Born warm, born close to ghost Born storm, born old, grew youngYou could tell she wasn't from the same place as the rest of usBorn wrong, born strong, she grew Growing is what anyone would doShe was ridiculous, born too smart and too dumbBorn to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongueBorn to hold the world under her tongue Don't swallow yet, she feltAll the things that others didn't feel, or if they didThey did a lot to conceal, she felt skies and bricks and rainShe felt it all and made her fall and weep beneath the crawling dawnWhen everything was ruined and tornShe felt you, but she felt stillBorn blind, born seeing, born man she stands Opponents mean nothing, she's a titanBorn of the first breed, born in the last days Frightened of nothing that bleedsAll of the things in her life that have happened All of the changes, all of the strangers, ohBut this is not all that she was born to beBorn to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongueBorn to hold the world under her tongue Don't swallow yet, she feltBorn to hold the world under her tongue Born to hold the world under her tongueBorn to hold the world under her tongue Don't swallow yet, she felt