Ink lyrics

Artist  : Ember Swift 
Song : Ink



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														   She bites her bottom lip to keep
her thoughts contained. She thinks that if her
tongue should slip she'd have to fight the stain.
The skin is like an ancient sponge that sucks in
pain like ink. New love won't wash, scrub raw,
flesh loose. You cannot love the stain away with
use. Discoloured, or maybe coloured new? Well,
who's to say? 'Cause I'd rather be discovered
nude and tattooed, anyday. We have all fallen
from grace at least once in our lives. We have
all tried to save face and made it worse with
lies. We have all made the wrong move and tried
to run from consequence as if we had something to
prove, as if that in itself made sense. Well, I
say if you can't wear it away you might as well
wear it in a way that lets everybody know how
proud you are at how far you've come sporting
such a sacred scar, wearing the marks of
humanity: pain, shame and humility, smeared all
over me. Scrub Not, Scrub Not -- You can't wash
these stains from your skin. Scrub Not, Scrub Not
-- This is how we get worn in. Scrub Not, Scrub
Not -- You cannot wash these stains from your
skin Scrub Not, Scrub Not -- This is how we get
sworn in. "Do you like my tats" I ask, "do you
like the art frozen on my flesh? Is this a test
of your tolerance as you look at me with eyes of
pity?" Like you think I should just normalize,
like you think I have self-modified as a means to
counter "pretty." I say if you can't wear it away
you might as well wear it... 'cause I'd rather be
discovered nude and tattooed, anyday.