Paper and Ink - Tracy Chapman

Touched the mirror

Broke the surface of the water

Saw my true self

All illusions shattered

Money’s only paper only ink

We’ll destroy ourselves if we can’t agree

How the world turns

Who made the sun

Who owns the sea

The world we know will fall piece by piece

Sat down up close to the colored black hole

Like they’d always told me not to

Saw the one dimension polka dot pacifier

And all illusions shattered

Money’s only paper only ink

We’ll destroy ourselves if we can’t agree

How the world turns

Who made the sun

Who owns the sea

The world we know will fall piece by piece

Bared myself wholly heart and body unadorned

Stripped down solely

To the evil and the good

Felt no shame

Naked to the world

And all illusions shattered

Money’s only paper only ink

We’ll destroy ourselves if we can’t agree

How the world turns

Who made the sun

Who owns the sea

The world we know will fall piece by piece

Faced towards the sea

Looked to heaven up above

Felt the world revolve around me

No one could tell me otherwise

But the turbulent waters won’t reflect this life

Only the sun the moon and sky

And all illusions shattered

Money’s only paper only ink

We’ll destroy ourselves if we can’t agree

How the world turns

Who made the sun

Who owns the sea

The world we know will fall piece by piece

Money’s only paper only ink