Lyrics Testify - Melissa Etheridge

Testify

Morning’s hard
Coffee’s cold
Pretending that the days
Mean more than getting old
Stale headlines
Others drenched in pride
Marching to their drum
With fear standing beside
But if I close my eyes
And throw back my head
I can see his face
And I hear the words he said
And my memories ache
And my senses burn
Did he dream too late?
Will we ever learn?
I, I want to testify
My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming: «Why?»
The thoughts won’t let me sleep
Don’t let hearts break
And don’t let children cry
Before it gets too late
I want to testify
I take what’s said
As my daily bread
I turn the page
And I turn my head
I pick, I choose
On the evening news
'Cause by cause they fight
And one by one they lose
Must I live my days
In these concrete ways?
Will the fire break
Through this smokey haze?
And I swear tonight
I’m gonna find that place
It’s not the love that dies
But the understanding ways
I, I want to testify
My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming: «Why?»
The thoughts won’t let me sleep
Don’t let hearts break
And don’t let children cry
Before it gets too late
I want to testify
Rip through the wire
That screens in my window
Throw open the shade
That covers my mind
I’m going to touch
And I’ve got to believe
The bell tolls for me
I, I want to testify
My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming: «Why?»
The thoughts won’t let me sleep
Don’t let hearts break
And don’t let children cry
Before it gets too late
I want to testify