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Tiny Broken Pieces

from Blood & Sand by Jade Sylvan

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you called yourself my captain
and I found shelter in your hull,
but days at sea began to turn us madmen
and the rolling waves began to make us dull
when we crashed, the rocks bashed in my skull.

tiny broken pieces scattered
lead me to you, form a path
I’ll always know exactly where you’ve gone.
the tiny broken pieces lead me on.

we called these walls our kingdom.
this cracking plaster was our royal hall.
but sticks and stones were not meant for the ages
and every empire must at final, fall.
we fled with broken pieces of the wall.

tiny broken pieces scattered
lead me to you, form a path
I’ll always know exactly where you’ve gone.
the tiny broken pieces lead me on.

our songs were once recited nightly
in every opera house and concert hall.
but now no one remembers how to play them
and I can’t find the lyrics, or recall
how to tune our instruments at all.

tiny broken pieces scattered
lead me to you, form a path
I’ll always know exactly where you’ve gone.
the tiny broken pieces lead me on.

your face betrayed no angel
but I’m often fooled by words
and when your footsteps left behind had melted
I built a little temple from the dirt.
don’t ask me if the broken pieces hurt.

tiny broken pieces scattered
lead me to you, form a path
I’ll always know exactly where you’ve gone.
the tiny broken pieces lead me on.

credits

from Blood & Sand, track released April 5, 2011
written by Jade Sylvan.
geetar and vox by Jade Sylvan.
produced by Lee Wizda.

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Jade Sylvan Somerville, Massachusetts

Jade Sylvan is a poet-turned-songwriter living in Somerville, Massachusetts. She fled her native Indiana shortly after graduating college to pursue dreams of becoming a writer. After getting her first book of poetry published and touring the country in 2009, she came home and began writing songs, which garnered instant attention in the famed Cambridge folk scene for their lyrics and melodies. ... more

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