Annie Lennox

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Smithereens

Read Smithereens lyrics by Annie Lennox on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.

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Smithereens

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I saw your picture

It made me sorry

For all the things I never said

It seems that you have cause to worry

It seems that you don't wish me well

Behind the (victim?)

Behind the trouble

Are all the things you've not expressed

I see you standing behind your mother

I see you hiding behind the dress

So don't make sad

Don't take me down

I couldn't stand to watch you fall

'Cause everybody has a tender heart

Remember this

I couldn't bear to break it down to smithereens

I heard you crying

I learned the story

I saw the shadows behind the past

They fall behind you and creep up slowly

You're only human behind the mask

So don't take me down

I couldn't stand to watch you fall

'Cause everybody has a broken heart

Remember this

I couldn't stand to break it down to smithereens

And you say everybody is an island of their own

And you say everybody has a tender heart

Remember this

I couldn't stand to break it down to smithereens

Woh oh yeah

I couldn't bear to break it down

I couldn't bear the smithereens

I couldn't stand to break it down

I couldn't bear the smithereens

You said

Everybody is an island to themselves

Everybody is an island to themselves

Everybody is an island to themselves

Don't you know

Hey yeah yeah

Hey yeah yeah

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