Born more brawn than most Born warm Born close to ghost Born storm Born old Grew young You could tell she wasn't from The same place as the rest of us Born strong Born wrong She grew Growing is what anyone would do She was ridiculous Born too smart and too dumb Born to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongue Don't swallow yet She felt All the things that others didn't feel or if they did They did a lot to conceal She felt skies and bricks and rain She felt it all It made her fall and weep beneath a crawling dawn When everything was ruined and torn She felt ill but she felt still Born blind Born seeing Born man She stands Opponents mean nothing she's a titan Born of the first breed Born in the last days Frightened of nothing that bleeds All of the things in her life that have happened All of the changes All of the strangers But this is not all that she was born to be Born to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongue Don't swallow yet She felt Born to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongue Don't swallow yet She felt