Marrow

There's a thin crack in my coffee cup, a scuff received by time It fans in all directions, like a scar from lightning's bite I can't shake off the shadows, but I cling hard to the light Looking for a reason why my heart itches to fight It eats at all my marrow It carves away my mind My bravery is compromised My fear has made me blind I said" easy tiger, you'll get it next time around Your silver bones, you'll give em back to the ground Those easy winters never get written down It's decimation, it breaks us inside and out Breaks us inside and out" I was born in fever, little-fisted, little rage I fought through a thunderhead to reach a fragile age Coughed up all my memories til they crumpled up like shame They begged to be a part of me and begged to have a name They ate at all my marrow Carved away my mind My bravery was compromised And fear had made me blind I said "easy tiger, you'll get it next time around Your silver bones, you'll give em back to the ground Those easy winters never get written down It's decimation, it breaks us inside and out" Breaks us inside and out Breaks us inside and out Breaks us inside and out Breaks us inside and out Breaks us inside and out I follow Ariadne's Thread until I fall apart Paper bags for lungs, a broken kickdrum for a heart I seem full of life, but Mother Nature takes her toll She'll take what she wants, and in a way she'll leave you whole She ate at all my marrow She carved away my mind And all my fears were compromised I left em all behind Yeah, I said "easy tiger, you'll get it next time around Your silver bones, you'll give em back to the ground Those easy winters never get written down It's decimation, it breaks us inside and out Breaks us inside and out, breaks us inside and out"