Sick Of Me Lyrics - Revelling / Reckoning - Ani Difranco

how sick of me 

must you be 

by now 

while you're standing just outside 

of what your pride will allow 

always reaching into yourself 

to find a new way to understand me 

when i'm sure that there's no one else 

in the world 

who could withstand me 

the first person in your life 

to ever really matter 

is saying the last thing 

that you want to hear 

and you are listening hard 

through the splintering shards 

of your life as it shatters 

and you're standing firm 

and you're staying close 

and you're seeing clear 

i took to the stage 

with my outrage 

in the bad old days 

when you were the make-me-mad guy 

but the songs 

they come out more slowly 

now that i am the bad guy 

and i say, i'm sorry i'm so crazy 

I am astounded by your patience 

and you say, believe it or not, baby 

the joy you bring me 

still outweighs it 

the first person in your life 

to ever really matter 

is saying the last thing 

that you want to hear 

and you are listening hard 

through the splintering shards 

of your life as it shatters 

and you're standing firm 

and you're staying close 

and you're seeing clear 

how sick of me 

must you be 

by now?