Promised Land Lyrics - Evolve - Ani Difranco

You're taking up lots of space 

Your shit is everywhere 

Your breath is all up in my face 

Your hands are swarming in the air 

You're the first one out of the car and then 

You're the loudest one in the bar 

Tell me is there something wrong girlfriend? 

What's with this new version of who you are? 

She lifts her chin and squints at me 

To assess what I think I know 

She says my heart has some dangerous neighborhoods 

So beware where you try to go 

And they say that the truth will set you free 

But then so will a lie 

It depends if you're trying to get to the promised land 

Or you're just trying to get by 

What is a camera but a box of light? 

What is a guitar but a box of sound? 

You think I don't understand 

But I think I might 

What it is to harness the emptiness 

And just ride it around 

And maybe your chest is an empty shell 

With ribs of spiraling coral 

Where a perfect pearl of sadness resides 

But if you ever need an ear 

I could just come and press it there 

And listen to the sound of the ocean inside