My past
My skin
I wear, lived in
Layered and torn
Tangled and worn
Take it off me
Take it off me
Take it off me
(Take it, take it, take it, take it)
(Take it, take it, take it, take it)
Shed my skin like a serpent's mold, exuviate
Pop my top like a Russian doll, strip off the paint
Loosen the edges to absolve, liberate
Drop the hammer before the fall, start again
And I can't help feeling
These walls are closing in
And I can't take it
Why don't you take it off me?
Take it off me
Take it off me
(Take it, take it, take it, take it)
(Take it, take it, take it, take it)
This veil and this lace
Spider silk and chiffon chains
Tied in knots with my pain
And I bend, and I moan
I can't do it alone
I can't do it alone, I can't
Take it off me
Take it off me
Take it off me
(Take it, take it, take it, take it)
(Take it, take it, take it, take it)
Shed my skin like a serpent's mold, exuviate
Pop my top like a Russian doll, strip off the paint
Loosen the edges to absolve, liberate
Drop the hammer before the fall, start again