Jack White

Missing Pieces

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I was in the shower so I could not tell my nose was bleeding
Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet and
Then, I looked in the mirror at my face, I thought I had a disease

Hey

And there's a woman with her fingers in my ice box
She peeked around the corner, asked me if I'm okay
She put the ice up on my tongue and then it melted away

Alright

Oak floor, soft-pine bedroom door, yeah
Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah
And there's a dry-pine ceiling that is out of my reach

[Break]

I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah
I looked down and my legs were long gone
I felt for her with my shoulder, but there's nobody there

I thought she left a note, took the tag on the pillow there
And then I noticed that the rag next to my ear
The clock was ringing, but it wasn't nothing that I could hear

Alright,
Yeah
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

[Break]

Sometimes someone controls everything about you
And when they tell you that they just can't live without you
They ain't lyin', they'll take pieces of you
And they'll stand above you and walk away
That's right and take a part of you with them

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mike On Apr 16, 2012

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I was in the shower so I could not tell my nose was bleeding
Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet and
Then, I looked in the mirror at my face, I thought I had a disease

Hey

And there's a woman with her fingers in my ice box
She peeked around the corner, asked me if I'm okay
She put the ice up on my tongue and then it melted away

Alright

Oak floor, soft-pine bedroom door, yeah
Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah
And there's a dry-pine ceiling that is out of my reach

[Break]

I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah
I looked down and my legs were long gone
I felt for her with my shoulder, but there's nobody there

I thought she left a note, took the tag on the pillow there
And then I noticed that the rag next to my ear
The clock was ringing, but it wasn't nothing that I could hear

Alright,
Yeah
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

[Break]

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markbolo

2012-12-16 11:18:19

markbolo

2012-12-16 11:14:42

markbolo

2012-12-15 03:20:29

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2012-04-16 19:18:59

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by VortexOfLanguage

14y ago

Wow so many mistakes. Eye spots??? Lol!

I was in the shower so I couldn't tell my nose was bleeding Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet Looked in the mirror in my face, I thought I had a disease

And there's a woman with her fingers in my icebox She peeked around the corner asked me if I'm okay She put the ice upon my tongue and then it melted away

Alright, oak floor, soft pine bedroom door, yeah Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah And there's a dry pine ceiling that is out of my reach

I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah I looked down and my legs were long gone I felt for her with my shoulder but there was nobody there

I thought she left a note, just a tag on the pillow there And then I noticed there's a rag next to my ear The clock was ringing but it wasn't nothing that I could hear

Sometimes someone controls everything about you And when they tell you that they can't live without you They ain't lying, they'll take pieces of you And they'll stand above you And walk away, that's right And take a part of you with them

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by Franztastic

12y ago

This is such an awesome song, but it took me a few listens to kinda piece this together. I love how the last verse just ties the song up, how she was taking "pieces' of him (His nose, arms, legs, etc) because she can't live without him. But rather than live with him, she took the parts she wanted and left him alone with the parts that essentially made her leave. I remember after listening to it for the third time, I just kinda got it, and I leaned back just like, "Huh, that was actually kinda deep, man."