Lyrics

Callous
I got a callus from biting my lip
But somehow you’ll say I asked for it
Somehow you’ll say I walked forward
Into your fist, how convenient

Sister can you hear me?
I try not to believe it
I try to be bigger and better and free
But no-one answers me
Sister can you hear me?
I try to believe myself
I cry out in my sleep
But no-one answers me

How I got destruction crawling under my skin
How I’m always to blame for this mess we’re in
If I’d only be prettier, wittier, thin
Dragging you down, embarrassing

Sister can you hear me?
I try not to believe it
I try to be bigger and better and free
But no-one answers me
Sister can you hear me?
I try to believe myself
I cry out in my sleep
But no-one answers me

Another concussion from another closed door
A pretty grey morning on the 15th floor
It sure is cold here, I’m colder I’m sure
Finally leaving through the only window

Watch the dawn as it breaks, the morning’s first ache
Wash face, stop, breathe, contemplate, wait
Clock ticks over the pieces of a broken plate
Overcome with fear as it approaches eight

Another slam, another bang, dreaded in the hoose
Well versed in cursing slang and verbal abuse
Fluent in the language of unsaid looks
A broken jaw, someone’s maw but nobody's shook

Books to heal trauma and mend mental health
The conversations had with everyone but ourselves
Fickle fidgeting tells, like trickling down a well
Picking the ground of cells to the sickening sounds of hell

Positive self-talk and mantras til the heid breaks
Talking to the walls and clutching family keepsakes
Off a tower block and drop to meet fate
Then the social worker calls to tell her that she's late

Sister can you hear me?
I tried not to believe it
I tried to be bigger and better and free
But no-one answered me
Sister can you hear me?
I tried to believe myself
I cried out in my sleep
But no-one answered me
No-one answered me…

Just one more casualty
Just road sweepings
From the glass ceiling
And all that lies underneath