This song is about a girl silently struggling with an eating disorder. No one notices (or cares) how she feels, but she is slowly deteriorating. Once her parents finally notice, it’s too late.
They pull up their chairs to the table
She stares at the food on her plate
At the toast and the butter, her father and mother
She pushes away
And they rise in the morning
And they sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
She gets home from school too early
And closes the door to her room
There's nothing inside her
She's weak and she's tired of feeling like this
And they rise in the morning
And they sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
They call her for dinner, she makes up a reason
She looks at her arms and she rolls down her sleeves
And her mother is starting to see through her lies
And last night her father had tears in his eyes
And they rise in the morning
And they sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
And we rise in the morning
And we sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
She's falling apart
She’s Falling Apart was written by Lisa Loeb & Derek Holt & Thom Schuyler.
She’s Falling Apart was produced by Lisa Loeb & Derek Holt & Thom Schuyler.
Lisa Loeb released She’s Falling Apart on Tue Mar 26 2002.