Ellie Lyrics

Ellie got under my skin

With her strawberry hair flowing in the wind

She gave me a flannel jacket to wear

When the world's just too cold to bear

But she gave everything, drained out all that's inside

And she cried on the floor feeling empty

Stayed in the shadows and she'd tear her own skin

And she won't let me know where she's been

I stare at the flicker of the candle burning slowly in the dark

Beside was a picture of you

With a smile on your face that I barely recognize

Walking on eggshells around you

Tread lightly, don't fly too close to the sun

But the world's so grim and dark, so ghastly

I'd clawed myself out to keep afloat

I thought you'd shed me some light

But I slipped away and now I'm gone

I stare at the flicker of the candle burning slowly in the dark

Beside was a picture of you

With a smile on your face that I barely recognize

Walking 'round and 'round and

You can't see me but all I see is you

Ellie got under my skin

With her strawberry hair flowing in the wind

She gave me a flannel jacket to wear but the world's just too cold for her to bear

But she gave everything, drained out all that's inside

And she died