Begin to hope
And all the colors start to change beneath the light
you might forget that the worlds so sad
You might forget that things are awful bad
And it's alright

If you eat all the apples from the knowledge tree bowl
The fact that they're plastic shouldn't deter you at all
Just grab your sharpie and write your message on the wall:
"I was here, yeah, I was here."

We know that our whole world is all around us all the time
And still we might forget to stand up straight
We might forget that we should never wait
And it's alright

If we don't let the others make the last calls
The fact that they own us shouldn't deter us at all
Just grab your sharpie and write your message on the wall:
"Yeah, I was here, I was here."

I was here but now I've gone to take a walk
And I won't be back until you know my name
'Cause we're not all the same thing

Begin to hope
And it's alright

if you eat all the apples from the knowledge tree bowl
The fact that they're plastic shouldn't deter you at all
I grab my sharpie and wrote my message on the wall:
"Yeah, Regina was here."

I was here but now I've gone to take a walk
And I won't be back, 'cause its a lovely day
And none of us know how long we've got to stay

Begin to hope

Begin to hope and all the colors start to begin to start
To open all the change beneath the light
And all us start to change beneath the open
All begin to light
And all the colors begin to open
Light and change
Begin to light and hope
And start to change beneath the light
And all the colors start to change beneath
Begin to hope and all the light begin to change
Begin to hope


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    i love the way she sings "regina was here, regina was here" I find so nice that she mentions her name in her songs

    you can listen and download this song here:

    reginaspektor.lunarpages.net/music/2005-03-30%20Bowery%20Ballroom/28_'begin_to_hope'.mp3

    unfortunately it's a very low quality

    crow_hearton June 06, 2007   Link

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