"Big Bones" lyrics

I got some bones to pick
I got a cross to bare
I try to understand why
I couldn't take me anywhere

Scratched into bathroom walls
Two words made me wanna die
Taller than all the boys
Feel like an accident in my own life

But you should have see me swoon
You should have see me dainty
I played that part real good
Was gonna grow up and be an elegant lady

My cover's blown, release the spirit
You can't shake this soul, I live it
I got these bones to keep me alive
I said I got these bones to keep me alive
Big bones!

I traced my fingertips
On magazine silhouettes
Default to people pleasin'
And that's how the rest of my life was spent

Built like a warrior
You'll never see me sweat
No way to protect myself from myself
That day my ballet suit didn't suck me in

My cover's blown, release the spirit
You can't shrink this soul, I live it
I got these bones to keep me alive
I said I got these bones to keep me alive

These bones, they held me
And kept me together
These bones tore me in two
One thing you should know
One thing to remember
These big bones gave birth to you
Big bones!

I been around the world
I climbed up some mountain tops too
My home is on my back
I know this much is true
When I die I'm gonna dance in my grave and when I do
I'm gonna shimmy these sockets 'cause

My cover's blown, release the spirit
You can't shake this soul, I live it
My cover's blown, release the spirit
Can't shake this soul, I'm on in it
I got these bones to keep me alive
I said I got these bones to keep me alive
I'm gonna run with the wolves to the finish line
With these bones, these bones, big bones!