Damaged

from Not As Dead As We Used To Be by The Beautiful Exchange

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lyrics

We're all damaged
No one is left without scars
We're all beaten and bruised
At the root it's who we are
Everybody has a darkness to hide
But the deepest wounds are only healed in the light

We're all damaged
From the moment conceived
No it's not by our choice
It's in the blood that we bleed
Everybody has a darkness to hide
But the deepest wounds are only healed in the light

Everyday you stitch yourself together
Threading the needle in and out of your flesh
You mask all the sins that won't stop bleeding
So I cannot see your body stained with red
You live your life with your faith in the stitches
Perfecting the art of letting no one else see
What you become when your wounds are opened
And your sin reveals what's underneath

The very thing you thought would heal you has now infected your life
You and I both know that these stitches will not last forever
Hiding them until you rip apart isn’t any better
Expose the unseen
Bring it to the light

I can see who you really are
Don't be ashamed
You're not alone
Just open up your eyes
And realize that we're all damaged

I will open my wounds
If you open your wounds
Will you listen when I say
That I am exactly like you
I will show you my blood
So won't you show me your blood
Pull the stitches and you'll see I am no judge

credits

from Not As Dead As We Used To Be, released December 22, 2017
Recorded, Engineered and Mixed by Sam Striker at Native Darkness Productions, McKinney, TX

Mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre Mastering