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"

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

I wanted to be in there among them

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

And she turns to me with her hand extended

Solitude stands in the doorway

She turns her head as I walk in the room

I can see by her eyes she's been waiting

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

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

Standing in the slant of the late afternoon

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

I turn to the crowd as they're watching

I see how their eyes are gathered into one

And she turns to me with her hand extended

By her long cool stare and her silence

I suddenly remember each time we've met

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

And then she turns to me with her hand extended

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

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