Piece by piece I was taken away
Till I saw my shimmer go to gray
Part like specks into the breeze
Like summer dust washed through the trees
No I won't see the old me
I gave and gave everything that I had
If you bend too much you'll break in the end
Hoped to save fair child's fate
Instead I got lost, couldn't find my place
No I won't see the old me
Was it her fault
She's a delicate thing
When her world's all dark
And you're blinding
You try to be there till you can't
This time I broke and I can't come back
For my darling lost at sea
When I reached my hand she dragged me deep
No I won't see the old me
Piece by piece I watched me fade
Till I couldn't be more than afraid
Left alone on the California shore
Just another relic on the ocean floor
And as my body fell away
I couldn't speak my final pain
For my baby lost at sea
That I'd still let her drag me deep
No I won't see the old me
No I won't see the old me