Song Description

Waltz-beat pop-rock ballad in the vein of Matchbox Twenty's "Bright Lights" or Lifehouse's "Whatever It Takes"

Lyrics

"Bounce"
© 2012 Capers Simmons (ASCAP)

VERSE I
Up in her room
Up on the shelf
She keeps her friends, all she has left.
All she still trusts
Are the toys on the wall,
Toys in the closet.
Gathering dust, found in the lost.
And she wants to join them.

PRECHORUS I
In a dress that can't fade, on a shelf, take your place
On a ship in a bottle, that can't sail away.
Here I stand, snapped in two better halves held with glue:
A broken toy soldier boy, waiting for you to--

CHORUS
Call me someday.
When you're brave, crack the cage
And we'll fall.
It's a long, long, long way down,
But we won't break, we'll bounce.

VERSE II
Do you recall
When you first held me?
You played it rough, then you had enough,
And broke me apart.
You had your fun,
You played your games,
Bought every toy in the whole store,
But none entertained you.

PRECHORUS II
You've got a bird that can't fly, and a ghost that can't die,
And a doll with no voicebox, who can't say goodbye.
On a shelf, behind glass, on a stand, standing fast
Your broken toy soldier boy's gathering dust, so--

~ CHORUS ~

BRIDGE
You have been given a gift, but you want what you missed;
So obsessed with what isn't, that you can see what is.
But I know, if we try, we can both come to life.
All you have to do I'm asking you: to open up wide and--

~ CHORUS ~