Rootless by Marina & the Diamonds
I'm a cloud drifting by
Dripping tears from the sky
I'm a snail (1)______________ a shell
A leper with a golden bell
I've got (2)______________ to go
I'm a stray cat on the roam
Choking on a (3)______________ bone
For a home sweet, no sweet home
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something somebody that (4)________________ them of me
Running with my roots (5)____________ up
Caught me (6)________ so they could cut
What there was (7)________ of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Work (8)________ (9)______________ to the bone
Building castles out of snow
I'm a (10)__________ walking on
Humming to the same old song
Lower case society
Tight in no community
A kingdom without a king
With no sense of belonging
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something (11)________________ that reminded them of me
Running (12)________ my roots pulled up
Caught me (13)________ so they (14)__________ cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Running (15)________ my (16)__________ pulled up
So they (17)__________ cut me free of love
Running (18)________ my roots (19)____________ up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was (20)________ of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Dragging my roots through the snow
Go home sweet and no sweet home
I've got (21)______________ to go
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Dripping tears from the sky
I'm a snail (1)______________ a shell
A leper with a golden bell
I've got (2)______________ to go
I'm a stray cat on the roam
Choking on a (3)______________ bone
For a home sweet, no sweet home
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something somebody that (4)________________ them of me
Running with my roots (5)____________ up
Caught me (6)________ so they could cut
What there was (7)________ of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Work (8)________ (9)______________ to the bone
Building castles out of snow
I'm a (10)__________ walking on
Humming to the same old song
Lower case society
Tight in no community
A kingdom without a king
With no sense of belonging
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something (11)________________ that reminded them of me
Running (12)________ my roots pulled up
Caught me (13)________ so they (14)__________ cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Running (15)________ my (16)__________ pulled up
So they (17)__________ cut me free of love
Running (18)________ my roots (19)____________ up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was (20)________ of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Dragging my roots through the snow
Go home sweet and no sweet home
I've got (21)______________ to go
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Answers:
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