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[Verse 1]
Into the source of a squall
I inevitably fall
Toward the well-spring of all agony
Shuffling endlessly
Whether or not it was always going to be this way
It only mattered yesterday
[Refrain]
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
[Verse 2]
Up from the earth and the clay
Melting away
Never lose enough to find my form
Trudge through the storm
Wait in hope
For some as yet undiscovered isotope
[Refrain]
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
[Verse 3]
When at last
The die gets cast
Read the numbers out loud
With your head bowed
Try to find a face to focus on
But the memory’s gone
Wherever my former self went
It was an accident
Try to picture him in my mind’s eye
Say goodbye
[Refrain]
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
Into the source of a squall
I inevitably fall
Toward the well-spring of all agony
Shuffling endlessly
Whether or not it was always going to be this way
It only mattered yesterday
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
Up from the earth and the clay
Melting away
Never lose enough to find my form
Trudge through the storm
Wait in hope
For some as yet undiscovered isotope
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
When at last
The die gets cast
Read the numbers out loud
With your head bowed
Try to find a face to focus on
But the memory’s gone
Wherever my former self went
It was an accident
Try to picture him in my mind’s eye
Say goodbye
No skin like the skin you woke up in
No skin like the skin you woke up in
Song Info
Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Sep 07, 2018
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Ted Sallis is the Man-Thing from Marvel comics. Pretty much the same story and character as the Swamp Thing. The song seems to be almost an origin story of a man turned into a swamp creature from their perspective. Death and renewal in new form seem are oft used ideas in a lot of JDs music as well as the horror story tropes that come with the character. Really neat song!