Annie Lennox Smithereens Lyrics

Smithereens Lyrics

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?