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SKID ROW LYRICS
"Thickskin" (2003)
1. New Generation
2. Ghost
3. Swallow Me (The Real You)
4. Born A Beggar
5. Thick Is The Skin
6. See You Around
7. Mouth Of Voodoo
8. One Light
9. I Remember You Two
10. Lamb
11. Down From Underground
12. Hittin' A Wall
1. New Generation
I sold my soul for you
You cut my life in two
Nightmares from what I’ve seen
And where I’ve been
Made me run from you again
Controlling, Big Brother’s eye
Containment? I’d rather die
We’re all part of a new generation
Sold our souls to the next temptation
Lead us not to our own damnation
I’ve seen what hatred brings
I’ve seen the flesh of kings
Blinded my eyes, my mouth
You’ve sewn it shut
Protecting me from fucking up?
Controlling, Big Brother’s eye
Containment? I’d rather die
We’re all part of a new generation
Sold our souls to the next temptation
Lead us not to our own damnation
We’re all part of a new generation
Sold our souls to the next temptation
Lead us not to our own damnation
We’re all part of a new generation
Sold our souls to the next temptation
Lead us not to our own damnation
New generation
New generation
New generation
2. Ghost
I feel the things I said
But never said how I felt
I know I waited much to long
Could I get it in your head
Without a hit below the belt
Looking back it seems that I
Went about it all wrong
Lying alone in the bed we made
Watching headlights on the shades
The ghost that’s sleeping by your side
Are my promises to you that died
To you that died
Was it long ago
When forever was our friend
But now freedom’s what I feel inside
It hurts so much to let you go
To know we’ll never touch again
When I walk, if I fall down
Can I take it in the stride?
Lying alone in the bed we made
Watching headlights on the shades
The ghost that’s sleeping by your side
Are my promises to you that died
To you that died
I might let you go
But I’ll never go away
I might let you go
But I’ll never go away
I feel the things I said
But never said how I felt
I know I waited much to long
Lying alone in the bed we made
Watching headlights on the shades
The ghost that’s sleeping by your side
Are my promises that died
Lying alone in the bed we made
Watching headlights on the shades
The ghost that’s sleeping by your side
Are my promises to you that died
To you that died
To you that died
3. Swallow Me (The Real You)
Everything’s changed
All ties are strained, to say the least
Concepts deranged
It’s just the way I see you
I only see the real you
You can’t swallow me
I’m jagged as the pill you choke on
You can’t swallow me me
As long as I can see the real you
I can’t be blamed
To feel this way and more and more
Everything’s strange
It’s just the way I see you
I only see the real you
You can’t swallow me
I’m jagged as the pill you choke on
You can’t swallow me me
As long as I can see the real you
The real you
The real you
I won’t let you pull me down
I got my shit together now
I won’t let you pull me down
I got my shit together
It’s just the way I see you
I only see the real you
You can’t swallow me
I’m jagged as the pill you choke on
You can’t swallow me me
As long as I can see
Everything’s changed
All ties are strained, to say the least
Everything’s strange
4. Born A Beggar
As the day breaks through the doorway
And I’m still chained to this house
But you call me and I follow
And act like I’m so proud
Still reading the sidewalk
And it smells loke mourning news
And I don’t know why I still can’t
Seem to pull away from you
Watch the window
Time means nothing
Watch the window
‘Till I see you coming
Born a beggar
Will you ever
See me more than Pavlov’s hungry dog
See no colours
Live another day
To feed on everthing you are
And you are....
