Thus Sayeth The Lorde

My open eye to the light

Move to the shadow

Wait for it

Wait for the night

Wait for the light

In the night

Move with the stars in the night

Wait for it

Wait for the night

My open eyes to the right

Even the fallow

Waits for it

Waits for the right

Waits for the right time

You and I

In the mire

Here it is shallow

(shallow)

Bodies are the ocean

Shine you and I broken light

See its inside you

And you're made for it

Made for the fight

Made for the fight

You were right

Move to thе stars in the night

Into the sunrise

Sеt my set my feet to fly

Speak on it

Speak for the right

Reach for the right line

You and I

In the mire

Leaving the shadows

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

"Thus sayeth the Lorde:"

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Audre Lorde said, we were never meant to survive

Lorde said, if I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's

Fantasies for me and eaten alive

The Lorde tells us that there is no thing as a single issue struggle because we do not live

Single issue lives

Lorde said, I am not free while any woman is unfree

The Lorde said, when the sun rises, we are afraid

When the sun sets, we are afraid

When our stomachs are full, we are afraid

When our stomachs are empty, we are afraid

When we are loved, we are afraid

When we are alone, we are afraid

When we are silent, we are still afraid

(wait for it)

"Thus sayeth the Lorde:"

So the Lorde said, it is better to speak

Remembering, we were never meant to survive

And because she knew that speaking was going to be uncomfortable

Because she knew that speaking was going to be hard

The Lorde tells us, our speaking out, will irritate some people, get us called bitchy or hypersensitive

And disrupt dinner parties

But then the Lorde said our speaking will permit other women to speak until laws are changed

Until lives are saved, and the world is altered forever

But the Lorde also said, the Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house

They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change

The Lorde said, revolution is not a one-time event

The good Lorde tells us there is only one thing more frightening than speaking your own truth

And that is not speaking

(Thus sayeth the Lorde)

Audre Lorde said, it is better to speak remembering, we were never meant to survive

The Lorde said, your silence will not protect you

So it is better to speak remembering, we were never meant to survive

We were never meant to survive

We were never meant to survive

Thus sayeth the Lorde

My open eye to the light

Move to the shadow

Wait for it

Wait for the night

Wait for the light

In the night

Move with the stars in the night

Wait for it

Wait for the night

My open eyes to the right

Even the fallow

Waits for it

Waits for the right

Waits for the right time

You and I

In the mire

Here it is shallow