Testify - Melissa Etheridge

Morning’s hard

Coffee’s cold

Pretending that the days

Mean more than getting old

Stale headlines

Others drenched in pride

Marching to their drum

With fear standing beside

But if I close my eyes

And throw back my head

I can see his face

And I hear the words he said

And my memories ache

And my senses burn

Did he dream too late?

Will we ever learn?

I, I want to testify

My love still lives and breathes

And my soul is screaming: «Why?»

The thoughts won’t let me sleep

Don’t let hearts break

And don’t let children cry

Before it gets too late

I want to testify

I take what’s said

As my daily bread

I turn the page

And I turn my head

I pick, I choose

On the evening news

'Cause by cause they fight

And one by one they lose

Must I live my days

In these concrete ways?

Will the fire break

Through this smokey haze?

And I swear tonight

I’m gonna find that place

It’s not the love that dies

But the understanding ways

I, I want to testify

My love still lives and breathes

And my soul is screaming: «Why?»

The thoughts won’t let me sleep

Don’t let hearts break

And don’t let children cry

Before it gets too late

I want to testify

Rip through the wire

That screens in my window

Throw open the shade

That covers my mind

I’m going to touch

And I’ve got to believe

The bell tolls for me

I, I want to testify

My love still lives and breathes

And my soul is screaming: «Why?»

The thoughts won’t let me sleep

Don’t let hearts break

And don’t let children cry

Before it gets too late

I want to testify