I'm taking the day to be in the body
My mother gave me before I went away
Out in the desert I fought my own shadow
For it was a vapor, and I'm a body

You got me by the throat
Take me by surprise
In my mind you're always half my size (oh)
You struggle for control
Secret of the heart
Have and hold the soul of night and dark (oh)

You look in the mirror
It was always bright and clear (oh)

I weathered the winter
I skipped my own dinner
For I am sustained by the dark of the world
And dark was the valley
That dissolved my shadow
Oh, my will is pure, and I'm a body

You got me by the throat
Take me by surprise
In my mind you're always half my size (oh)
You struggle for control
Secret of the heart
Have and hold the soul of night and dark (oh)

You look in the mirror
It was always bright and clear (oh)
You undo yourself

I waited too long, more sickness than health
I never had nothing till I had myself
I waited too long, more sickness than health
I never had nothing till I had myself
I waited too long, more sickness than health
I never had nothing till I had myself
I waited too long, more sickness than health
I never had nothing till I had myself