Marrow (Audiotree Live)

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

I was 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

It says 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, they carved away my mind

My bravery was compromised, my fear had made me blind

They 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

She 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