(you're begging for meaning where answers will never satisfy your curiosity <br />but if you're desperate, i'll tell you) <br /> <br />her tattoos tell stories i couldn't imagine <br />she's grown to crave that reaction <br />each line of ink a scar of memories she won't forget <br />every name inked in her skin holds another regret <br />a lifetime isn't long enough to black out her past <br />and i thought she'd found peace at last <br />but i'm not a puzzle she could solve <br /> <br />as the pieces on her arms evolve i see lost words and locked up stories <br />does she regret those words on her knuckles <br />did they hurt? <br />they all fucking hurt <br /> <br />the clock on her back is for her dad <br />the day she found out i was the first person she told <br />she cried in my arms for hours, her tears staining my skin with the memory just the same as hers <br />she doesn't need it to remember him, she always will <br />she has it to make sure others know the man he was <br />i've covered up the scars she gave me <br />but they'll be on my skin for life <br />they'll never truly leave me <br /> <br />you're begging for meaning where answers will never satisfy your curiosity <br />but if you're desperate, i'll tell you <br /> <br />a bear on the chest is a symbol of lost love <br />regret and freedom, breaking from tradition <br /> <br />bare chested we consider a crown, on the ribs <br />more pain than it's worth <br />it reminds me not to get attached to anyone <br />not to people at least <br /> <br />her scars will never leave me <br />her tears will be on my skin for life
