Molly Sweeney - Swollen lyrics

Rings Swollen fingers And tight red marks linger and throb Blood hobbles around in my veins I find it a shame That this scene's just a game That the Jacks and the Jills Just try to make names for themselves Something lusty Dripping with musk Something soon to be dusty And spotted with rust Well, the present's for selling And the past is for dwelling And the future's like fire First the smoke starts a-swelling I got swollen fingers that play on some strings Bound up with rings that all signify things And the greatest of recompense In all of this diffidence Drains from my hands as it swells In my brain Please tell the new mothers Don't stifle your children Don't smother their dreams Make them trifles, like I would I step on their feelings sometimes So that I can feel good About what I gave up for nothing And it takes love to do that It takes love away from you It takes love, trusts it to your hand And lets you take it for granted I got swollen fingers that play on some strings Bound up with rings that all signify things And the greatest of recompense In all of this diffidence Drains from my hands as it swells In my brain