Fingertips ruffled like lace
Shadows spill like coffee on your face
I know you would prefer something easier
Cotton sheets curl around your leg
Heart sleeps on your pillow like an egg
I know you would prefer something breezier
Lost in the mirror I am dog chained in the snow
Limp in the legs and circle round; no place else to go
beaten down
lost in brown
ears fill with a buzzing sound
when i close my eyes, i still see the golden crown
Morning wakes drenching us in gold
Hot head always quick to scold
I know you would prefer something dreamier
Hot head always something wrong
I squirm, eager to belong
I know you would prefer something creamier
Cream in your coffee black; watch me fill it up
Overflow and drip and spill; watch me lick it up
beaten down
lost in brown
ears fill with a buzzing sound
when i close my eyes, i still see the golden crown
Sleeping on the floor at night, do you hear me breathe?
Butterflies and unicorns, eager to believe
Close my eyes when they start to burn
Swollen shut talking out of turn
I know I should have mentioned it earlier
Rest my head on a moldy towel
Thick and thin, forever and now
I know I should have been something pearlier
Dipped in a cotton cloud, that’s my little girl
Nothing’s real and nothing’s wrong
In our little world
Home sweet home
Dog and bone
Old friends calling on the phone
Holding hands with everyone you’ve known
beaten down
lost in brown
ears fill with a buzzing sound
when i close my eyes, i still see the golden crown