You must be made of straw 

The way you bend 

You're afraid of windy days or any breeze 

At all it never ends 


We run too much 

And we shake too many hands 

Now all our thumbs are broken 

And our toes too sore to dance 

But when our minds are sharp 

And our teeth are clean 

We focus on the past 

And we don't say what we mean 

It's then that we gain perspective 

It's then we realize where we went wrong 


Oh oh oh oh 

Don't be so cold when I kiss you 

Oh oh oh oh 

Don't be so bold as to miss me 


Strange how words 

Seemed to only make things worse 

So let's speak without our tongues 

And we'll sing without a verse 

Until your eyes are red 

Until my stomach hurts 

Until we're bleeding from the silence 

And the salt has stained our shirts 

Until there's pleasure in our pain and our 

Sadness leads to gain, again, again 


Oh oh oh oh 

Don't be so cold when I kiss you 

Oh oh oh oh 

Don't be so bold as to miss me 


We must be made of glass 

The way we break 

We crumble into pieces 

When we leave too much at stake 

But when your mind is closed 

And our heads are sore 

We've buried all the laughter 

And you're walking out the door 

Think back to a time when time was a place 

Where a thought was a dream 

And a dream was a hope for time