Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song after meeting and falling in love with a similar type of girl. She carried a lot of weight around with her and wore her defenses as a mask and could never let her guard down.

Song Description

A song about someone who lived a dysfunctional life and as a result cannot give or accept love. The up's and down's of a deep, emotionally scared female who floats through life - breaking hearts, leaving a trail of emptiness behind her.

Lyrics

SHE'S A PAINTER, DON'T TRY TO SAVE HER
FOR SHE WILL ERASE YOU FROM ALL OF HER PICTURES
SHE'S BEEN BROKEN - BEFORE INTO PIECES
BUT YOU'D NEVER KNOW THIS - IF YOU WERE TO SEE HER

A PAGE FULL OF RIDDLES CAN TELL US A STORY
OF A LOVE SO BRITTLE - WITHERED FROM TIME
SHE COME FROM ALABAMA - WITH A MIDWESTERN SMILE
SHE COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS - IN A NEW YORK MILE

ESTRELITA, NAMED FOR HER MOTHER
NEVER SPEAKS OF A LOVER, BUT SHE DOES ALRIGHT
KANSAS CITY - THE HOME OF HER FATHER
BUT HE NEVER BOTHERED - SHE NEVER CROSSED HIS MIND
SHE GOT A BROTHER FROM TULSA, WHO HARDLY EVER WRITES
A SISTER IN CALI - WITH HER NAME IN LIGHTS
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD GIRL - UNTIL SHE LEFT HOME
NEVER MUCH FOR CRYING - EMOTIONS LEFT UN-SHOWN

SHE WOULD DRINK A UP RIVER IF YOU WERE DROWNING
CONSIDER THIS A FAVOR, SHE WOULD PROBABLY BOAST
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAMER - A KARMA BELIEVER
NEVER CROSSED NOBODY - UNLESS SHE GETS PROVOKED
SHE'S A WELL DRESSED DRINKER - AN IRRATIONAL THINKER
BUT YOU'D NEVER KNOW THIS - IF YOU WERE TO SEE HER


SHE MISSES SOMEONE TO - CRY TO - TRUST AND RELY ON
SOMEONE TO HOLD HER - UNTIL THE BAD DREAM'S GONE
BUT LOVE CAN DESTROY HER - IF SHE LETS YOU INSIDE
FOREVER SHE'S BROKEN - BUT YET SO FULL OF PRIDE