On one hand, I'm walking the way that I do,
looking like I'm lost in thought
but I'm looking for you

It's so subconscious the way that I feel;
too bad my subconscious life is the more real.

And I ain't in the best shape that I've ever been in,

But I know where I'm going: it ain't where I've been

I know where I'm going: and it ain't where I've been

Some kind of anxiety has gotten hold of my heart,
and I just wanna run home when I feel it start

Plastic bottles of water, sealed windows, forced air 

and gazillions of cell phones beaming through my hair

And I ain't in the best shape that I've ever been in,

But I know where I'm going: and it ain't where I've been

I know where I'm going: and it ain't where I've been

Tossing and turning between sleepless dreams, 
and I'm poised on the edge of what it all means

So I turn my back and I spread my arms wide 
and I let myself fall in, way deep inside

And I ain't in the best shape that I've ever been in

But I know where I'm going: and it ain't where I've been

I know where I'm going: and it ain't where I've been.

I'm no heroine.

You think I wouldn't have him unless I could have him by the balls.
You think I just dish it out, you don't think I take it at all.
You think I am stronger, you think I walk taller than the rest.
You think I'm usually wearing the pants just 'cause I rarely wear a dress.
Well... when you look at me, you see my purpose, see my pride
you think I just saddle up my anger and ride and ride and ride.
You think I stand so firm, you think I sit so high on my trusty steed.
Let me tell you, I'm usually faced down on the ground when there's a stampede.
I'm no heroine. At least, not last time I checked. 

I'm too easy to roll over, I'm too easy to wreck.
I just write about what I should have done. I just sing what I wish I could say,
and hope somewhere some woman hears my music and it helps her through her day.
'Cause some guy designed these shoes I use to walk around, some big man's business turns a profit every time I lay my money down, some guy designed the room I'm standing in,
another built it with his own tools.
Who says I like right angles?
These are not my laws. These are not my rules.
I'm no heroine. I still answer to the other half of the race.
I don't fool myself like I fool you. I don't have the power.
We just don't run this place.