Skin Deep

Trapt

This attraction only to appearance
Becoming your religion looks are everything, the only thing that means something to you

Satisfaction only on the surface your eyes are always focused
Don't wanna let it show that there is no accept ion to the rule

So fill the empty space with another pretty face

Your skin deep skin deep
No one will ever be perfect in your eyes
Skin deep skin deep always scratching the surface for your prize

First impressions are over in an instant
You make your decision before you speak a word you end your search the page or any turn?
Every conquest filled with disappointment lacking any substance
now your out of words the lines are blur your never gonna learn

So fill the empty space with another pretty face

Skin deep skin deep no one will ever be perfect in your eyes
skin deep skin deep always scratching the surface for your prize [Repeat: x2]

Look all your life for beauty this fine
So rare, so hard to find
Look all your life for beauty this fine
No mind what's inside

Your skin deep skin deep no one will ever be perfect in your eyes
skin deep skin deep always scratching the surface for your prize [Repeat: x2]


Lyrics submitted by BeachBumm

Skin Deep Lyrics as written by Peter Charell Chris Brown

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    I think the song is about, quite obviously as others have said, someone who only looks for love based on looks.

    The line "So fill and empty space with another pretty face" suggests that when a relationship ends, they just go straight for another looker to fill the space.

    To the person who posted the lyrics -

    Learn the difference between "you're" and "your", it's annoying to find lyrics with such mistakes.

    It's "exception" not "acception".

    It's "only scratching the surface", not "always" in the chorus.

    I probably sound picky and harsh here, but I don't intend to be.

    Either way, this song is brilliant, along with the majority of Trapt's stuff.

    Heskimoon July 24, 2006   Link

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