Lyrics
Rip my roots from my birthplace beneath me.
The growing takes time, but the burning is easy.
You’d cut me through with one word if you knew what to say.
Tell the truth in the worst way with feeling.
The knowing’s a crime, and this time it’s unappealing.
I’ve seen such ashes like every lost soul in one tray.
I was such a beautiful thing yesterday.
Weeping as young lovers engraved their names.
Take my body, tell my story when you turn me to a page.
Oh, your god is not my maker.
I’ve been broken out in hives.
Righteous men kneeled down in prayer,
with their names sketched in me with their wives.
Just begging her to stay.
I was such a beautiful thing yesterday.
Weeping as young lovers engraved their names.
Take my body, tell my story when you turn me to a page.
All these cobwebs catching all my dreams.
I just can’t live without you, love, and you just can’t breathe without me.