She cuts me deep within my skin
Reveal my bone and the blood within
Her words like knives and her promises thin
No matter what I say I cannot win
They say that love blurs a line with hate
And that lovers come across by fate
But it's not her and I feel it's too late
For me to leave I am forced to stay
Inside my skin corrodes
Burning away
My life confined I await their demands
Nothing spontaneous everything is planned
No sense of self I am always outmanned
Don't know how much of this I can withstand
I wish I could escape all this abuse
My time and being have spent a recluse
I try my best to forget and excuse
But these people they don't want a truce
Inside my skin corrodes
Burning away
I hope that one day I'll break free of this
And live a life of an eternal bliss
Once I free myself from this abyss
Never will I look back and reminisce
It's been years and I'm free at last
But there are scars that still show from the past
day to day traumatic memories will flash
In this reality I'm made an outcast
Though I am bruised my wounds will heal
My broken heart will begin to seal
Looking back it all seemed so surreal
And though I'm better I will come to feel that
Inside my skin corrodes
It's up to me to fix what's been done
All on my own I'll find who I am
Lit aflame my past will burn away
