. . . just leave me, and here i'll stay
twisting and turning
curving and contorting
in the corner of my eye
i'll harbor the lies
the deceptions
i invented them
you don't know what it feels like
to come home
dying hard in my mind
'cause i can't feel my body
so leave me here
and here i'll stay
no, i won't move
but i'll let you prey
on the skin i shall shed
twisting and turning
curving and contorting
you don't know what it feels like
to feel so inside out
i want to crawl back within myself
and sleep in a whole skin
a new skin
but you're under my skin
twisting and turning
curving and contorting
so i'll swaddle in blankets
cocoon in my mattress
just to muffle the sounds
and mellow the pain
'till i'm numb and torpid
enveloped in the hotness
soaked through with sweat
'cause i don't know this body
anymore than a stranger
so leave me here
and here i'll stay
here i'll stay
just leave me . . .
