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Gratitude Lyrics
thank you
for letting me stay here
thank you for taking me in
thank you
for the beer and the food
thank you
for loaning me bus fare
thank you for showing me around
that was a very kind thing to do
thank you
for the use of the clean towel
thank you for half of your bed
we can sleep here like brother and sister,
you said
but you changed the rules
in an hour or two
and i don't know what you
and your sisters do
but please don't
please stop
this is not my obligation
what does my body have to do
with my gratitude?
look at you
little white lying
for the purpose of justifying
what you're trying to do
i know that you feel my resistance
i know that you heard what i said
otherwise you wouldn't need the excuse
thank you
for letting me stay here
thank you for taking me in
i don't know where else
i would have turned
but i don't come and go
like a pop song
that you can play incessantly
and then forget when it's gone
you can't write me off
and you don't turn me on
so don't change the rules
in an hour or two
i don't know what you and your
sisters do
but please don't
please stop
this is not my obligation
what does my body have to do
with my gratitude?
Possibly the most important song of my college years...was "instrumental" in my recovery/healing process. I think it actually taught me about empowerment in a way I didn't understand before. Although I can't revisit it really because everything just comes bubbling up. Which just goes to say, recovery from this kind of experience is not a linear progression, and it's never complete. I think Ani gets that.
i feel empowered, but in a strengthening way... as in seeing others pain can cause me to be fiercer
this song has gotten me through so much pain. ani is my strength sometimes. =)
"what does my body have to do with my gratitude?"
FUCK YOU.
A wonderful song with an appreciably strong message; I discovered it some years ago and still return to it. I hope that Ani never had to go through the horrendous situation of which she writes.
She went through this situation while staying in London. She was given board, but the room she was going to stay in was still to be occupied for a few days by thisssss guy. Backstory from her concert at Carnegie Hall.
I like the lyrics to the song. I just dont like the way she sings it.
"I lucked in to this sweet deal... I could sublet his room except there was a catch - he was gonna be there for two more days... yeah any female at this point has translated that into two more nights." - Ani 4.10.02 Carnegie Hall
The line ...
and i don't know what you and your sisters do
cracks me up. I love that she can be singing about something very serious but still find light in the situation.
But I really hate this line ...
but please don't please stop
So un-ani like from the norm. She's usually very strong saying things like "Fuck you Very much" in songs like State Lines. She just seems like a powerless victim in this one. Still LOVE the song though
@RedLetterYear You have to be in that type of situation to understand. In some people it comes off strong but for others you will feel powerless especially when someone switches things around and pushes what they have done, and all the trouble they went through. I had an experience like that even though I had done a number of things to lend a hand, buying food, running, errands, helping in them keeping up their business they felt like more should have been added. They did as they chose and the rules and conditions were constantly changing from what...
@RedLetterYear You have to be in that type of situation to understand. In some people it comes off strong but for others you will feel powerless especially when someone switches things around and pushes what they have done, and all the trouble they went through. I had an experience like that even though I had done a number of things to lend a hand, buying food, running, errands, helping in them keeping up their business they felt like more should have been added. They did as they chose and the rules and conditions were constantly changing from what they first said. And upon leaving and stating it wouldn't be happening guess what was said? I was ungrateful. The fiery stuff comes after a lot but not in the moment. Notice how at the end it picks up?