Porcelain

Porcelain - Sleeping At Last

The door broke when you slammed it shut

And the cracks kept reaching long after you left

Through the floorboards branching towards the hall

Like vines that never rest

Climbing like fire through the walls

A single spark that claims the whole forest -

I know I know it's all for the best

But honestly I would rather be

Safe from a distance than here

When I fell to my knees

To sew the damage shut

I couldn't believe

A bright staggering light

Came flooding into me

From out of the seams

So I reached deeper in

And pulled my whole world wide open

And for each broken mile a billion

Miracles happen at once

In everything in everything

But I'm safe from a distance right here

Everything I love

Was made of porcelain

Ready to break

But the bright staggering light

It anxiously waits inside

Like nesting dolls the secret hides

And like every birth

It was a necessary pain

I know I know

It's all worth the wait worth the weight