China
Sparkadia Lyrics

She’s as distant as the winter sun
She's emotionally unavailable like the distant winter sun.

More consistent than the beat of a drum
She's predictable and steadfast like the steady beat of a drum.

All this time she’s been hiding her weakness away from me
She's been concealing her vulnerabilities from me all this time.

Then one day I touched a nerve by mistake
I accidentally hit a sensitive spot and made her react.

Pressed too hard and she started to shake
I pushed too much and made her tremble with emotion.

Every time that I go there I know there’s so much she can take Before she breaks
I know there's a limit to how much she can endure before she collapses under the pressure.

She breaks like China
She's fragile and delicate like china porcelain.

The longer we take, the bigger we break when we find out
When we delay dealing with our issues, they grow bigger and become harder to handle when we finally confront them.

I keep a close eye on the way I act
I'm mindful of my behaviors and how they affect her.

Even when I start to see all the cracks
Even when I notice the flaws in our relationship.

I give nothing away but expect her to stay with me
I keep my emotions to myself but assume she'll stick with me despite that.

When she worked out where my weakness lay
When she figured out my vulnerabilities.

She wouldn’t stop until I gave way
She kept pressing until I showed my emotions and gave in.

Every time that she goes there she know there’s so much I can take Before I break
She's aware of how much pressure I can handle before I collapse under the weight of our issues.

I break like China
I'm fragile and easily shattered like delicate porcelain.

The stronger we act, the longer we crack
The more we try to appear tough, the longer our weaknesses will manifest before they become too much to bear.

There’s only so much we can take till we start to break
We all have our limits to how much pressure we can handle before we start to fall apart.

We’re constructed from the same design
We're both human and share the same emotional makeup.

With a heart that makes no sense to the mind
Our emotions can be confusing and irrational to our logical thinking.

We can keep it together but pressure and time have their way
We can maintain our composure for a while but stress and time will eventually take their toll on us.

For the things we try to keep inside Find their way out in the dark of the night
Our suppressed emotions tend to surface when we're alone and vulnerable at night.

All it takes is the tiniest touch and there’s only so much Before we break
It only takes a small trigger to expose our vulnerabilities and push us over the edge.

We break like China
We're both fragile and easily shattered like delicate porcelain.

The longer we take, the bigger we break when we find out
When we procrastinate on dealing with our issues, they worsen and become harder to handle when we finally tackle them.