Artist: Indigo Girls
Track: Closer to Fine
Lyrics
I'm tryin' to tell you somethin' 'bout my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
And the best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It's only life after all, yeah
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety 'til I sank it
I'm crawling on your shores
And I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine, yeah
The closer I am to fine, yeah
And I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a B-Grade movie
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
Got my paper and I was free
I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine, yeah
The closer I am to fine, yeah
I stopped by the bar at three A.M.
To seek solace in a bottle, or possibly a friend
And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
And I went in seeking clarity
I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
We go to the doctor, we go to the mountains
We look to the children, we drink from the fountain
Yeah, we go to the Bible, we go through the work out
We read up on revival, we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine, yeah
Full Lyrics and Meaning
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Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine
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One of the Indigo Girls' biggest hits, “Closer To Fine” was written about accepting that philosophical questions don’t necessarily have one definitive answer.
The song peaked at #
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Indigo Girls – Closer To Fine (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I'm trying to tell you something about my life / Maybe give me insight between black and white / And the best thing you've ever done for me / Is to help me take my life
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Brandi Carlile & Catherine Carlile – Closer To Fine
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[Verse 1: Brandi Carlile] / I'm tryin' to tell you somethin' about my life / Maybe give me insight between black and white / But the best thing you've ever done for me / Is to help
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Indigo Girls – Galileo (Live)
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[Intro: Emily Saliers, Amy Ray] / Y'all feel like singing, just sing. I was just thinking about Galileo because—yeah. Nice transition. Yeah, I guess you say his name and that's it
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Sicko – Closer To Fine
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[Verse 1] / When I'm tryna tell you somethin' 'bout my life / Maybe give me insight between black and white / And the best thing you've ever done for me / Was to help me take my
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