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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 leper with a (1)____________ 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 (3)________ 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 nomad walking on
Humming to the same old song
Lower case society
Tight in no community
A (4)______________ (5)______________ a king
With no sense of belonging
For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something somebody that reminded them of me
Running with my (6)__________ (7)____________ up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Running with my roots (8)____________ up
So they could cut me free of love

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they (9)__________ cut
What there was (10)________ of love
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Dragging my roots through the snow
Go home sweet and no sweet home
I've got nowhere to go
I'm rootless
I'm rootless
Answers:
(1) golden(2) reminded(3) cold(4) kingdom(5) without(6) roots(7) pulled(8) pulled(9) could(10) left