Reckoning Lyrics - So Much Shouting, So Much Laughing (live) - Ani Difranco

you can doubt anything 

if you think about it long enough 

'cause what happened always adjusts to fit 

what happened after that 

and it's hard to feel like you are free 

when all you seem to do is referee 

remember when it was just you and me 

steppin' up to bat? 

and win or lose 

just that you choose this little war 

is what kills you 

and either/or it's that this war 

is maybe also what thrills you 

we thought we left possession behind 

but truth is i was yours and you were mine 

and now i've replayed a thousand times 

exactly what was said 

'cause nothing is as it appears 

in the funhouse mirrors of your fears 

on the roller coaster of all these years 

with your hands above your head 

and win or lose 

just that you choose this little war 

is what kills you 

and either/or it's that this war 

is maybe also what thrills you 

i don't care how fast you run 

just tell me, baby, that when you're done 

with your little marathon 

you still got cab fare home 

'cause the finish line is a shifty thing 

and what is life but reckoning 

and, you know 

you are still the song i sing 

to myself 

when i'm alone 

and win or lose just that we choose 

this little war is what kills us 

and either/or it's that this war 

is maybe also what thrills us