Touch Peel and Stand Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kara111713 

Cover art for Touch Peel and Stand lyrics by Days of the New

This is about him being physically, mentally and emotionally abused as a child-I know this to be true.

"Since I know how low to go I won't let it show." The abuser knows not to leave marks that are visible-they are hidden under his clothes.

"You're always talking back to me, you won't let it be." The child is being punished for talking back.

"I finally found a reason, I won't need an excuse." Abusers always use excuses to blame the abused for what they do to them-in the abusers' mind they have one..

"I stand and I peel for more." The child stands and takes it-he has learned that succumbing is easier than fighting it.

@kara111713 Footnote: If you watch the video, it shows a picture of an older woman with and X marked through it.

@kara111713 I'm pretty sure you are 100% correct on this. I've never heard anyone explain this song that way. I know that he was abused as a kid; I just didn't know that this song was about that. Ur smart.

@kara111713 narcissism .