Second Skin (2024 Remaster)

I've thought about it, hell, about a million times

It takes all my strength just to keep it calm

Well, I have to tell myself it's better just to breathe

Holding it inside only helped to do me in

Each time I close my eyes, I see another chain

It's one I can't forget, something I can not break out of

I need a second skin, something to hold me up

Can't seem to get out of this hole I've dug my soul right back in

Just to wake up tells me, hell, I must be brave

It hits me like a drug shot into my vein

But it's not as delightful, delightful of a pain

Immobilizing me, almost makes me think I'm dead

Well, I need a second skin, something to hold me tough

Can't do it on my own, sometimes, I need just a little more help

Well, I've got that chance to give every drop that's left in me

Well, I need that second skin, something I can not break out of

Well, I just tell myself, "Girl, just let it breathe"

It's a calmness I'm always searching for

But the dirt it gets so heavy, it falls above my head

Seeping from under my feet, it just keeps on getting deeper

I need a second skin, something to hold me up

Can't do it on my own, sometimes I need just a little more help

Well, I've got that chance to give every drop that's left in me

I need a second skin, something I can not break free of

Though no one ever said it'd be easy

Still one's left to deny the choice that comes between

Your willingness to survive

Though you know what you stand up against

A world set to deceive

You need a special strength

Yeah, I've got that second skin

Yeah, I've got that chance to give

I've got the only way that I know how to live with it

Oh, I need a second skin, something to hold me tough

I need a second skin, something I can not break out of