Linoleum Songtext
von Pain of Salvation

She keeps the world at bay
With walls built to stand come what may
And with that coldness on display they held until today
She would hold her own
Running all alone
Ridding her road of every grain to stay in control

But now
She cries
Alive

Suddenly she is down on all four
And the walls will support her no more
Cries her eyes out like never before
Onto this linoleum
The bottled up and stored


She′s won every war
And when she's out that door
She will push ahead of you
Frowning at the poor
She would move so fast
Not to end up last
Aiming for the finish line
To smile at those she passed

But now
She cries
Alive

Suddenly she is down on all four
And the walls will support her no more
Cries her eyes out like never before
Onto this linoleum
The bottled up and stored

And sometimes
Oh, just sometimes
That′s really all it takes:
A hand on her shoulder
And then
She breaks

Sometimes that's really all it takes:
A word of kindness and she breaks
And then the sum of damage done
Spills out on stale linoleum


Sometimes that's really all it takes:
A gentle touch and then she breaks
To see the sum of damage done
Stain this linoleum

Sometimes hat′s really all it takes:
A word or touch and then we break
And all this world′s linoleum can't hold the sum of damage

Done

She′s becoming her last casualty
If she breaks then at least she'll be free
But she keeps it together once more
And runs another day
To fight another war

Itsy bitsy spider
Climbed the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Now she stays on the ground
So she′ll never fall
See, she would rather drown than lose control