She Breaks Things

(Lyrics by Phil Cole)

 

PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS

IT SAT ON THE MANTLE PIECE

FAR OUR OF REACH

SHE SEEMED SO NONPLUSSED

A TREASURED FAMILY HEIR LOOM

A PRICELESS PIECE OF HISTORY

SLIPPING FROM THEIR DAUGHTERS FINGERS

NOW NO MORE THAN DUST

SHE BREAKS THINGS

 

SHE TOOK TO LITTLE LEAGUE

WITH TENACIOUS FEROCITY

SET NEW AGE RECORDS

THROUGHOUT HER TEENS

THE DUDES PURSUED HER

WITH SCHOOLBOY NERVOSITY

A FRACTURED LEG IN HIGH JUMP

SHATTERED HER DREAM

 

SHE BREAKS THINGS

WHEN SHE'S DONE

JUST PIECES

LA LA LA LIE ON THE GROUND

SHE BREAKS THINGS

 

THEY JUST COULDN'T HELP IT

THEY SHARED THE MOST TRIVIAL THINGS

FELL IN AND ABOUT LOVE

FOR CLOSE ON A YEAR

THEN THE DOMINO'S FELL

ON THE TIGHTROPE THAT WAS HIS HEART

DISCONNECTING THE DOTS

SHE DROPPED HIM OUT OF THERE

 

SHE BREAKS THINGS

WHEN SHE'S DONE

JUST PIECES

LA LA LA LIE ON THE GROUND

SHE BREAKS THINGS

NOW SHE'S GONE

HE'S HEART BROKE

AND THE PIECES CANNOT BE FOUND

SHE BREAKS THINGS

 

c2012