Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Thus Sayeth the Lorde Lyrics

My open eye to the light
Move to the shadow
Wait for it
Wait for the night
Wait for the light
In the night

Move with the stars in the night
Wait for it
Wait for the night
My open eyes to the right
Even the fallow
Waits for it
Waits for the right
Waits for the right time
You and I in the mire
Here it is shallow
Shallow

Shine you and I broken light (bodies are the ocean)
See it's inside you
And you're made for it
Made for the fight
Made for the fight
You were right
Move to the stars in the night
Into the sunrise
Set my, set my feet to fly

Speak on it
Speak for the right
Reach for the right line
You and I in the mire
Leaving the shadows

Wait for it
Wait for it (wait for it)
Wait for it (thus sayeth the Lorde)
Wait for it (wait for it)
Wait for it
Ooh, wait for it (wait for it)

Audre Lorde said, "we were never meant to survive"
Lorde said, "If I didn't define myself for myself"
"I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive"
The Lorde tells us that there is no thing as a single issue struggle
Because we do not live single issue lives
The Lorde said, "I am not free while any woman is unfree"
The Lorde said, "When the sun rises, we are afraid"
"When the sun sets, we are afraid"
"When our stomachs are full, we are afraid"
"When our stomachs are empty, we are afraid"
"When we are loved, we are afraid"
"When we are alone, we are afraid"
"When we are silent, we are still afraid" (wait for it)
(Thus sayeth the Lorde)
So the Lorde said, "It is better to speak"
"Remembering, we were never meant to survive"
And because she knew that speaking was going to be uncomfortable
Because she knew that speaking was going to be hard
The Lorde tells us our speaking out will irritate some people
Get us called bitchy or hypersensitive and disrupt dinner parties
But then the Lorde said our speaking will permit other women to speak
Until laws are changed, until lives are saved
And the world is altered forever
But the Lorde also said (thus sayeth the Lorde)
"The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house"
They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game"
"But they will never enable us to bring about genuine change"
The Lorde said, "Revolution is not a one-time event"
The good Lorde tells us
"There's only one thing more frightening than speaking your own truth"
"And that is not speaking" (thus sayeth the Lorde)
Audre Lorde said, "it is better to speak remembering"
"We were never meant to survive"
The Lorde said, "Your silence will not protect you"
"So it is better to speak remembering, we were never meant to survive"
We were never meant to survive
We were never meant to survive (we were never meant to survive)
Thus sayeth the Lorde

My open eye to the light
Move to the shadow
Wait for it
Wait for the night
Wait for the light
In the night
Move with the stars in the night
Wait for it
Wait for the night

My open eyes to the right
Even the fallow
Waits for it
Waits for the right
Waits for the right time
You and I in the mire
Here it is shallow