Linoleum

[Verse 1] She keeps the world at bay With walls built to stand come-what-may And with that coldness on display they held until today She would hold her own Running all alone Ridding her road of every grain to stay in control [Chorus] But now she cries, alive Suddenly she is down on all four And the walls will support her no more Cries her eyes out like never before Onto this linoleum The bottled up and stored [Verse 2] She's won every war And when she's out that door She will push ahead of you, frowning at the poor She would move so fast Not to end up last Aiming for the finish line to smile at those she'd passed [Chorus] But now she cries, alive Suddenly she is down on all four And the walls will support her no more Cries her eyes out like never before Onto this linoleum The bottled up and stored [Bridge] And sometimes, oh just sometimes That's really all it takes A hand on her shoulder, and then she breaks [Verse 3] Sometimes that's really all it takes (yes then) A word of kindness and she breaks (she breaks) And then the sum of damage done spills out on stale linoleum (she breaks, she breaks) Sometimes that's really all it takes (she breaks) A gentle touch and then she breaks (she breaks) To see the sum of damage done stain this linoleum (she breaks, oh she breaks) Sometimes that's really all it takes (she breaks) A word or touch and then we break (oh she breaks) And all this world's linoleum can't hold the sum of damage done (she breaks) [Outro] Itsy bitsy spider, climbed the water spout (She's becoming her last casualty) Down came the rain and washed the spider out (If she breaks then at last she'll be free) Now she stays on the ground, so she'll never fall (But she keeps it together once more) See, she would rather drown than lose control (And runs another day to fight another war)