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Suddenly you're shaken with pain
Shooting down inside you
And now you're crumbling away
But this isn't like you
It doesn't stop 'til it breaks down all you know
Your breathing locks and your balance goes
Ladadadadadadada
It takes a minute
Ladadadadadadada
It doesn't finish
Ladadadadadadada
You're breaking faster
Ladadadadada
You're nothing after
There's nothing after
You try to make your escape
But the blows keep on coming
And as the dust clears away
You start to notice something
Each time a piece crashes down into the floor
You're a little lighter than just before
Ladadadadadadada
It takes a minute
Ladadadadadadada
It doesn't finish
Ladadadadadadada
You'll see it after
Ladadadadada
When you look backwards
When you look backwards
And now your eyes shift from negative spaces
To contours that light up this rough cut design
And now you see it, you're sculpture in motion
You're unfinished art that keeps going, it keeps going
It keeps going and going and going and going..
Shooting down inside you
And now you're crumbling away
But this isn't like you
It doesn't stop 'til it breaks down all you know
Your breathing locks and your balance goes
It takes a minute
Ladadadadadadada
It doesn't finish
Ladadadadadadada
You're breaking faster
Ladadadadada
You're nothing after
There's nothing after
But the blows keep on coming
And as the dust clears away
You start to notice something
Each time a piece crashes down into the floor
You're a little lighter than just before
It takes a minute
Ladadadadadadada
It doesn't finish
Ladadadadadadada
You'll see it after
Ladadadadada
When you look backwards
When you look backwards
To contours that light up this rough cut design
And now you see it, you're sculpture in motion
You're unfinished art that keeps going, it keeps going
It keeps going and going and going and going..
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Submitted by
secondhandsmoke On Apr 17, 2007
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this song makes me cry.
i just wanted to let you know that it's actually "your breathing locks" =] otherwise, this is a powerful, great song.
This song is amazing...everytime it comes on I turn it up.
Amber Rubarth told, at a concert, that this song is about an old tree out in the big forrests. A tree that they cut down, to make a fine piece of furniture out of it. The song should be describing the pain of changes, but remind you that sometimes change is good, and can even make things better - in this case, make this tree useful, beautiful and a pleasure to people
See it's interesting cause the first time I heard this song I assumed it was about self harm and various other things like that. But it works for so many things. That's one of the beauties of the song I think.