Regina Spektor - A cannon lyrics

[Verse 1] A cannon was fired by the light of the moon and Waiting the boat should be here very soon and I mind less and less all the silly pictures that hang around my room, for now I write you a letter, I hope you feel better I hope you forgive the transgressions I've given you love and I've given you anger as well And I mean them both I always knew it was coming this way It was coming this way I always knew a big boat would come Take me away, take me away I stood in my bed Then I slipped in my dress Then I ran through the halls like a ghost And in case someone heard me I grabbed up a dagger that I'd never used, unless Bare feet on the cobblestone street Then a beach Then a splash Then my ankles, my knees Then my thighs and my eyes open wide I threw myself right into the sea Then I could see it was coming my way It was coming my way I always knew a big boat would come and take me away Take me away, take me away [Chorus 1] I've woken up once And I've woken up twice And I've woken up millions and millions of times [Verse 2] Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water I would if I could But I can't, so I don't My heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled And when I wear lipstick No one understands me at all [Chorus 2][x2] They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye But what I'm really saying is [Chorus 1]