My Skin

        Fm         Cm
Take a look at my body
C#          G#
Look at my hands
Bbm
There's so much here
D#
That I don't understand

      Fm            Cm
Your face saving promises
C#               G#
Whispered like prayers
G#
I don't need them
D#
I don't need them

            Fm
I've been treated so wrong
            C#
I've been treated so long
   G#                D#
As if I'm becoming untouchable

    Fm                Cm
Contempt loves the silence
C#                 G#
It thrives in the dark
      Bbm
With fine winding tendrils
        D#
That strangle the heart

     Fm         Cm
They say that promises
C#          D#
Sweeten the blow
G#
But I don't need them
D#
No, I don't need them

            Fm
I've been treated so wrong
            C#
I've been treated so long
   G#                 D#
As if I'm becoming untouchable

       Fm
I'm a slow dying flower
 C#
Frost killing hour
     G#
The sweet turning sour
        D#
And untouchable


O, I need
       Fm
The darkness
       Fm
The sweetness
       C#
The sadness
       C#
The weakness
G#      D#
I need this


I need
    Fm
A lullaby
    Fm
A kiss goodnight
 C#
Angel sweet
 C#
Love of my life
G#         D#
O, I need this

         Fm         Cm
Do you remember the way
           C#         G#
That you touched me before
          Bbm
All the trembling sweetness
    D#
I loved and adored?
     Fm             Cm
Your face saving promises
   C#            G#
Whispered like prayers
         G#
I don't need them
             D#
No, I don't need them


O, I need
     Fm
The darkness
     Fm
The sweetness
     C#
The sadness
     C#
The weakness
G#      D#
I need this


I need
    Fm
A lullaby
   Fm
A kiss goodnight
   C#
The angel sweet
    C#
Love of my life
G#      D#
I need this

       Fm
Is it dark enough?
      Fm
Can you see me?
      C#
Do you want me?
       C#
Can you reach me?
G#       D#
Or I'm leaving
            Fm
You better shut your mouth
  Fm
Hold your breath
C#                  C#
Kiss me now you'll catch my death
G#        D#
O, I mean it