Claudine’s Shadow

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was a child in a borrowed room Learning how to smile through a loaded doom Claudine had rules like iron bars Kept my small heart behind the scars I wore a grin for the house to see But the truth kept knocking in me [Pre-Chorus] And I sang low So nobody knew Counted my breaths Till the storm passed through Mama said, “stay” I learned to freeze That kind of love Don’t live in peace [Chorus] Claudine, Claudine You wore that crown mean Gypsy Rose I’m breaking clean Claudine, Claudine You made me small But I’m still here I outlived it all (munch, housing, my proxin) [Verse 2] They called it care, but it cut like glass Every pretty lie had a bitter past Doors stayed shut and the windows stayed cold I was young, but I was told and told If I cried, then I brought the rain If I spoke, then I caused the pain [Pre-Chorus] So I sang low Like a hidden flame Kept my own name Inside that frame One day, one day I’d step outside Leave all that hurt Where it dies [Chorus] Claudine, Claudine You wore that crown mean Gypsy Rose I’m breaking clean Claudine, Claudine You made me small But I’m still here I outlived it all (munch, housing, my proxin) [Bridge] Now the truth sits down in the chair No more chains in the morning air I don’t owe that room my breath I don’t owe that fear my death Let the sax cry Let it tell my pain I’m a new-born voice In a better rain [Chorus] Claudine, Claudine You wore that crown mean Gypsy Rose I’m breaking clean Claudine, Claudine You made me small But I’m still here I outlived it all (munch, housing, my proxin)