Simultaneously lyrics - Ani Difranco

I live in two different worlds

Simultaneously

The one I seem to live in

And the one that lives in me

And one is full of violence

Oppression and disrespect

And one is full of longing

To breathe and to connect

Yeah, my inner world is fragile

And the outer world is dumb

And this whole thing is such a hassle

Won't you wake me when it's done?

I live in two different worlds

Simultaneously

The one where we are fractured

And the one where we are free

Freedom requires safety

Freedom requires trust

Freedom requires balance

In the equation of us

Yes, my inner world is fragile

And the outer world is dumb

And this whole thing is such a hassle

Won't you wake me when it's done?

When it's done...

I live in two different worlds

Simultaneously

And between them is a chasm

Unfolding unfathomably

And in that chasm, a shadow

And in that shadow I stand

Facing towards the light

Nothing in my hands

My inner world is fragile

And the outer world is dumb

And this whole thing is such a hassle

Won't you wake me when it's done?

When it's done...