Story Behind The Song
The song was influenced by the book, "The Poisonwood Bible".
During that time my parents were in the process of divorcing and remarrying. Being a music industry professional, I was seeing the need to completely change the way I was working. A trying time,
Song Description
Subject finds herself lost in a sea of changes both professionally and personally. She fears that she is allowing herself to become bitter and finds comfort in her pain as it's all she has left of her former life. The song is the subject's realization tha
| Song Length |
6:42 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Nonviolent |
Subject |
Loneliness, Change |
| Similar Artists |
Radiohead, Tori Amos |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
POISONWOOD TREE
Safe in the shade of my poisonwood tree
Shaking and seething in disbelief
My sunken eyes peek through the leaves
How have I found comfort and solace in this,.. pain
Went from 1st born favorite to latch key
I'm being played like a puzzle piece
Forced in a corner then brushed off to the side
Cuz I don't fit,.. in
There's no room for grey it's now black and white
It's a one sided game I'm either with you or not
You see me as something that needs to be fixed
Cuz I don't fit,.. in
You look at me through drunken eyes
You don't hear the cries from your wounded child
Covered in scabs and dirt from falling head first
Trying to fit,.. in
You taught me to think independently
So why be surprised by my questioning
You were the one who said I could do anything
If I tried
And I tried
So why can't I fit in?
Why couldn't I stop this?
I couldn't stop this from happening
Safe in the shade of my poisonwood tree
Eating the same fruit that's killing me
Hiding behind this fortress of guilt
Layers of fat under blistered skin
And I tried
I couldn't stop this from happening
Forgive me
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