Ever since I could understand   My mother said to me   "Don't you ever let a man hit you,   Don't you grow up like me"   So I swore I'd never be like her   Or my grandmother too   Ever if it meant I'd be alone   Ever if it meant I'd be alone.      'Cause she looked   'Cause she looked like broken glass   When she fell to the ground   I heard the sound of thunder   Trailing off   When she started coming 'round   But she couldn't make him stop   And she wouldn't let it go   So everytime she got back up   Like broken glass went tumblin' down   Tumblin' down      First time that I saw your face   You looked so lost and kind   Should have recognized that   Troubled look   From the road I left behind   But I thought that I could comfort you   Or was it you could comfort me,   Never saw your anger 'till you blew   Never saw your anger 'till you blew      And I feel   Oh I'd feel like broken glass   When I fell to the ground   I heard the sound of thunder   Trailing off   When I started coming 'round   But I couldn't make you stop   And you wouldn't let it go   So everytime I got back up   Like broken glass went tumbling down...      The slightest thing could spark you   There was always hell to pay   I could feel your darkness in me   And I knew just what to say   And the rest I can't remember   But it sounded like a gun   But it could have been a firecracker   It could have been a firecracker   Made me run      And you looked   Oh you looked like broken glass   When you fell to the ground   I heard the sound of thunder   Trailing off   When you started coming 'round   But I couldn't make you stop   And you wouldn't let it go   So this time when you got back up   Like broken glass you went   Just like broken glass   Just like broken glass...   ...Tumbling down, tumbling down...