Smithereens Lyrics - Songs Of Mass Destruction - Annie Lennox

I saw your picture it made me sorry 

For all the things I never said 

It seems that you have cause to worry 

It seems that you don't wish me well 

Behind the victim, behind the trouble 

Are all the things you've not expressed 

I see you standing behind your mother 

I see you hiding behind a dress 

So don't make me sad 

I couldn't stand to watch you fall 

'Cause everybody has a tender heart 

Remember this 

I didn't mean to break it down to smithereens 

I heard you crying, I learned the story 

I saw the shadows behind the past 

They fall behind you and creep up slowly 

We're only human behind the mask 

So don't take me down 

I couldn't stand to watch you fall 

'Cause everybody has a broken heart 

Remember this 

I couldn't stand to break it down to smithereens 

And you say everybody is an island of their own 

And you say everybody has a tender heart 

Remember this 

I couldn't bear to break it down to smithereens 

I didn't mean to break it down 

I didn't mean to smithereens 

I didn't mean to break it down 

I didn't mean to smithereens 

Everybody is an island to themselves 

Don't you know? Don't you? 

Everybody is an island to themselves 

Everybody is an island to themselves 

Don't you know?