1000 Pounds

You finally pulled back when the world pulled your hair

Alone in the room with a question hangin

You left with your hand in the air, and it's still there

At your age life moves so fast

Twelve years old, skinny legs, built to come in last

Had a mirror that would never lie

When you're doomed it never pays to try

And every time I saw you

You were trying so hard to explain

Broadcast failure

Now the plastic boat it's spinning down the drain

But you came through, you came through

When nobody expected you to

You came through, you came through

With all those narrowed eyes upon you

You came through, you came through

Now you wish you weighed a thousand pounds

So you could crush all those bullies and demons down

From your seat at the back of the bus

You're still waving back at us

And every time I saw you

You were trying so hard to explain

Broadcast failure

Now your plastic boat it's spinning down to drain

But you came through, you came through

When nobody expected you to