[Intro] [distorted electric guitar riff, syncopated palm muting] [bass and drums enter] [Verse 1] [melodic baritone male vocals] My soul broke like an empty vase It fell irretrievably down the stairs It fell from the hands of the careless girl Into more pieces than there was China in the vase [Chorus] [strained high-register vocals, power chords] God says [cymbal crash] Impossible No, no No, no [Verse 2] I'm all sensations and when I feel like myself I'm a scatterer of pieces on the mat that needs shaking I made a sound in falling like a breaking vase [Chorus] All the gods they are leaning over the staircase At the pieces the girl made of me [Bridge] [wah-filtered guitar solo, sustained bends] They are forgiving to, they are not lingering They are forgiving to, what was I but an empty vase They look at the absurdly conscious pieces Conscious of themselves, not them [Guitar Solo] [rapid pentatonic runs, heavy distortion] [Outro] They gaze and smile, they smile in the delay At the young girl [vocal fade out]
