[Verse 1]
I wake up in a house of tilted picture frames
Every clock is honest
Every mirror lies the same
Teacups on the ceiling
Carpets on the wall
My shadow puts my shoes on
Says
"We’re late for nothing
After all"
[Verse 2]
Sunlight on the dishes
Shaking in the sink
My thoughts drip from the faucet
Make a painting I can’t drink
Letters I keep writing to an address that moved on
Mailbox full of weather
Every forecast says "hang on"
[Chorus]
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Shaken
Shining
Tiny porcelain seasons colliding
Laughing while the lightning kisses the ground
Spinning on a table in your old town
If you turn me
Turn me
I’ll look fine
All my thunder trapped in glass and rhyme
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Soft and loud
Cracking like a smile in a family crowd
[Verse 3]
My heartbeat wears a necktie
Late for every beat
Trips over the silence
Spills its papers in the street
Neighbors draw their curtains
But they peek between the lace
Watching my blue circus
Try to cartwheel into grace
[Pre-Chorus]
Some days I’m the actor
Some days I’m the stage
Some days every whisper
Sounds exactly like my name
[Chorus]
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Shaken
Shining
Tiny porcelain seasons colliding
Laughing while the lightning kisses the ground
Spinning on a table in your old town
If you turn me
Turn me
I’ll look fine
All my thunder trapped in glass and rhyme
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Soft and loud
Cracking like a smile in a family crowd
[Verse 4]
My feelings plant their flags on islands in my head
Call themselves a country
With a thousand different beds
I pledge a new allegiance every time I fall asleep
Wake up speaking languages
I promised not to keep
[Pre-Chorus]
I fold my fear like laundry
Stack it by the door
Say "I’ll wear this later"
Then I buy a little more
[Chorus]
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Shaken
Shining
Tiny porcelain seasons colliding
Laughing while the lightning kisses the ground
Spinning on a table in your old town
If you turn me
Turn me
I’ll look fine
All my thunder trapped in glass and rhyme
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Soft and loud
Cracking like a smile in a family crowd
[Bridge]
[Soft
Airy harmonies enter]
My mind’s a secret attic sale
Pricetags on the rain
You can have my brightest joke
For one unbroken day
My pulse is playing hopscotch
Over every painted line
Skipping past the numbers
That were supposed to keep me fine
[Bridge]
I build a little lighthouse
In a coffee cup of tears
Let it spin its sleepy beacon
Through a hallway full of years
If you ever feel you’re sinking
In a room that has no floor
Follow all my flickering
I’ve been here before (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Shaken
Shining
Tiny porcelain seasons colliding
Laughing while the lightning kisses the ground
Spinning on a table in your old town
If you turn me
Turn me
I’ll look fine
All my thunder trapped in glass and rhyme
I’m a storm in a snow globe
Soft and loud
Cracking like a smile in a family crowd
[Outro]
So place me by the window
Where the quiet people sit
Let the gentle-handed watchers
Give my chaos just a twist
If they ask you how I’m doing
Say I’m sparkling on a shelf
A little cracked
A little crooked
Still collecting pieces of myself