What I Did Before

Verse 1

At fifteen I believed the light would stay

Every morning felt like something I could keep

Then the years arrived with fists and quiet bruising

And I learned how fast a person disappears

Pre-Chorus

Blue and black and blue again

Nobody asked and nobody came

I gave up pieces till there was nothing left to name

Chorus

It always falls

Falls like dominoes

I reach for something good

And the whole row goes

Tell me what I did

In a life before

Why the sky keeps closing every open door

Post-Chorus

(Falls like dominoes)

(Falls like dominoes)

Verse 2

They took my daughter from my shaking hands

Signed a line and handed her a brighter home

Then I found a love that finally felt like landing

But a broken girl will run before she's known

Pre-Chorus

I ran I ran I ran so far

Left the only arms that held me whole

Now I'm sleeping on a stranger's floor again

Chorus

It always falls

Falls like dominoes

I reach for something good

And the whole row goes

Tell me what I did

In a life before

Why the sky keeps closing every open door

Post-Chorus

(Falls like dominoes)

(Falls like dominoes)

Bridge

Maybe I'm the one who tips the first one over

Maybe I'm the hand that starts it all

Or maybe there's a debt I owe from somewhere older

Somewhere I can't recall

Chorus

It always falls

Falls like dominoes

I reach for something good

And the whole row goes

Tell me what I did

In a life before

Why the sky keeps closing every open door

Post-Chorus

(Falls like dominoes)

(Falls like dominoes)

(Falls like dominoes)