Second Skin

I didn't show you

I was wearing a porcelain coat

You didn't know me completely

I didn't let you know

I'd excuse myself for five minutes

To rub myself up against a tree

And get this second layer off of me

I'm tired of living in this second-skin

I want to let everything in

I don't want to compare myself

I don't want to be someone else

I tried so many new and old tricks

To die and self-improve

From divining with dead sticks

To fallen yogi hot moves

But what I found I learned from no

Book up on the shelf

Is to watch the thief of time

And learn to trick myself

I don't wanna leave my brand-new skin

It's made of leaves, it's strong and thin

I waited for it every day

I wake up and it goes away

Heaven on Earth is quiet and it's dark

Heaven on Earth is daytime in a city park

This apartment building floats on a humming sea

Under the floorboards

Under you and me

I don't wanna leave my brand-new skin

It's made of leaves, it's strong and thin

I waited for it every day

I wake up and it goes away

I'm never gonna leave my brand-new skin

It's part of me, it's strong and thin

I waited for it night and day

I wake up and I'll stay