Pulse - Ani DiFranco

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You crawled into my bed that night
Like some sort of giant insect
And I found myself spellbound at the sight of you
Beautiful and grotesque and all the rest of that bug stuff

Bluffing your way into my mouth
Behind my teeth, reaching for my scars
That night we got kicked out of two bars
And laughed our way home

That night you leaned over and threw up into your hair
I held you there thinking I would offer you my pulse
If I thought it would be useful
I would give you my breath except

The problem with death is
We have some hundred years
And then they can build building on our only bones
A hundred years and then your grave is not your own

We lie in our beds and our graves
Unable to save ourselves
From the quaint tragedies we invent and undo
From the stupid circumstances we slalomed through

I realized that night that the, the hall light
Which seemed so bright when you turned it on
Is nothing compared to the dawn which is nothing
Compared to the light which seeps from me while you're sleeping

Cocooned in my room
Beautiful and grotesque resting
That night we got kicked out of two bars
And laughed our way home

I thought I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath
I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath
I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath
I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath
I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath
I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath
I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I would offer you my pulse
I would give you my breath

I told you
Keep holding
Keep holding
Let's just stay here

That's beautiful

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Ani DiFranco (born Angela Maria DiFranco; September 23, 1970) is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter, feminist icon and businesswoman from New York state.

Although much of DiFranco's material is autobiographical, it is often also strongly political. Many of her songs are concerned with contemporary social issues such as racism, sexism, sexual abuse, homophobia, reproductive rights, poverty, and war. DiFranco's guitar playing is often characterized by a signature staccato style, rapid finger picking and many alternate tunings. She delivers many of her lines in a speaking style notable for its rhythmic variation. Her lyrics, which often include alliteration, metaphor, word play and a more-or-less gentle irony, have also received praise for their sophistication. She has released 19 solo albums (not including collaborative albums or live albums), all of which were released on her own independent record label, Righteous Babe Records (which she formed in 1989 at the age of 19).

DiFranco has been a critical success for much of her career, though not a commercial one by major label standards, with a career album average of 72 on Metacritic. Living in Clip, DiFranco's 1998 double live album, is the only one to achieve gold record status to date. DiFranco has been praised by the Buffalo News as the "Buffalo's leading lady of rock music". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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