16 Shades of Blue by Tori Amos Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Are you telling me it's over
Disintegrating, lost, and there's nothing I can do?
Before you drop another verbal bomb
Can I arm myself with Cezanne's 16 shades of blue?

[Pre-Chorus 1]
As my heart is slowly ripping into pieces
Disconnecting from the circuits of my mind
"You'll get over it," you say, "in time"
In time?

[Chorus]
If the clocks are black
Absorbing everything but
A remembering
How we made it that
Clocks are black

[Verse 2]
You say, "Get over it if 50 is the new black
Hooray this could be your lucky day"
But my cables they are surging
Almost overloading as you disengage
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Could your heart be slowly ripping into pieces
Disconnecting from the circuits of your mind?
"We'll get over it," you say "in time"
In time

[Chorus]
If the clocks are black
Absorbing everything but
A remembering
How we made it that
Clocks are black

[Bridge]
"That's it you're done
You've screwed up your life"
Before you've begun
There are those who say
I am now too old to play

[Verse 3]
See over there at 33 she fears she'll lose her job
Because they hear the ticking of her clock
At only 15 - I said 15 - they say her future's bleak
She should have started this at 3
[Pre-Chorus 3]
As her heart is slowly ripping into pieces
Disconnecting from the circuits of her mind
"She'll get over it," you say, "In time"
In time?
Stop Father Time

[Chorus]
If the clocks are black
Absorbing everything but
A remembering
How we made it that
Clocks are black

[Outro]
Before you drop another verbal bomb
Can I arm myself with Cezanne's 16 shades of blue?