When the day sleeps and the sunshine
No longer burns my eyes
And the sound of your footsteps
Is the only thing that lies
Between me and the feeling
That life is these four walls
That cage me in completely
Just waiting on your call
Watch the window
Time means nothing
Watch the window
‘Till I see you coming
Born a beggar
Will you ever
See me more than Pavlov’s hungry dog
See no colours
Live another day
To feed on everthing you are
On everything you are
I run for you and fall so hard
My secrets are buried in the yard
Born a beggar
Will you ever
See me more than Pavlov’s hungry dog
See no colours
Live another day
To feed on everthing you are
Born a beggar
Will you ever
See me more than Pavlov’s hungry dog
See no colours
Live another day
To feed on everthing you are
On everything you are
On everything you are
On everything you are
5. Thick Is The Skin
Eightball hanging overhead
Flushed out like Frankenstein
One more for the living dead
That’s not me this time
Knocked down
I’ve beed down before yet still
We all bare the load
If I could want it anymore
I just might explode
All your heroes have died and left you to
Rise form the ashes and live for today
Can you take it all
When we’re standing tall
We don’t need a wall
Built around us
Jump into the flame
One and all the same
We won’t feel no pain
Thick is the skin
Thick is the skin
Outside still looking in
I’ll keep what I’ve made mine
Timebomb strapped to my chin
Step down or fall in line
All your heroes have died and left you to
Rise form the ashes and live for today
Can you take it all
When we’re standing tall
We don’t need a wall
Built around us
Jump into the flame
One and all the same
We won’t feel no pain
Thick is the skin
Thick is the skin
Can you take it all
When we’re standing tall
We don’t need a wall
Built around us
Jump into the flame
One and all the same
We won’t feel no pain
Thick is the skin
Can you take it all
When we’re standing tall
We don’t need a wall
Built around us
Jump into the flame
One and all the same
We won’t feel no pain
Thick is the skin
Thick is the skin
Thick is the skin
Thick is the skin
6. See You Around
I never promised you the sunshine
You never handed me the moon
We’re pulling threads out of our faded silver lining
We’ve grown out of our cocoon
The last train is leaving
There is nothing more that I can say
I didn’t mean to bring you down
I guess I’ll see you around
I left the best of my intenions
Took it one day at a time
It’s not like all is lost or that the world is ending
We’ve just fallen from the vine
The last train is leaving
There is nothing more that I can say
I didn’t mean to bring you down
I guess I’ll see you around
Well, I’ll see you around
Whatever direction we go
Rest assured the one thing we know
Things just really didn’t go our way
It’s not like all is lost or that the world is ending
We’ve just fallen from the vine
The last train is leaving
There is nothing more that I can say
I didn’t mean to bring you down
The last train is leaving
There is nothing more that I can say
I didn’t mean to bring you down
I guess I’ll see you around
Well, I’ll see you around
7. Mouth Of Voodoo
You’re testing my patience
I’ve got nothing but time
You’ll never break down the walls in my mind
Your fetishes are nothing more that a game
When I truly test your threshold of pain
Let me be in your ceremony
Burn me in your ritual
I can rise with you below me
We’ll walk in time as we
Fall into the mouth of voodoo
Then we can shine, shine, shine
And I’m sure the sun won’t mind
Then we can shine, shine, shine
Your love is so blinding
My lust is a curse
It’s painful to wonder
But waiting is worse
You stick in your pins, now it’s taking its toll
Crush and obsession leave scars on your soul
Let me be in your ceremony
Burn me in your ritual
I can rise with you below me
We’ll walk in time as we
Fall into the mouth of voodoo
Then we can shine, shine, shine
And I’m sure the sun won’t mind
Then we can shine, shine, shine
Then we can shine, shine, shine
And I’m sure the sun won’t mind
Then we can shine, shine, shine
Let me be in your ceremony
Burn me in your ritual
I can rise with you below me
We’ll walk in time as we
Fall into the mouth of voodoo
Then we can shine, shine, shine
And I’m sure the sun won’t mind
Then we can shine, shine, shine
Then we can shine, shine, shine
And I’m sure the sun won’t mind
Then we can shine, shine, shine
8. One Light
There’s a sound in my head
Holy wine, breaking bread
Between time and what we said
Drifts the innocence we’ve shed
In this moment there’s a day
For a sad and broken babe
There’s a fracture on this
Hallowed ground where we klay
One light burns and one light fades
Behind the door are better days
When the light shines on me
I’ll know the world still turns
One light burns
One light burns
There’s a prayer on the wall
One by one say them all
Why we run before we crawl
Stands the reasons that we fall
In the flower there’s a fire
Sublime but so surreal
There’s a fracture on this
Sacred ground to be healed
