Pantera – Shedding Skin

Shedding Skin

I dont want you to look at me while Im shedding

Skin. I cant afford for you to see whats inside me.

Id rather shoot myself than have you watch me. i

Feel youd steal my skin to try and wear me.

I was betrayed, one more day of my short life. you were

Carried away. you had no shame. to suffocate my being.

I was me, but you werent you. you were sticking to me like

A scab…so I peeled you away, and bled for days. then

Stepped out of myself.

Im shedding skin, changing within, Im falling in.

Through swollen eyes, I dreamed you died, caught inside.

Im shedding skin, spreading thin, severed stem.

I created the end, Im killing a friend. Im shedding my skin.

I dont think you belong in here, I feel Im sick. dont ask because

You know damn well where Ive been. Ive kept a simple

Woman through the thick and thin. but Ive found the guts

To sever from my siamese twin.

I throw you away. everyday. a dead part of life. strangling

Back. seething black. in between my longing for torture.

Blood on my face that came from your face. the mix

Of kissing and bleeding. I put you away. I shut you away.

I pissed you away. I threw you away.

Im shedding skin, changing within, Im falling in.

Through swollen eyes, I dreamed you died, caught inside.

Im shedding skin, spreading thin, severed stem.

I created the end, Im killing a friend. Im shedding my skin.

Youre fucking, and sucking. youre friendless. its endless.

Your flower has soured. its endless. youre friendless.

Its harder. and stronger. but no ones been inside you longer.

Or harder. or deeper. to get you off, you need the fear.

Its never love. bloody touch. broken wrist. needle rust.

Choking throat. swallowed teeth. head fuck. no peace.

Im shedding my skin to peel you off of me.

Youve got to love me.

Ornament. shrunken head. playtoy. snake strike. poisonous.

Syphillis. drenched me. soaked me.

Im shedding my skin to drain you out of me.

Youve got to hate me.