Roots Lyrics

It's yours, if you want it

You say to me

I'll find it in the carpet

With my dignity

But if dread's a drug

Then I'm an addict like you've never seen

'Cause just when I want it

You're out of reach

I try to throw my sheets out

With the clothes

Turn me into somebody

That no one knows

'Cause I got bored of resolutions

Bored of always letting go

And you could give me something better

But I know you won't

This hollow body's echoing now

So cover me in tin and leave me bare

No, you won't find another lover there

You've got your way of breaking me down

So cover, but the roots begin to show

And cover it, but I already know

It just takes a bit of thinking,

Or so you said

God, pull me from the wreckage

Of my own head

'Cause I might fight for adoration

Till you say I've killed it dead

Then shut up upon the hour

'Cause you won't take it to bed

And if feeling's got me feeling something

I'm better off with nothing

This hollow body's echoing now

So cover me in tin and leave me bare

No, you won't find another lover there

You've got your way of breaking me down

So cover, but the roots begin to show

And cover it, but I already know

That if you're the one who filled my head with doubt

But if I'm the one who kept on holding out

Then I guess we've both got pockets full of blame

Oh, but I got nothing left

And you've got nothing there to tame

This hollow body's echoing now

So cover me in tin and leave me bare

No, you won't find another lover there

You've got your way of breaking me down

So cover, but the roots begin to show

And cover it, but I already know

Who you are