Linoleum Lyrics

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
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
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
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 --
And sometimes Oh, just sometimes That's really all it takes: A hand on her shoulder [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/linoleum-lyrics-pain-of-salvation.html ] Then she breaks
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 (Well she breaks) Spills out on stale linoleum (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 (She breaks) Stain this linoleum (Oh, she breaks)
Sometimes that's really all it takes: (Oh, she breaks) A word or touch and then we break (Oh, she breaks) And all this world's linoleum (She breaks) Can't hold the sum of damage done --
(She's becoming her last casualty) Itsy bitsy Spider Climbed the water spout (If she breaks then at last she'll be free) Down Came the Rain And washed the spider out (But she keeps it together once more) Now she stays on the ground So she'll never fall (And runs another day to fight another war) See she would rather drown Than lose control