I am made of a hard skin
So I don't know how so much pain still gets in
Scars between you and me, my friend
A stone thrown, skips across the sea and smokes a child there

So I go down to the sea
Where I will breathe air
Take back a piece of me
I let it bleed out

I rage, from within
My bones break
But when they mend
The stone returns again

So I go down to the sea
Where I will breathe air
Take back a piece of me
Then I'll bleed, bleed, yeah-a-yeah

Wounds held inside
Blown open wide
Open wide

Then I'll bleed
Bleed, yeah-a-yeah

Wounds held inside
They are blown open

Oh, there's a sound of the phone not ringing
It echoes in my home

See all my friends in a crowd of you
Tell me why I'm so goddamn alone

And I felt I could do anything
That's why I made you see for me

Say it's not there, but across the sea
The stone takes a chunk of change from me

I can wait for a long time
Step to me, take a step back boy
Take a chunk of change again

Just let me go down to the sea
Where I will breathe, breathe air
Take back a piece of me
I let it bleed, bleed, yeah-a-yeah

Wounds held inside
They are blown open wide, open wide.


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    I'm really amazed that this song hasn't been put on an album. Granted it would've been a bit out of place on OOTV.

    Vervus22on November 20, 2006   Link

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