"phase" by Ani DiFranco

i'll be your biggest fan 
i will be your fool 
i'll be your exception 
to whatever the rule 
and i ain't the type to bitch 
i ain't the type to cry 
i'll sit at your red light and wait 
for your shit to go by 
and this vague little smile 
is my all-purpose expression 
the meaning of which 
i will leave to your discretion 

my distraction's my defense 
against a lack of inspiration 
against a slow leak deflation 
the further the horizon 
the more it holds my gaze 
and the foreground's out of focus 
but you know i kinda hope it's 
just a phase 

i've been through and through this 
i know just how it goes 
you'll have no idea 
you'll have no need to know 
cuz i will make your body 
grow wings and take flight 
i will erase sound 
i will erase light 
and this vague little smile 
is my all-purpose expression 
the meaning of which 
i'll leave to your discretion 

my distraction's my defense 
against a lack of inspiration 
against a slow leak deflation 
the further the horizon 
the more it holds my gaze 
and the foreground's out of focus 
but you know i kinda hope it's 
just a phase 

Ani DiFranco Lyrics brought to you by danah boyd since 1995