One light burns, one light fades
Behind the door are better days
When the light shines on me
I’ll know the world still turns
One light burns
One light burns
One light burns
One light burns and one light fades
Behind the door are better days
When the light shines on me
I’ll know the world still turns
One light burns, one light fades
Behind the door are better days
When the light shines on me
I’ll know the world still turns
One light burns, one light fades
Behind the door are better days
When the light shines on me
I’ll know the world still turns
One light burns
One light burns
One light burns
9. I Remember You Two
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain
The wind would whisper and I'd think of you
And all the tears you cried, that called my name
But when you needed me I came through
And when you needed me I came through
Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you
Paint a picture of the days gone by
When love went blind but you would make me see
I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes
So that I knew that you were there for me
Time after time you were there for me
Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you
We've had our share of hard times
But that's the price we paid
And through it all we kept the promise that we made
I swear you'll never be lonely
Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you
Remember you
Remember you
Remember you
Remember you
Remember you
Remember you, you, you, you, you
10. Lamb
I have been here for so long
I’ve carried all the weight
‘Till something pulls me underneath the tide
Climb to where the air is thin so I can breathe again
Still it makes me wonder deep inside
Nothing’s free
No-one bleeds
We’re all machines
Shadows of your sins are following you
When it sucks you in it’s swallowing you
King of the mountain, that’s what I am
Everybodys’s someone else’s sacrificial lamb
Space between the world and me, defying gravity
‘Til something pulls me closer to the ground
Drink the chemicals we spill
Our eye is on the kill
While hell is freezing over, over
Nothing’s free
No-one bleeds
We’re all machines
Shadows of your sins are following you
When it sucks you in it’s swallowing you
King of the mountain, that’s what I am
Everybodys’s someone else’s sacrificial lamb
Shadows of your sins are following you
When it sucks you in it’s swallowing you
King of the mountain, that’s what I am
Everybodys’s someone else’s sacrificial
Shadows of your sins are following you
When it sucks you in it’s swallowing you
King of the mountain, that’s what I am
Everybodys’s someone else’s sacrificial lamb
Lamb
11. Down From Underground
Building shrines to gods you’ll never know
Praying for rain, settling for snow
Spinning out of times to beats impaired
Do you know your name, do you even care?
Can you live your life
Staring at the lights
Naked on the ice
If it comes too fast
Will you get it back
When it all goes black
Down
Going down
Going down from
Down from underground
The icons that you hail are all mechanical
Feeling the pull, lost in the fold
Digging through a hole of discontent
What did you learn?
Or did you forget?
Can you live your life
Staring at the lights
Naked on the ice
If it comes too fast
Will you get it back
When it all goes black
Down
Going down
Going down from
Down from underground
Down
Going down
Going down from
Down from underground
And just what should real life be?
Why don’t you show me the fiction of reality?
This so called life that I see
And just what real life should be
Can’t be what you have shown me
If it comes too fast
Will you get it back
When it all goes black
Down
Going down
Going down from
Down from underground
Down
Going down
Going down from
Down from underground
12. Hittin' A Wall
Peel me like dead skin
Hate to the bone
I drag you through my field of thorns
And drop you like a stone
Hold me under water
Kick me to the curb
All my wolves are at your door
Take me at my word
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
You look at me and you’re seeing a monster
You ain’t seen it all
If your almighty holier than thou
Seems we got a discerephancy
We should solve it now
I’ve built a bigger mountain
Now you want it gone
If you expect to beat me down
Brother, bring it on
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
You look at me and you’re seeing a monster
You ain’t seen it all
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
You look at me and you’re seeing a monster
You ain’t seen it all
You want to wrestle with my morals
You think there’s something I can learn
You toss me out like an abortion
And I’m the one that fucking burns?
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
You look at me and you’re seeing a monster
You ain’t seen it all
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
You look at me and you’re seeing a monster
You ain’t seen it all
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
Hitting a wall
We’re hitting a wall
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