Replacement Parts

Sometimes my bones feel too clumsy for my skin
The skin that can’t forgive the scar on my hip
The one that you trace with your hands
Sometimes my brain can’t make up its mind
A broken switch, a down power line
A radio cutting in and out
My swingset mood swinging up and down

It’s just another thing that I can’t fix
Like the broken clasp on my favorite necklace
The loneliness that anchors me to bed

[Chorus]
But you could cut it out of me
Replace the parts I’ve rusted out that I don’t need
Erase all the stupid things I say
The things that don’t work out the way we planned

And I know I make myself miserable
Sleep too much to see how it feels
When I wake up and everything’s heavier
But you know that you do the same
Stay up in bed until all of the things
You don’t want to think are tangled up inside your sheets

It’s just another thing that I don’t need
Like loneliness or the wisdom teeth
That are constantly pressing on my head

[Chorus]
Well, you could cut it out of me
Replace the parts I’ve rusted out that I don’t need
Erase all the stupid things I say
The things that don’t work out the way we planned

And you know how I work
I’m clumsy with everything
I break my own heart
But I promise if you lend me yours
I won’t let it fall
I won’t let it fall

[Chorus]
Well, you could cut it out of me
Replace the parts I’ve rusted out that I don’t need
Erase all the stupid things I say
The things that don’t work out the way we planned
The way we planned
The way we planned