Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

Solitude stands by the window

And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"

And she turns to me with her hand extended

And I say "I've never thought of finding you here"

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

I can see by her eyes she's been waiting

And then she turns to me with her hand extended

And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm

I see how their eyes are gathered into one

I suddenly remember each time we've met

And she turns to me with her hand extended

She turns her head as I walk in the room

I turn to the crowd as they're watching

By her long cool stare and her silence

And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart"

I wanted to be in there among them

Solitude stands in the doorway

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear

Standing in the slant of the late afternoon

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear