Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Break The Shell, artist - India.Arie. Album song SongVersation, in the genre R&B
Date of issue: 24.06.2013
Record label: BMG Rights Management (US), INDIA.ARIE
Song language: English
Break The Shell |
I met a prophet dark as the night |
She could see into my soul |
Said she’d been watching and had some advice |
She said shadows make you whole |
A life without pain is a wolf in sheep’s clothes |
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds |
You’ll find the gold |
Child, it’s time to break the shell |
Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt |
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
You cannot fly, until you break the shell |
I can remember when I was a child |
How the grown folks seemed so crazy |
Why are they so angry? |
Why are they so loud? |
And when I grow up that’s never, ever gonna be me |
That was the moment that I decide |
That I would build a wall just shy of 6 feet tall |
Too strong to fall |
Child, it’s time to break the shell |
Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt |
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
You cannot fly, until you break the shell |
Courage is not being hard |
It’s time to peel back all of the layers |
You put between who you’re meant to be |
And who you are |
And go be who you are |
So much disappointment to finally understand |
That there is no such thing as perfect |
We’re all simply doing the best that we can |
And we have a choice to live or truly be alive |
This is your life |
Child it’s time to break the shell |
Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt |
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
You cannot fly until You break the shell |
Child it’s time to break the shell |
Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt |
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell |
Do with these words what you will |
It’s time for us to be for real |
You’ll be stuck on the ground until |
You finally break the shell |