Solitude stands by the window 
She turns her head as I walk in the room 
I can see by her eyes she's been waiting 
Standing in the slant of the late afternoon 
 
And she turns to me with her hand extended 
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame 
 
Solitude stands in the doorway 
And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette 
By her long cool stare and her silence 
I suddenly remember each time we've met 
 
And she turns to me with her hand extended 
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame 
 
And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight" 
And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart" 
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear 
And I say "I've never thought of finding you here" 
 
I turn to the crowd as they're watching 
They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm 
I wanted to be in there among them 
I see how their eyes are gathered into one 
 
And then she turns to me with her hand extended 
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame 
 
And she says "I've come to set a twisted thing straight" 
And she says"l've come to lighten this dark heart" 
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear 
And I say "I've never thought of finding you here" 
 
Solitude stands in the doorway 
And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette 
By her long cool stare and her silence 
I suddenly remember each time we've met 
 
And she turns to me with her hand extended 
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame