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
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