She keeps the world at bay 

With walls built to stand come-what-may 

And with that coldness on display, they held until today 

She would hold her own 

Running all alone 

Ridding her road of every grain 

To stay in control 



But now 

She cries 

Alive 



Suddenly she is down on all four 

And the walls will support her no more 

Cries her eyes out like never before 

Onto this linoleum 

The bottled up and stored 



She's won every war 

And when she's out that door 

She will push ahead of you, frowning at the poor 

She would move so fast not to end up last 

Aiming for the finish line 

To smile at those she'd passed 



But now 

She cries 

Alive 



Suddenly she is down on all four 

And the walls will support her no more 

Cries her eyes out like never before 

Onto this linoleum 

The bottled up. 

And stored -- 



And sometimes 

Oh, just sometimes 

That's really all it takes: 

A hand on her shoulder 

Then she breaks 



Sometimes that's really all it takes: 

(Yes then) 

A word of kindness and she breaks 

(She breaks) 

And then the sum of damage done 

(Well she breaks) 

Spills out on stale linoleum 

(She breaks) 



Sometimes that's really all it takes: 

(She breaks) 

A gentle touch and then she breaks 

(She breaks) 

To see the sum of damage done 

(She breaks) 

Stain this linoleum 

(Oh, she breaks) 



Sometimes that's really all it takes: 

(Oh, she breaks) 

A word or touch and then we break 

(Oh, she breaks) 

And all this world's linoleum 

(She breaks) 

Can't hold the sum of damage done -- 



(She's becoming her last casualty) 

Itsy bitsy Spider 

Climbed the water spout 

(If she breaks then at last she'll be free) 

Down Came the Rain 

And washed the spider out 

(But she keeps it together once more) 

Now she stays on the ground 

So she'll never fall 

(And runs another day to fight another war) 

See she would rather drown 

Than lose control