Mary Lambert - Ribcage lyrics

Living in the darkness I wear it like a crown Oh I've got tough skin Ready for my bow All I've got is two hands I tied them in the middle Ready for the red tape To open up my ribcage I offer souvenirs A deaf tongue and blinded ears Can you fill the shelves in here Come in come in Everybody look around Everybody look around I don't know how to fill the space The invitation's on the page Open up my ribcage Want you to want me like I'm all you got Mama see's seeing it but can't make me stop Telling the truth it might mean you get broken But letting it hurt that's my method of coping Doubt in season like that smoke in my lungs What they project on me what I've become Down on my knees unsure what to say No I never learned how to prey Don't know, know who I been fooling But you got me running in circles I'm ruined Let you inside opened up all my wounds Taking my ribcage and ripped it in two Everybody look around Everybody look around I don't know how to fill the space The invitation's on the page Open up my ribcage Tie off all my tendons Watch how they stretch Oh I've got the muscle But lord, I'm spent Knocking down my sternum Began at a young age Too much space between Open up my ribcage I offer souvenirs A deaf tongue and blinded ears Can you fill the shelves in here Come in come in Everybody look around Everybody look around I don't know how to fill the space The invitation's on the page Open up my ribcage There's impenetrable silence inside of my head There's nothing I can buy when I'm practically dead I get so tired of writing everything I should have said That maybe this time I'll put my pen down and just tell you instead You see I opened up my ribcage and violins flew out The organs softly played through my violin mouth I got lights hotter than love hidden beneath my tongue Written on my skin It tells me your the one Everybody look around Everybody look around I don't know how to fill the space The invitation's on the page Open up my ribcage Open up my ribcage Open up my ribcage Open up my ribcage Open up my ribcage