Lyrics Heather Nova – Shell

Look at me I’m smooth like a shell,
Put your head down
You can hear the ocean.
Hold my body — feel it roll,

You know it’s just one step out it could all be over
You know this could rip us out at the seams.

I’m falling; it’s all in your hands,
Don’t let it wash away.
I’m aching; don’t take it all away,
Breaking the shell again.

Look at me I’m out on the edge,
Put your hand here
See I’m bleeding.
I can’t get it, get the light out —
I can’t seem to tear out the feeling.

You know it’s just one step out it could all be over
You know this could rip us out at the seams.

I’m falling; it’s all in your hands,
Don’t let it wash away.
I’m aching; don’t take it all away,
Breaking the shell again.

I am a box, I am a fish, I am a trail, I keep you warm,
And I remember stripping down to meet the water,
Wading out to where the sky turns under,
My insides smooth like a shell,
Like a shell …