Name: T.C. Elliott - Break It
Duration: P00H03M33S
Description: It's the hardest first step to take: to ruin something perfect into something better.

T.C. Elliott - Break It

from Twentytwentysomething by Stephen Wordsmith

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It's the hardest first step to take: to ruin something perfect into something better.

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Don't be owned by what you own
For perfect is your enemy
The scratch to start may break your heart
But the cut will set you free

For there's no joy in dusty toys
No purpose in a page unread
A glinting prize for sorest eyes
Holds nothing for the empty head

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So take it, jar it, break it, scar it
See it for its proper worth
Rip it, bust it, for it's just
Another tool to work the earth

Break its skin to break it in
Etch the sketchbook just for fun
Scrawl a mess and start off, yes
No need to be good, just done

Ban the wraith with a leap of faith
Twist the knife and face the pain
Breach the dark and leave your mark
Better that than leave a stain

CHORUS

The splinters in your finger
From the figures on your phone
Bear a testament that lingers
To when you struck out on your own
Now the skin is less than perfect
For a wound was struck anew
But the rent is where it entered
Where the light came into you

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from Twentytwentysomething, released October 14, 2021
Written for 50 songs in 90 days 2020
Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Vocals, composition and all instruments by T.C. Elliott:
www.tcelliottmusic.com

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