Coraline

She wears her hair in matted dutch braids
Nearly every day
She soaks her soul in a bottle of gin
Uses it like medicine
She taps on the glass five times a day
To keep the bad spirits away

That's not the girl I remember
She's just a shadow of the person I knew
She let the fear have an inch
And it took a mile or two

Whoa Coraline
You could never fight back your words
Whoa Coraline
Never afraid to be heard
Now the sound of your silence
Chills me to the bone
Sweet Coraline
Where did you go
Where did you go

Curtains are always drawn closed and tight
The sun shining in feels like blades in her eyes
She was given a choice by the man that she loved
She chose the wrong one again to no one's surprise
That was the day he was taken away
A switch has been flipped now the wrong way

But that's not the girl I remember
She was strong in her circle of friends
But the power he had over her sense of self
That's what smothered her spark in the end

Whoa Coraline
I hope you can re-spark the flame
Whoa Coraline
I still think of your laughter when I hear your name
But now the sound of your silence
Chills me to the Bone
Sweet Coraline
Where did you go
Where did you go

That's not the girl I remember
She's just a shadow of the person I knew
She let the fear have an inch
And it took a mile or two

Whoa Coraline
You could never fight back your words
Whoa Coraline
Never afraid to be heard
Now the sound of your silence
Chills me to the bone
Sweet Coraline
Whoooooa
Where did you go
Where did you go
Sweet Coraline
Oh no