Broken One

You can't fix me
I'm a broken one
The hardiest weed
I'm a tangled and choking one
Ooh

I found you in pain
You hobbled along
Our stitches still raw
We made a team
Stood no chance alone

Our bandages stained
Grand experiments gone wrong
I see your heart exposed
But I show restraint
Try not to pick your bones

These ratty plumes stay plucked
'Cause I know what hue they are
And these blunted wings stay tucked
'Cause I know they won't take me far, oh

I can't fix you
You're a broken one
The hardest truth is the painful, unspoken one
Ooh

The journey's been long
And there's been no map to guide us
But still, we scout ahead
Fleeing the fray
Searching for brush to hide us

We pause now and then
And try to bind up the wounds you've worried
And pry your beak from your back
But you stay convinced
You've coaxed the clots to hurry

(Ah ah ah)
(Ah ah ah)
(Ah ah ah)
(Ahh ahh ahh)

And these ratty plumes stay plucked
'Cause you know what hue they are
And these stunted wings stay tucked
'Cause you know I believe
They won't take us far, no

(Ahh ahh ahh)
(Ah ahh ah ahh)

These ratty plumes stay plucked
They grow in patches over these scars
These sunken eyes stay shut
So they can't see how doomed we are, oh

Give up your dreams
You're a broken one
You can't shake their nets
Outmaneuvered and way outgunned, ooh
(Ah ah ah)
(Ah ah ah)

We scavenge for scraps
(Ah ah ah)
Loping with no hope or purpose and carve
Meandering paths
Holding out hope
The world might not disturb us

I'll continue to try
(Ah ah ah)
Not to pelt you with the pebbles I've gathered
And though our lumbering forms
May never fly
We choose to flock together

And these ratty plumes stay plucked
'Cause we know how few there are
And these blunted wings stay tucked
I'll make do without wings
On this avatar, no

Oh whoa
Oh whoa, whoa
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
No, oh
Oh whoa
Oh whoa