Nowhere Lyrics - Lucy Kaplansky

So cold today 

Wind is blowing 

You turn your face away 

Can hardly see where you're going 

Walking downtown 

Eighth Street, Washington Square 

Stepping carefully 

In the footprints someone left there 

While the city all around you 

Becomes only paper thin 

And the wind on your face 

Is freezing someone else's skin 

And the sun is making movies 

Slo-mo black and white 

You wish you could breathe the cold air 

And feel it move inside 

I know what it is to be nowhere 

I know what it's like 

I know what it is to be nowhere 

Long ago in your room 

Pretended you were far away 

Then you looked into your mother's eyes 

Saw no one was reflected there 

Now your secrets are your companions 

You know them all by heart 

They're written on your body 

You read them in the dark 

Carved underneath your sweater 

So you'll always remember 

At least they're something 

To hold onto, hold onto 

I know what it is to be nowhere 

I know what it's like 

I know what it is to be nowhere, nowhere 

Walking downtown 

To a place you've never been before 

Go inside and say your name 

And close the door 

Go inside, say your name 

And close the door 

Go inside, go inside, go inside