Beauty is only skin deep but yours runs straight to the bone
Everyone would be able to see it if you only you'd leave it alone
Trade in the feel of a cold blade for infinite painful pin pricks
Ask to make it hurt even more, just to make sure that it sticks
Look in the mirror, see all the mistakes that you've made
What do you think of yourself when you're covered with filth, do you like what looks back at you now?
Falling from God's good grace, you know that everyone sins
Covering up what you can't erase, you turn your back on what you can't face
You saw one on a friend and thought that it was pleasing
We tried our very best, you just wouldn't listen to reason
All your family's agreeing
We've got this awful feeling
We knew your innocence was gone
When we first laid our eyes upon
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
Unrecognizable even to your family and friends
But what are you hiding, with words you're denying you're bruised on the outside and in
Put your failures up against mine
You see no difference
But it's just not the same, no you just can't compare when you're branded like cattle and swine
Myopia you see, is the cause of your condition
Now filled with much regret, you're thinking that you should have listened
All those many days ago, you thought it a good idea
You thought it wouldn't stay, but now we're here to sing the praise of
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
Honey, if you've got problems
We'll cover them with ink
Think of all the possibilities
Hearts and stars and butterflies
Flowers covering your skin
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
Everyone would be able to see it if you only you'd leave it alone
Trade in the feel of a cold blade for infinite painful pin pricks
Ask to make it hurt even more, just to make sure that it sticks
Look in the mirror, see all the mistakes that you've made
What do you think of yourself when you're covered with filth, do you like what looks back at you now?
Falling from God's good grace, you know that everyone sins
Covering up what you can't erase, you turn your back on what you can't face
You saw one on a friend and thought that it was pleasing
We tried our very best, you just wouldn't listen to reason
All your family's agreeing
We've got this awful feeling
We knew your innocence was gone
When we first laid our eyes upon
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
Unrecognizable even to your family and friends
But what are you hiding, with words you're denying you're bruised on the outside and in
Put your failures up against mine
You see no difference
But it's just not the same, no you just can't compare when you're branded like cattle and swine
Myopia you see, is the cause of your condition
Now filled with much regret, you're thinking that you should have listened
All those many days ago, you thought it a good idea
You thought it wouldn't stay, but now we're here to sing the praise of
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
Honey, if you've got problems
We'll cover them with ink
Think of all the possibilities
Hearts and stars and butterflies
Flowers covering your skin
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory
You and your obligatory tattoo