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Rootless by Marina & the Diamonds

I'm a cloud drifting by
Dripping tears from the sky
I'm a snail without a shell
A (1)__________ with a golden bell
I've got nowhere to go
I'm a stray cat on the roam
Choking on a chicken bone
For a home sweet, no sweet home
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something somebody that (2)________________ them of me
Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Work your fingers to the bone
Building castles out of snow
I'm a (3)__________ walking on
Humming to the same old song
Lower case society
Tight in no community
A kingdom without a king
With no sense of belonging
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something somebody that (4)________________ them of me
Running (5)________ my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Running with my roots (6)____________ up
So they (7)__________ cut me free of love

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Dragging my roots through the snow
Go home sweet and no sweet home
I've got (8)______________ to go
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Answers:
(1) leper(2) reminded(3) nomad(4) reminded(5) with(6) pulled(7) could(8) nowhere