Have a dream I've been chasing
Take a chance, made a change
Wanna feel good vibrations
So I moved to L.A.
Met friends by the fire
Didn't think I'd get burned
But the ladder gets higher
Yeah, the more that you
Hear the talk you see
But it's currency
When you turn your back
And they try to cut you deep
There's a taste of ink
Left tattooed on me
But I still wear my heart on my sleeve
Cause even though
I bruise, I break, you knock me
Won't stop me, cut me
And I'll see
Their words mean nothing to me
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep
They're only words
Won't stop me, cut me
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep
They're only words
Won't stop me, cut me
Won't stop me, cut me
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep
Made a home in the valley
As I head for the hills
Take a piece of it with me
Take a piece of it with me
That I take like a pill
That I take like a pill
In the spirit of a swallow
In the spirit of a swallow
But hurts less than the pain
But hurts less than the pain
But hurts less than the pain
And when those that you follow
Feel good on your lips
But they talk as cheap
There's no guarantee
When I turn my back
They won't try to cut me deep
That's the taste of it
They tattooed on me
But I still wear my heart on my sleeve
Cause even though
I bruise, I break, you knock me
Won't stop me cutting my teeth
Their words mean nothing to me
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep
They're only skin deep
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep
They're only skin deep
It's only skin deep