All Our Bruised Bodies and the Whole Heart Shrinks La Dispute

[Verse 1]
So now tell me how your story goes
Have you ever suffered?
If so, did you get better or have you never quite recovered from it?
Did you find your lover laying in your bedroom with another and then
Did you let it hover over you and everything else well after the fact?

[Verse 2]
Show me all your bruises. I know everybody wears them
They broadcast the pain - how you hurt, how you reacted
Did cancer take your child?
Did your father have a heart attack?
Have you had a moment force the whole heart to grow or retract?
Or just shrink?
Does the heart shrink?

[Verse 3]
Tell me everything
Tell me everything you know
Were you told as a child how cruel the whole world could be?
Did anybody ever tell you that?
Tell me what your purpose is
Who it was that put you here and why?
Did anybody really put you here at all?
And what of those necessities?
Like how to cope with tragedy and pain?
Did anybody ever show you how?
When it hits will my heart burst or break or grow strong?
Is there really only one way to know now?