[Verse 1] I was twelve on the stairs When my ankle folded wrong Not a fall, not a fight Just my own leg going numb Mama said, "walk it off" But the hallway turned to salt I watched my right hand shake Like it belonged to someone else [Pre-Chorus] I was still a kid With milk on my lip And my spine went cold In the middle of the trip [Chorus] My body went first My body went first Too young for the hurt Too young for the curse I wore my own skin Like it was borrowed My body went first And I learned sorrow [Verse 2] Seventeen in the clinic light With my ribs in a paper gown They poked at the names I knew And the names I could not sound Every test came back blank Like a joke I couldn't read But the shaking kept its hands On the rooms inside of me [Pre-Chorus] I was still a kid With a schoolbook heart But the bones in my chest Were already falling apart [Chorus] My body went first My body went first Too young for the hurt Too young for the curse I wore my own skin Like it was borrowed My body went first And I learned sorrow [Bridge] Now I watch old men Count their pain like change I don't hate their grey I hate this early age I should've had years Before the breaking came Instead I learned my name From the marks it made [Final Chorus] My body went first My body went first Too young for the hurt Too young for the curse I wore my own skin Like it was borrowed My body went first And I still feel it My body went first (My body went first)
