There's a tree for hangings
But it's breaking ice
And falling through
And dry as stone
I won't bleed for you
Underneath your shifting gaze
I was drifting
Oh, I've found ways to stay still
And still go missing
How long will it take?
How long 'til we break?
My spine of glass
Won't hold our fractured form
We're slender reed
In the face of a violent storm
There's something drifting
On the surface
I trace its outline with my thumb
A thousand times
I have rehearsed this
Now I'm counting down to one
How long will it take?
How long 'til we break?
But it's breaking ice
And falling through
And dry as stone
I won't bleed for you
Underneath your shifting gaze
I was drifting
Oh, I've found ways to stay still
And still go missing
How long will it take?
How long 'til we break?
My spine of glass
Won't hold our fractured form
We're slender reed
In the face of a violent storm
There's something drifting
On the surface
I trace its outline with my thumb
A thousand times
I have rehearsed this
Now I'm counting down to one
How long will it take?
How long 'til we break?