THE IDLER WHEEL … SENTENCE STARTERS : lyrics taken from fiona apple’s album ‘ the idler wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw and whipping cords will serve you more than ropes will ever do . ‘
‘ that’s where the pain comes in like a second skeleton tryin’ to fit beneath the skin. ‘
‘ what does she think of me? ‘
‘ it’s got to be somebody else’s fault. i can’t get caught. ‘
‘ the rib is the shell and a heart is the yolk and i just made a meal for us both to choke on. ‘
‘ i just wanna feel everything. ‘
‘ if we had a double-king-sized bed we could move in it and i’d soon forget. ‘
‘ my heart’s made of parts of all that surround me and that’s why the devil just can’t get around me. ‘
‘ every single night’s a fight. ‘
‘ i don’t feel anything until i smash it up. ‘
‘ and all i want’s a confidante to help me laugh it off. ‘
‘ don’t let me ruin me. i may need a chaperone. ‘
‘ give me what you got in your mind in the middle of the night. ‘
‘ maybe you let me look out for you, protect what i found in you, and never let it starve. ‘
‘ and i will try hard to hold onto you with open arms. ‘
‘ that’s all i’ll do ‘cause i’m not free, a fugitive too dull to flee. ‘
‘ i’m amorous but out of reach. ‘
‘ i stand no chance of growing up. i’ve made my peace, i’m dead, i’m done. ‘
‘ i watch you live to have my fun. ‘
‘ i root for you, i love you. you. you, you, you. ‘
‘ kiss me while i calculate and calibrate and, heaven’s sake, don’t make me explain. ‘
‘ just tolerate my little fist tugging on your forest chest. ‘
‘ i don’t wanna talk about anything. ‘
‘ anything and anyone that you have done has gotta be alright with me. ‘
‘ i was still a dewy petal rather than a moribund slut. ‘
‘ my love wrecked you. you left to twirl your skirt at the palace. ‘
‘ it hurt more than it ought to hurt. i went to work to cultivate a callus. ‘
‘ and now i’m hard, too hard to know. ‘
‘ i don’t cry when i’m sad anymore. ‘
‘ how can i ask anyone to love me when all i do is beg to be left alone? ‘
‘ i could liken you to a werewolf the way you left me for dead, but i admit that i provided a full moon. ‘
‘ i could liken you to a shark the way you bit off my head, but then again i was waving around a bleeding open wound. ‘
‘ you are such a super guy ‘til the second you get a whiff of me. ‘
‘ we can still support each other, all we gotta do’s avoid each other. ‘
‘ they throw good parties there. ‘
‘ all that loving must’ve been lacking something if i got bored trying to figure you out. ‘
‘ you let me down. i don’t even like you anymore at all. ‘
‘ he found a prettier girl than me with a more even-tempered air. and if he wants her, he should get her, ‘cause i think he thinks she’s worth it. ‘
‘ there’s nothing wrong as long as he’s learning. ‘
‘ remember how i asked you ‘why are you so mean?’ you didn’t know how to react to being seen. ‘
‘ i tried to be your friend. you made me ashamed so i’m getting even. ‘
‘ remember when i was so sick and you didn’t believe me? then you got sick too and guess who took care of you? you hated that, didn’t you? ‘
‘ now when you look at me you’re condemned to see the monster your mother made you to be. ‘
‘ i kept touching my neck to guide your eye to where i wanted you to kiss me when we find some time alone. ‘
‘ and then we can do anything we want. ‘
‘ then you remind me that i wanted you to kiss me when we find some time alone. ‘
‘ if i’m butter, then he’s a hot knife. ‘
‘ if i get a chance i’m gonna show him that he’s never gonna need another. ‘
‘ you can relax around me. ‘
‘ maybe he could teach me something. maybe i could teach him, too. ‘
‘ even just to reach is a triumph. now, i really got a hold on you. ‘