“Closer to Fine” by Emily Saliers

 

 

 

 

I’m trying to tell you something about my life
 Maybe give me insight between black and white 
 The best thing you’ve ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously, it’s only life after all 
 Well darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable
And lightness has a call that’s hard to hear 
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
 I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it, I’m crawling on your shore 

 I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain 
 There’s more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine 

 I went to see the doctor of philosophy 
 With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee 
 He never did marry or see a B-grade movie 
 He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper
And I was free 

 I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain 
There’s more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine

 We go to the Bible, we go through the workout
We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout 
There’s more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine