Fugitive
Indigo Girls Lyrics

I'm harboring a fugitive, a defector of a kind
I am carrying a person who has escaped from their country or allegiance, and she is different from others of her kind.

And she lives in my soul and drinks of my wine
This person is a part of me, and even partakes in my pleasures and nourishment.

And I'd give my last breath to keep us alive
I am willing to do anything, even lay down my life, to ensure that we continue to exist together.

Are they coming for us with cameras or guns?
We are not sure how they will try to capture us, with either surveillance or violence.

We don't know which but we gotta run
We do not have the luxury of waiting to find out, we must flee immediately.

And you say, "This is not what I bargained for"
You express frustration that our current situation is not what you expected or planned for.

So hide yourself
Please conceal yourself from view,

For me
to protect us both.

All for me
Because I am the only one who can keep us safe and alive.

We swore to ourselves we'd go to the end of the world
We made a promise to each other that we would stick together until the very end of our journey.

But I got caught up in the whirl and the twirl of it all
But I became too distracted and lost in the excitement and fast pace of life.

A day in the sun dancing alone
I was living my life carefree, without a care for the consequences or the future.

Baby, I'm so sorry
I feel remorse for leading us into danger.

Now it's coming to you the lessons I've learned
Now you will be learning the lessons I have learned too late, as our past catches up with us.

Won't do you any good you've got to get burned
But it won't do you any good to hear my regrets, you must learn from your own mistakes.

Well the curse and the blessing they're one in the same
The good and the bad in our situation are intertwined and inseparable.

Baby, it's all such a treacherous gain
Together we have gained much, but it has come at a steep cost and is fraught with danger.

Ooh!
An expression of emotion or excitement.

I stood without clothes danced in the sand
I enjoyed a moment of complete freedom, shedding all of the trappings of society and its expectations.

I was aching with freedom kissing the damned
I was craving the feeling of freedom so intensely that I would even embrace those who were condemned or outcast.

I said remember this as how it should be
I encouraged myself to hold onto this moment as a representation of what true freedom and happiness should feel like.

Oh baby, I said it's all in our hands
I encouraged my partner to realize that we have control over our own fate and future.

Got to learn to respect what we don't understand
We need to learn to give reverence to things or people we don't comprehend fully, and not dismiss them out of hand.

We are fortunate ones, fortunate ones, I swear
We are lucky to have each other and to have experienced what we have, I promise.

I will hide myself for you
I promise to keep myself hidden in order to keep us both safe.

All for you
I am willing to sacrifice everything to keep you alive.

I will myself for you
I will exert every effort and use every capability I have to protect you.