telling stories

[ti:telling stories] [ar:tracy chapman] [al:] [offset:500] [00:08]There is fiction in the space between [00:12]The lines on your page of memories [00:15]Write it down but it doesn't mean [00:20]You're not just telling stories [00:24] [00:39]There is fiction in the space between [00:44]You and reality [00:47]You will do and say anything [00:51]To make your everyday life [00:53]Seem less mundane [00:54]There is fiction in the space between [00:59]You and me [01:01] [01:18]There's a science fiction in the space between [01:23]You and me [01:26]A fabrication of a grand scheme [01:30]Where I am the scary monster [01:33]I eat the city and as I leave the scene [01:38]In my spaceship I am laughing [01:41]In your remembrance of your bad dream [01:45]There's no one but you standing [01:49] [02:06]Leave the pity and the blame [02:09]For the ones who do not speak [02:13]You write the words to get respect and compassion [02:17]And for posterity [02:21]You write the words and make believe [02:24]There is truth in the space between [02:27] [02:34]There is fiction in the space between [02:38]You and everybody [02:42]Give us all what we need [02:46]Give us one more sad sordid story [02:50]But in the fiction of the space between [02:54]Sometimes a lie is the best thing [02:58] [03:02]Sometimes a lie is the best thing [03:06] [03:12]The best thing [03:14] [03:20]Is the best thing [03:23]