be mine, world   and I will lift you up   be lovely   or I'll have had enough      let me be   all you might contain   'cause I never know   if I get to be again      I wanna see Venice before it sinks in the sea   'cause I miss New Orleans   I watched it go under on my TV   and what with the siren song we all call entropy   I wanna be everything before it is gone from me      fall lightly   deep into my bed   late evening   sweet breath against my neck   the only light here   is the television's blue   and the quiet   closes in on me and you      and I wanna break my heart while it's still young enough to recover   and I wanna grab your ears to kiss the hell out of each other   and I wanna board a train across the world and see it while I can   I wanna know what it's like to be every woman, child, and man      be kindly   like you've never spent a day   deep in mourning, anger, or dismay      be forgiving   be gracious   be polite   be childish, outlandish, and uptight      be extensive   be anything at all   keep beside you all the things you are      I wanna see Venice before it sinks in the sea   'cause I miss New Orleans   I watched it go under on my TV   and what with the siren song we all call entropy   I wanna be everything before it is gone from me      be mine, world   and I will lift you up   be lovely   or I'll have had enough.