Mary Lambert - Ribcage Lyrics
Living in the darknessI wear it like a crownOh I've got tough skinReady for my bowAll I've got is two handsI tied them in the middleReady for the red tapeOpen up my ribcageI offer souvenirsA deaf tongue and blinded earsCan you fill the shelves in hereCome in, come inEverybody look aroundEverybody look aroundI don't know how to fill the spaceThe invitations on the pageOpen up my ribcageI want you want to want me like I'm all you gotMama she see it but can't make me stopTelling the truth it might mean you keep poking but that didn't hurtThat's my method of copingDaughter sees him like that smoke in my lungsWhat they project on me what I've becomeDown on my knees, unsure what to sayNo I never learned how to prayDon't know know who I've been fooling but you've got me running in circles I'm ruinedLet you inside, opened up all my woundsTaken my ribcage and ripped it in twoEverybody look aroundEverybody look aroundI don't know how to fill the spaceThe invitations on the pageOpen up my ribcageTie it from my tendonsWatch how they stretchOh I've got the muscleLord I'm spentKnocking down my sternumAgain, at a young ageToo much space betweenOpen up my ribcageI offer souvenirsA deaf tongue and blinded earsCan you fill the shelves in hereCome in, come inEverybody look aroundEverybody look aroundI don't know how to fill the spaceThe invitations on the pageOpen up my ribcageThere's impenetrable silence inside of my headThere's nothing I can buy when I'm practically deadI get so tired of writing everything I should have saidThat maybe this time I'll put my pen down and just tell you insteadYou see I opened up my ribcage and violins flew outThe organs softly played through my violin mouthI got lights hotter than love hidden beneath my tongueWritten on my skinTells me your the oneEverybody look aroundEverybody look aroundI don't know how to fill the spaceThe invitations on the pageOpen up my ribcageOpen up my ribcageOpen up my ribcageOpen up my ribcage
