Kidneythieves
9. Layers

 One by one, stings my eyes
 Each is gone, each a disguise
 Smiling, so aware
 Precious moments so rare
 Boiled thoughts, evaporated - gone.
 Can't bear the loss of never loving you
 So jaded, so wrong
 Stripping my skin over again
 Back when they were teaching me to color in between the lines
 In the cushion of my soul I found a remote and now it's changing time
 Peeling layers, layers, layers.
 Stripping my skin over again
 Shivering pale, under my nails
 Back when they were teaching me to color in between the lines
 In the cushion of my soul I found a remote and now it's changing time
 Peeling layers, layers, layers.
 Escape in a [bad word] not lasting enough
 Now I just use my fingers for love
 Rocked back, forth, cornered alone
 Purging mind feeds a starving soul
 Uncoil, unwrap, shed, scrape, peel, naked, alive, tear down -- feel.