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"