Everything's Broken
She went alone to the movies to escape
into Hollywood's hands,
The screen color's soothing. Can lift a
mood like the weatherman.
And her lover is asleep on his cross
He's playing the martyr for the dream's
that he's lost
She just can't keep out the rain or the
rust
Cause everything's broken, everything's
broken
Chorus
Well you've just got to breathe
Throw the weight off the table
Watch china break up in midair
But I can't help you leave
You gotta walk on a cable
Each step's gonna bring you somewhere...
She wakes up and the theater's
bare
A coffee shop at midnight, She
befriended a novelist there
The plot thickens with daylight. She
hides a bruise beneath a lock of her hair
And ain't it a paradox, you find love
and get lost
I walked her home on Winter Street,
knowing boundaries were crossed
You pay the rent but you don't know the
cost
'Til everything's broken... 'Til your
last friend has spoken
Chorus
Well you've just got to breathe
Throw the weight off the table
Watch china break up in midair
But I can't help you leave
You gotta walk on a cable
Each step's gonna bring you somewhere...
She walks up her Winter Street stair
Hey... hey, hey, hey yeah....
Now she's dressed like a riddle, she's
pretty as a turn of a phrase
She's pierced in the middle, she'll
catch your eye like a misplaced parade
And in my living room, she's falling
apart
The tale is a tragedy, it's
Shakespeare's lost art
You find your voice when you're most
torn apart
When everything's broken... When your
own lips have spoken
Chorus
Well you've just got to breathe
Throw the weight off the table
Watch china break up in midair
She watched herself leave
Took a walk on a cable
Each step's gonna bring her somewhere
A thousand feet in the air
And ain't that a breeze up there?
Up there... up there...
End
