Alana Henderson - Wax and wane

^EmI could blame our ^Dpartin for the ^Cfact that I'm not startin ^EmAll my mornings at the ^Dtime they are to ^Cstart And I could ^Emsummon up the ^Dsisterhood, cry &^Cquot;leave me out of widowhood" But ^Emthat is melo^Ddrama on my ^Cpart ^EmI could blame my ^Dgreiving on the ^Cfact that I've been leaving us Be^Emhind the ones we ^Dwere when this be^Cgun But I have ^Emrose-tinted us ^Druby, and I've^C conjured up a new me Who bent f^Emreely to her ^Dnewly molded ^Cman But we ^Embent and we ^Dbroke and I ^Cmeant what I spoke And the ^Emblame game does ^Dnot produce a ^Cwinner We went as ^Emfar as we could ^Dgo, we had to ^Cgo that far to know We had ^Emnowhere left to ^Daim and ^Cnoone left to blame But the ^Emmoon's wax and ^Dwane and the turn of the ^Ctide The ^Emmoon's wax and ^Dwane and the turn of the ^Ctide

And ^EmI could blame my ^Dparents for my ^Cvices so inherent that I Cannot shake them much as I may try But how much have my inherited or picked up since I was a kid That nature vs. nuture paradigm I could blame my turns that I take on the decisions that my head makes Then trace each error right back to my heart But is it broken because you toyed with it, or was it formed a little split That grows each year further and further apart But we love, and we lose, and we lash out and we bruise And the name of the game's just the living We go as far as we can go, we've got to go that far to know We have everything to gain, and knowing we can blame The moon's wax and wane and the turn of the tide The moon's wax and wane and the turn of the tide

And ^Emso I looked at ka^Drma, and if ^CI try not to harm another I will not be harmed by anything If I salute the magpie knock on wood will I be doing any good Am I strung up or do I pull the strings Well the fact I cling too tightly till my dreams come back and bite me Am I trying to make a science of an art And will the very fate I wish to move be the one that I am doomed by Thinking that I can steer this crazy cart But I live and I learn and I light and I'll burn Until the flame simmers down to a spark I'll go as far as I can go I've got to go that far to know That I have everything to gain and knowing I can't train The moon's wax and wane and the turn of the tide The moon's wax and wane and the turn of the tide

^EmI n^Dever ^Csaid it was ^Emyour f^Daul^Ct I only wanted to blame someone I never said it was your fault I only wanted to blame someone