Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette

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

She turns her head as I walk in the room

Standing in the slant of the late afternoon

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

And she turns to me with her hand extended

And she turns to me with her hand extended

Solitude stands in the doorway

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

I turn to the crowd as they're watching

I can see by her eyes she's been waiting

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

I suddenly remember each time we've met

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

I see how their eyes are gathered into one

By her long cool stare and her silence

Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

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