"I'm Going In" lyrics

Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Lyrics

"I'm Going In"
(originally by Lhasa de Sela)

When my lifetime had just ended
And my death had just begun
I told you I'd never leave you
But I knew this day would come
Give me blood for my blood wedding
I am ready to be born
I feel new
As if this body were the first I'd ever worn

I need straw for the straw fire
I need hard earth for the plow
Don't ask me to reconsider
I am ready to go now

I'm going in
I'm going in

This is how it starts
I can see in so far
But afterwards
We always forget who we are

I'm going in
I'm going in

I can stand the pain
And the blinding heat
'Cause I won't remember you
The next time we meet

You'll be making the arrangements
You'll be trying to set me free
Not a moment for the meeting
I'll be busy as a bee
You'll be talking to me
But I just won't understand
You'll be falling by the wayside
I'll be holding out your hand
Don't you tempt me with perfection
I have other things to do
I didn't burrow this far in
Just to come right back to you

I'm going in
I'm going in

I have never been so ugly
I have never been so slow
These prison walls get closer now
The further in I go

I'm going in
I'm going in

I like to see you from a distance
And just barely believe
And think that
Even lost and blind
I still invented love

I'm going in
I'm going in

I'm going in


You May Also Like
Damien Rice - "The Blower's Daughter" And so it is Just like you said it would be Life goes easy on me Most of the time And so it is The shorter story No love, no glory No hero in her sky I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my...
Aimee Mann - "Two Of Us" Two of us riding nowhere Spending someone's hard earned pay You and me Sunday driving Not arriving on our way back home We're on our way back home We're on our way home We're going home Two of us...
Jarvis Cocker - "Aline" J'avais dessiné Sur le sable Son doux visage Qui me souriait Puis il a plu Sur cette plage Dans cet orage Elle a disparu Et j'ai crié, crié Aline! Pour qu'elle revienne Et j'ai pleuré, pleuré Oh!...
Beck - "Can't Help Falling In Love" Wise men say Only fools rush in But I can't help falling in love with you Shall I stay? Would it be a sin? If I can't help falling in love with you Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so...
Ani DiFranco - "You Had Time" how can I go home with nothing to say I know you're going to look at me that way and say what did you do out there and what did you decide you said you needed time and you had time you are a...