Second Skin

[Verse 1] I didn't show you I was wearing a porcelain coat You didn't know me completely I didn't let you know I'd excuse myself for five minutes To rub myself up against a tree And get this second layer off of me [Chorus 1] I'm tired of living in this second skin I want to let everything in I don't want to compare myself I don't want to be someone else [Verse 2] I tried so many new and old tricks To die and self-improve From divining with dead sticks To fallen yogi hot moves But what I found I learned from no Book up on the shelf Is to watch the thief of timе And learn to trick myself [Chorus 2] I don't want to leavе my brand new skin It's made of leaves, it's strong and thin I waited for it every day I wake up and it goes away [Bridge] Heaven on Earth Is quiet and it's dark Heaven on Earth Is daytime in a city park This apartment building floats On a humming sea Under the floorboards Under you and me [Chorus 2] I don't want to leave my brand new skin It's made of leaves, it's strong and thin I waited for it every day I wake up and it goes away [Chorus 3] I'm never gonna leave my brand new skin It's part of me, it's strong and thin I waited for it night and day I wake up and I'll stay