How to sway and say
But I just want to walk
Like my father learned to do
That I'm not angry anymore
We generate our own light
I just want you to understand
I, I think I understand
To accept and just get by
When I was a little girl
And I just want you to understand
She taught me how to wage a cold war
But now I've seen both my parents
With quiet charm
Through my life unarmed
Play out the hands they were dealt
I know more about how my father must have felt
What all this fighting is for
That I'm not angry anymore
That I know what all the fighting was for
How to bend
But we learn like the trees
Night falls like people into love
Every time we fight
For the lack of light from above
To compensate
I'm not angry anymore
And baby, I just want you to understand
But without all the acceptance and getting by
And as each year goes by
That got my father through
A cold wind blows our way
