Shed My Skin - Bernard Fanning

When the morning comes gonna shed my skin

And find us a brand new place to begin

I know it’s a long way back from here

I’ve been scrubbing at the stain for fourteen years

Cold iron door echoes on the block tonight

Through my locked down body, locked down heart and mind

One foolish act of indifference

Day by day I’ve been chained to its consequence

One hour of sunlight outside the door

Crippled by mind numbing fear in my thoughts

Time in slow motion as the cell goes black

5000 long nights of terror that I never want back

When the warden comes to unlock the door

I’m going to put some miles between me and these walls

Stop in a silent town where my life can mend

Start again start again

Will you bring your lover’s quiet

When you lay down beside me and put your skin on mine?

We could wring a new life from this silent town

Then I’ll set my mind to bringing you around

When the morning comes gonna shed my skin

And find us a brand new place to begin

I know it’s a long way back from here

I’ve been scrubbing at the stain for fourteen years