When you were young
You'd bite your tongue
Calm, always did what you were told

Never ran your mouth
Lived life on tiptoes
Only felt peace if by yourself

When mistakes don't count

There's a hole in your chest

From the time that you were born
One that don't get filled
'cause you've always known you're nothin' they want


But everybody's bones are just holy branches
Cast from trees to cut patterns into the world

And in time we find some shelter
Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth
And when we're there we'll belong

'cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost

Now I live alone

Work in the belly of machines
Wring my soot-black hands
And I don't sleep much

Days don't feel much different
From the nights
With no goals in mind


There's a hole in my chest
From the time I walked away

One I fill with sweat
So now I know I'm nothin' they want


But everybody's bones are just holy branches
Ride the breeze to cut patterns in the leaves
And in time we find some shelter

Spill our seeds and then wait for our turns
But for now we're adraift on the waves of disconent
Trying to carve our place

All in hopes we'll be something they want
But I'm not holding my breath


Trace your fingers down my spine
Make your home behind my eyes
Line my skull with harmless lies

I'll bide my time until I'm something they want