Ever since I could understand
   My mother said to me
   "Don't you ever let a man hit you,
   Don't you grow up like me"
   So I swore I'd never be like her
   Or my grandmother too
   Ever if it meant I'd be alone
   Ever if it meant I'd be alone.
  
   'Cause she looked
   'Cause she looked like broken glass
   When she fell to the ground
   I heard the sound of thunder
   Trailing off
   When she started coming 'round
   But she couldn't make him stop
   And she wouldn't let it go
   So everytime she got back up
   Like broken glass went tumblin' down
   Tumblin' down
  
   First time that I saw your face
   You looked so lost and kind
   Should have recognized that
   Troubled look
   From the road I left behind
   But I thought that I could comfort you
   Or was it you could comfort me,
   Never saw your anger 'till you blew
   Never saw your anger 'till you blew
  
   And I feel
   Oh I'd feel like broken glass
   When I fell to the ground
   I heard the sound of thunder
   Trailing off
   When I started coming 'round
   But I couldn't make you stop
   And you wouldn't let it go
   So everytime I got back up
   Like broken glass went tumbling down...
  
   The slightest thing could spark you
   There was always hell to pay
   I could feel your darkness in me
   And I knew just what to say
   And the rest I can't remember
   But it sounded like a gun
   But it could have been a firecracker
   It could have been a firecracker
   Made me run
  
   And you looked
   Oh you looked like broken glass
   When you fell to the ground
   I heard the sound of thunder
   Trailing off
   When you started coming 'round
   But I couldn't make you stop
   And you wouldn't let it go
   So this time when you got back up
   Like broken glass you went
   Just like broken glass
   Just like broken glass...
   ...Tumbling down, tumbling down...