Elizabeth Sheaffer - Conversation With the Paper lyrics

The blank page stares up from my desk 'Fill my lines with words, ' it whispers, 'fill me up; I dare you.' Blinding white, blue lines College-ruled, of course, more words fit on each page I sit alone, open up my mind Let the thoughts flow in and out 'Fill my lines with words, ' it whispers, 'fill me up; I dare you.' But the ideas just aren't coming now They haven't for some time My thought process is too erratic Inspiration is not mine. 'Fill me up; I dare you.' College-ruled, of course, more space to haunt my thoughts Blinding white, all those blue lines Writer's cramp is no longer a concern for me 'Fill my lines with words, ' it whispers, 'fill me up; I dare you.' 'No, ' I'm begging, 'I just can't do it; I don't know what to write.' The blank page stares up from my desk Contempt in every line It opens up and swallows me whole Forever trapped in my inadequacy.