Laurie Anderson - It's Not the Bullet That Kills You, It’s the Hole lyrics

I used to use myself as a target
I used myself as a goal
I was digging myself so much
I was digging me so much
I dug myself right into a hole

Now, in a hole it's so dark
You can't see a thing
It's easy to loose sight of your goals
It's not the bullet
Not the bullet that kills you
It's the hole, it's the hole, it's the hole
It's not the bullet it's the hole

Like a ventriloquist I can throw in my voice
Long distance is the story of my life
In the words of the artist Joseph Beuys
"If you get cut
You better bandage the knife"

Cause, in a hole it's so dark
You can't see a thing
It's easy to lose sight of your goals
It's not the bullet, not
The bullet that kills, you know
It's the hole, it's the hole, it's the hole

Like a hole, like a black hole in space
You disappeared and there's nothing
To take your place
Now I'm sweating, I'm freezin
In this Jamaican sea breeze
I remember you in my knees

I really feel like fallin'

It's not gravity that's getting me down
It's giving me those down
And out lowdown blues
It's not the rain that's getting me wet
It's the holes, the holes in my shoes!

It's not the bullet, It's the hole

Cause, in a hole it's so dark
You can't see a thing
It's easy to loose sight of your goals
It's not the bullet, not
The bullet that kills, you know
It's the hole, it's the hole, it's the hole

It's not the bullet it's the hole