[ti:Break The Shell] [ar:India.Arie] [al:SongVersation (Deluxe Edition)] [by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:01.520] Break the Shell - India Arie [00:11.320] I met a prophet dark as the night [00:16.310] She could see into my soul [00:20.440] Said she'd been watching and had some advice [00:25.690] She said shadows make you whole [00:29.910] A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes [00:35.350] Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds [00:41.940] You'll find the gold [00:45.330] Child it's time to break the shell [00:50.070] Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt [00:53.940] You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself [00:59.430] You cannot fly until you break the shell [01:09.980] I can remember when I was a child [01:15.490] How the grown folks seemed so crazy [01:19.410] Why are they so angry why are they so loud [01:24.780] And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me [01:28.830] That was the moment that I decide [01:34.150] That I would build a wall [01:36.410] just shy of six feet tall [01:40.460] Too strong to fall [01:44.040] Child it's time to break the shell [01:48.650] Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt [01:52.640] You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself [01:58.080] You cannot fly until you break the shell [02:10.120] Courage is not being hard [02:15.810] It's time to peel back all of the layers [02:20.870] You put between who You're meant to be [02:25.300] And who You are [02:29.240] And go be who You are [02:36.620] So much disappointment to finally understand [02:42.300] That there is no such thing as perfect [02:46.300] Were all simply doing the best that we can [02:51.670] And we have a choice to live or truly be alive [02:59.310] (This is your life) [03:02.310] Child it's time to break the shell [03:06.420] Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt [03:10.540] You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself [03:15.540] You cannot fly until You break the shell [03:21.140] Child it's time to break the shell [03:25.130] Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt [03:29.210] You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself [03:34.480] A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell [03:44.190] Do with these words what you will [03:48.620] It's time for us to be for real [03:53.490] You'll be stuck on the ground until [03:58.250] You finally break the shell