I'm black on blacker velvet, milk and veins Like some El Greco painting, so full of So full of for light of day
I thought I who I was in the world But here I am twice at being born Crawling to my buried within
And I've forgotten who I to be And I've forgotten the woman in red, her dream And forgotten the courage I used to be
Happiness is overrated, it lasts Skating the surface of oceanic Oh, may the fruit of my life be
So forgive me all my seriousness My spirituality, I'm just a mess I'm tears and but I'm unafraid to see
And forgotten who I used to be The leader in her shining, divining And forgotten the courage I used to be The middle passage is so damn tumbling, crumbling
Don't know, I know, I don't know, I don't know I don't know, I know, I don't know, I don't know And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try And I try, and I try, and I try
I don't know, I don't know, I know, I don't know I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try And I try
Like some El painting, no sun or sky No lantern, no candle to light The holy radiance behind the
And I've forgotten who I to be And I've forgotten that woman in red, her dream And I've forgotten the I used to be
I don't know, I know, I don't know, I don't know I don't know, I know, I don't know And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try And I try, and I try, and I try
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I know I don't know, I don't know, I don't And I try, and I try, and I try