Break Me
Intro
Verse 1
Here comes another letter:
"We regret to inform you..." Yeah, I know.
I'd paper every wall with 'em
if I still had a wall to call my own.
You want the job? Already gone.
You want the house? Sold it for a song.
Come and take whatever's left,
but bring a thimble. It won't take long.
Pre-Chorus
I already heard the crack.
I already hit the ground.
So tell me where you're gonna knock me
when I'm already all the way down.
Chorus
So go on and break me,
go ahead and take your swing.
I'm already in pieces,
and you can't break a broken thing.
You can't sink me past the bottom.
You can't drop me through the floor.
So go on and break me.
What're you waiting for?
Verse 2
You ever see a bottle shatter
on the edge of a hardwood bar?
It don't come out any weaker.
It just learns where its edges are.
So swing again, I'll scatter:
glass and gravel, grit and sand.
You want to break me any smaller,
you'll need a smaller hammer in your hand.
Pre-Chorus
I already heard the crack.
I already hit the ground.
So tell me where you're gonna knock me
when I'm already all the way down.
Chorus
So go on and break me,
go ahead and take your swing.
I'm already in pieces,
and you can't break a broken thing.
You can't sink me past the bottom.
You can't drop me through the floor.
So go on and break me.
What're you waiting for?
Bridge
Before I broke, I had so much to lose,
I'd lie awake and count it every night.
Now there's nothing left to guard,
and I'm sleeping just fine.
They say rock bottom like a curse,
but I'd been falling for so long,
it's the first thing in years that held,
the first ground I could stand on.
Final Chorus
So go on and break me,
go ahead and take your swing.
I'm already in pieces,
and you can't break a broken thing.
I'm standing on the bottom,
and it's solid to the core.
Already broken. Unbreakable.
What're you waiting for?
Outro
Take your time.
I ain't goin' anywhere.