Big Bones Lyrics

I got some bones to pick

I got a cross to bare

I try to understand why

I couldn't take me anywhere

Scratched into bathroom walls

Two words made me wanna die

Taller than all the boys

Feel like an accident in my own life

But you should have see me swoon

You should have see me dainty

I played that part real good

Was gonna grow up and be an elegant lady

My cover's blown, release the spirit

You can't shake this soul, I live it

I got these bones to keep me alive

I said I got these bones to keep me alive

Big bones!

I traced my fingertips

On magazine silhouettes

Default to people pleasing

And that's how the rest of my life was spent

Built like a warrior

You'll never see me sweat

No way to protect myself from myself

That day my ballet suit didn't suck me in

My cover's blown, release the spirit

You can't shrink this soul, I live it

I got these bones to keep me alive

I said I got these bones to keep me alive

These bones they held me

And kept me together

These bones tore me in two

One thing you should know

One thing to remember

These big bones gave birth to you

Big bones!

I been around the world

I climbed up some mountain tops too

My home is on my back

I know this much is true

When I die I'm gonna dance in my grave and when I do

I'm gonna shimmy these sockets cause

My cover's blown, release the spirit

You can't shake this soul, I live it

My cover's blown, release the spirit

Can't shake this soul, I'm on in it

I got these bones to keep me alive

I said I got these bones to keep me alive

I'm gonna run with the wolves to the finish line

With these bones, these bones, big bones!