Emblems (Live) Lyrics

Premonitions spell the end

You've signed your life away

Call your father and confess your sins

So greedy and gluttonous

Emblems of shame

Emblems of shame

Now you know what I've become

Now you see the grave that I've dug

I was once innocent

But I was young and so naive

I'm afraid you've seen my scars

Were cut more than skin deep

I can't feel

A god damn thing

You could change it maybe if you gave it up

'Cause the blood that you spill will never be enough

Hands might grab you and pull and tug

Take nothing, move quickly, and run

'Cause the pain that you've built up

Will never cease to grow

And the shame that you wear

Insulates you like a cloak

Let it peel away

Let it peel away

Now you know what I've become

Now you see the grave that I've dug

I was once innocent

But I was young and so naive

I'm afraid you've seen my scars

Were cut more than skin deep

I can't feel

A god damn thing

But there's one thing that I fear

And that's inevitable change

The one thing that I want

Is to stay exactly the same

But the moment has already passed

And the person you knew

Is just a figment of your imagination

I wish it wasn't that cruel

All I have is time

1,2,3 feels like eternity

So as days pass I wait for my scars to heal

But they stick there as reminders I cannot conceal

I hope one day tattoos might mask them

And that the questions you ask won't be about them

I'm tired of wearing these emblems of shame each day

I just want them to fade