[ti:Letting The Telephone Ring] [ar:Ani Difranco] [al:Ani DiFranco] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Letting the Telephone Ring (2019 Remaster) - Ani Difranco [00:29.24]I am letting the telephone ring [00:32.60]Cause I don't want to know why [00:37.05]I don't want to hear you explain [00:39.05]I don't want to hear you cry [00:41.49]I have written so much about you [00:49.92]So much I thought I knew [00:51.86]Words like water used to flow [00:55.30]Now what could I possibly have to say [00:58.74]She is someone I don't even know [01:02.24]And all the things that you've given to me [01:09.11]I see now were simply reparations [01:13.93]They were gifts of your guilt [01:15.62]They were my preparation [01:24.93]I know I should be mature [01:26.80]Keep my feet on the floor [01:28.80]But for some reason [01:30.36]I just don't want them anymore [01:32.80]I know this shouldn't be important [01:34.43]Compared to you and I [01:35.74]But I can still hear my questions [01:38.12]And I can still hear you [01:41.87]I can still hear you [01:45.56]Lie [02:14.00]Now vicariously I have her in me [02:17.25]I want to peel off my skin [02:19.37]Let the water wash in [02:21.19]You always said that I was hiding [02:23.25]That I was hiding from you [02:25.19]But you are capable of things I could not do [02:28.94]You are capable of things I could not do [02:32.69]I remember how you pretended [02:34.13]How you pretended to touch me [02:36.63]I remember how I couldn't bring myself to believe [02:40.19]I remember wondering [02:41.75]What was wrong [02:42.69]What was wrong [02:44.44]How could I be so naive [02:46.93]How could I be so naive