Splinters

Katy Rose

My luck sits sultry in a paper cup
Drowned in hotel coffee
I drink it so it's sucked into
my pale and searching body

It makes my warm feet shake
And my hands know what I mean
When I say that I'm not looking
But it could be the caffeine

Well I bury my secrets well
I never kiss and tell
I knock on wood
But I got splinters in my hands
And that ain't good
My stories are hard to tell
I never end them well
I knock on wood
But I've got splinters in my hands
And that ain't good

I should of said so from the start
Will I never not be broken
I got truth trees in my shopping cart
In case I gave to help here

Sick of fortune's taunting games
Searching for something to blame
When it happened baby once again
Crazy pills and in deep?
Composing in the den maybe I need to need a friend

Well I bury my secrets well
I never kiss and tell
I knock on wood
But I got splinters in my hands
And that ain't good
My stories are hard to tell
I never end them well
I knock on wood
But I've got splinters in my hands
And that ain't good


Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan, edited by iholdher

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    I think it's 'my pale and searching body' 'when I say that I'm not looking but it could be the caffine'

    iholdheron December 19, 2011   Link

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