to relieve 

I've mapped out my course 

Looks like it's all uphill 

I've got a heavy heart to carry 

But a very strong will 

It's just hard to travel 

In the shadow 

Of regret 

In fact it's so hard 

That I haven't actually left yet