Second Skin Growing Wrong

[Verse 1]
You laugh and my ribs turn to little white birds
Scratching at the cage till they learn your words
I keep your name tucked under my tongue
A sweet little splinter I can't spit out, can't numb

[Pre-Chorus]
You pull me close, I come apart
Red thread winding through my heart

[Chorus]
I love you like a second skin growing wrong
Too tight in the morning, too soft when you're gone
You kiss the bruise and it blooms like a rose
I ache where you hold me, I heal where it shows

[Verse 2]
At breakfast my fingers keep reaching for yours
Though each one is borrowed from some other shore
You say, “Stay,” and the seams all come loose
I sew myself back with the thread of your truth

[Pre-Chorus]
You pull me close, I come apart
Red thread winding through my heart

[Chorus]
I love you like a second skin growing wrong
Too tight in the morning, too soft when you're gone
You kiss the bruise and it blooms like a rose
I ache where you hold me, I heal where it shows

[Bridge]
If loving you hurts, let it hurt honest
No pretty bandage, no clean little promise
When my bones learn the shape of your hands
Will you still know me when I can't stand?

[Final Chorus]
I love you like a second skin growing wrong
Too tight in the morning, too soft when you're gone
You kiss the bruise and it blooms like a rose
I ache where you hold me, I heal where it shows

[Outro]
I heal where it shows
I heal where it shows