Pain of Salvation - Linoleum lyrics

She keeps the world at bay
With walls built to stand come-what may
And with that coldness on display
They held until today she would hold her own
Running all alone
Ridding her road of every grain
To stay in control

But now she cries, alive
Suddenly she is down on all four
And the walls will support her no more
Cries her eyes out like never before
Onto this linoleum the bottled up and stored

She's won every war
And when she's out that door
She will push ahead of you
Frowning at the poor she would move so fast
Not to end up last
Aiming for the finish line to
Smile at those she'd passed

But now she cries, alive
Suddenly she is down on all four
And the walls will support her no more
Cries her eyes out like never before
Onto this linoleum the bottled up and stored

And sometimes, oh just sometimes
That's really all it takes
A hand on her shoulder, and then she breaks

Sometimes that's really all it takes
(yes then) a word of kindness and she breaks
(she breaks) and then the sum of damage done
Spills out on stale linoleum
(she breaks, she breaks)
Sometimes that's really all it takes
(she breaks)
A gentle touch and then she breaks
(she breaks) to see the sum of damage
Done stain this linoleum
(she breaks, oh she breaks)
Sometimes that's really all it takes
(she breaks)
A word or touch and then we break
(oh she breaks)
And all this world's linoleum can't hold
The sum of damage done (she breaks)

Itsy bit'sy spider, climbed the water spout
(She's becoming her last casualty)
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
(If she breaks then at last she'll be free)

Now she stays on the ground
So she'll never fall
(But she keeps it together once more)
See, she would rather drown than lose control
(And runs another day to fight another war)