These are the scars I know,
the ones that I've forgotten
They landed on me once,
cut the skin clean open
These are my memories,
stories in my skin
I didn't put them there
They kind of worked their way in
So you got a new tattoo
hummingbird and anchor
I want to touch you there
where the needle made you bleed
I got one across my heart,
but the healing made it raise
The fool who did the work
let the color fade
and I see you
and the secrets that you tell
Every letter, every color
You wear them well
When we're young we hold our sins brilliant like a diamond
All the promises we kept and lost along the way
When we're young we hold the hope that someday we'll have better
Never think of what we are as just a string of yesterdays
I read you like a book
You wear it on your sleeve
This dragon broke your heart
This diamond made you bleed
This face, he is your hero
These words were for your wife
And each one was forever,
for the rest of your life
And I see you,
everywhere you've been
Etched like a map
across your skin
There are years I can't recall
and love I don't want to remember
I'm reminded in the light
when I look inside the mirror
And time she has a way
of healing what remains
but she can't erase the ink
and she can't erase the pain
credits
from 16 Addresses,
track released November 1, 2007
Abigail Henderson: vocals, guitar
Chris Meck: guitar
Glen Hockemeier:drums
Matt Waddell: bass
Produced in 2007 by Chad Meise and The Gaslights. Engineered by Chad Meise. Mixed by Chad Meise with The Gaslights .. somewhere in Kansas City, MO. Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL.
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