Here - Johnette Napolitano

Delicate and white from between the black leather

Like sick little snowflakes, they fluttered and died

And he swore and he cried

Finally spent he fell down on the floor

Feeling no better then he did before

Bits of gold leaf and tissue thin pages

Lay all around him but his rage was still raging

In each shaky hand he held a slab of black leather

He maniacally smiled as he slapped them together

The fire was aglow but dying and weak

When he threw the corpse of the book into the flames

They peaked

So where was I when the levee broke?

When the husband choked his wife?

Where was I, when the priest ruined your son?

And am I the only one?

Where was I when you raised your eyes

And you knew all along you were lying?

Where was I, when you cheated and left a woman who

Loved you crying?

Where was I when you let a baby die.

And where was I when you let your selfish pride

Dictate your life and your will and your ways

And where am I today?

Im up here all alone

Im up here on my own

Im up here all alone

Im up here on my own

And he heard himself squeak in a strange unknown tongue

And he thought 'am i the only one'?

He heard a voice all through the nosie in his head that said

'son, if you believe in me, i will believe in you'

Im up here

Im up here all alone

Im up here on my own

Im up here all alone

Im up here on my own