Under the Skin

Under the skin, there’s nothing you wouldn’t do
How to begin when I know it’s lost on you?
And I’d tear the radio waves out
Rip the cells from TV screens and stamp them out
Burn those magazines that fuel your self-doubt
And I’d just love you
Under your skin, I bet you think that’s where I am
When you say I’m fueling bad behavior
While I’m telling like it is
No, you can’t go on this way
Hating yourself each morning, each night, each day
Telling everyone you give a nod and wave
«How are you? I’m fine»
If there was an easy way out
We’d all be gone by now
I’d settle my debts with the devil, but I’d still love you
Under my skin, do you really think I have the strength
To go and show my creations without you in my ring?
I’d stumble all these lines I’m spitting now
The crowd would balk and I’d crack as the lights burnt out
Somewhere in the back somebody’d shout
«No one loves you, you fraud!»
If there was an easy way out
We’d all be gone by now
I’d settle my debts with the devil, and I would love you
Get your head on out of that shell
What we’ve got, it ain’t whistles and bells
From a glint in your eye ten years ago to this paradise now