Oh broken wings I cannot fly

I stuble for another high

You can't take the pleasure but can't feel the pain

Numb fingers and demons yet to be slain

Tender cried of lovers and fools

Noise blinded the eagles, we're nothing but tools

I took a knife to your face to make you look pretty

The look in your eyes won't make me feel guilty

Red to purple to yellow and fade

These are the bruises all the years made

Sharpened knives won't get me to scream

The way you did dream after dream

Innocence lost in a passenger seat

Self-respect gone in the sweat and the heat

Screams of agaony mistaken for bliss

Forgiven a moment in a well-meaning kiss

I took a knife to your face to make you look pretty

The look in your eyes won't make me feel guilty

Red to purple to yellow and fade

These are the bruises all the years made

Splinters in flesh scortched with melted lead

Hiding from you beneath my bed

Wet and shivering by the side of the road

I've violated an unwrtten code

Now it's over and I can't take it back

Just so long as you promise I'll be buried in black

I took a knife to your face to make you look pretty

The look in your eyes won't make me feel guilty

Red to purple to yellow and fade

These are the bruises all the years made

Shattered looks from twisted faces

Broken homes and forgotten places

I took a knife to your face but couldn't make you look pretty

The look in your eyes won't make me feel guilty

Red to yellow but never to fade

I'll cover the bruises my years with you made