Bruises and Stains

You never know a good thing 'til it passes

'Till it lights you up and leaves you in its ashes

It's always hiding money underneath the mattress for a rainy day

And I wish that I could find a way to slow down

Help the kid I used to know maybe find his way back out

All the callous of the world has dragged his soul down

But who is to blame?

I wanna sing all the words of a sinner

I wanna live by the words of a saint

Give all my love to the world like my mother

Finding the pleasure in the pain

I want the devil to yell on my shoulder

I want the angel to call him insane

I wanna look at myself in the mirror

Proud of my bruises and my stains

And I'm trying to make friends with all the anger

So I go outside, 'cause maybe I could walk off all the hurt

You know pale skin always tans after a sunburn

So life is good

I wanna sing all the words of a sinner

I wanna live by the words of a saint

Give all my love to the world like my mother

Finding the pleasure in the pain

I want the devil to yell on my shoulder

I want the angel to call him insane

I wanna look at myself in the mirror

Proud of my bruises and my stains

Mm-mm, oh

Proud of my bruises and my stains

(Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) oh-oh, oh

Maybe I'm not, not what you want me to be (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

Maybe there's more to the story that you'll never see (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

I'll never run with the sinners, and I'm no saint (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

Oh, I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains

I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains