second skin

Nada Surf

I didn t show you
I was wearing a porcelain coat
You didn t know me completely
I didn t let you know
I d excuse myself for five minutes
To rub myself up against a tree
And get this second layer off of me

I m tired of living in this second skin
I want to let everything in
I don t want to compare myself
I don t want to be someone else

I tried so many new and old tricks
To die and self-improve
From divining with dead sticks
To fallen yogi hot moves
But what I found I learned from no
Book up on the shelf
Is to watch the thief of time
And learn to trick myself

I don t want to leave my brand new skin
It s made of leaves, it s strong and thin
I waited for it every day
I wake up and it goes away

Heaven on Earth
Is quiet and it s dark
Heaven on Earth
Is daytime in a city park
This apartment building floats
On a humming sea
Under the floorboards
Under you and me

I don t want to leave my brand new skin
It s made of leaves, it s strong and thin
I waited for it every day
I wake up and it goes away

I m never gonna leave my brand new skin
It s part of me, it s strong and thin
I waited for it night and day
I wake up and I ll stay