My Skin

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My Skin by Natalie Merchant

About My Skin

"My Skin" is a Natalie Merchant song from her second solo album Ophelia. The song's theme appears to be the story of a woman whose husband has fallen out of love with her, the different emotions she feels and her final resolution to leave him. The song has been featured several times on Channel 4's Hollyoaks- It has been used in the Hannah Ashworth anorexia storyline as well as the Father Kieron Hobbs sexuality issues storyline. It was used in the first season of the hit television series Alias. .

My Skin Lyrics

[00:00.00] Ah, ah, ah, ah (Ah)
[00:22.97] Take a look at my body
[00:26.84] Look at my hands
[00:29.59] There's so much here that I don't understand
[00:35.03] Your face say these promises
[00:37.81] Whispered like prayers
[00:40.47] I don't need them
[00:45.02] 'Cause I've been treated so wrong
[00:48.56] I've been treated so long
[00:51.67] As if I'm becoming untouchable
[00:56.53] Well content loves the silence
[01:00.08] It thrives in the dark
[01:03.01] With fine winding tendrils
[01:05.33] That strangle the heart
[01:08.40] They say that promises sweeten the blow
[01:13.87] But I don't need them
[01:16.20] No I don't need them
[01:19.08] I've been treated so wrong
[01:21.92] I've been treated so long
[01:25.07] As if I'm becoming untouchable
[01:30.08] I'm the slow dying flower
[01:32.91] In the frost killing hour
[01:36.40] Sweet turning sour and untouchable
[01:46.86] Oh, oh, ooh
[02:03.35] Oh, I need the darkness
[02:05.71] The sweetness
[02:07.23] The sadness
[02:08.59] The weakness
[02:11.63] Oh, I need this
[02:14.63] I need a lullaby
[02:16.75] A kiss good night
[02:18.43] Angel sweet love of my life
[02:22.75] Oh, I need this
[02:25.92] I'm the slow dying flower
[02:29.35] Frost killing hour
[02:32.07] Sweet turning sour and untouchable
[02:39.75] Do you remember the way that you touched me before
[02:45.79] All the trembling sweetness I loved and adored
[02:51.71] Your face saying promised whispered like prayers
[02:57.23] I don't need them
[03:02.47] I need the darkness
[03:04.39] The sweetness
[03:05.75] The sadness
[03:07.15] The weakness
[03:10.27] Oh, I need this
[03:13.35] I need a lullaby
[03:15.27] A kiss good night
[03:17.03] Angel sweet love of my life
[03:21.63] Oh, I need this
[03:24.55] Well is it dark enough
[03:26.55] Can you see me
[03:27.99] Do you want me
[03:29.35] Can you reach me
[03:32.67] Oh, I'm leaving
[03:35.71] You better shut your mouth
[03:37.71] And hold your breath
[03:39.27] And kiss me now
[03:40.67] And catch your death
[03:43.87] Oh, I mean this
[03:55.13] Oh, I mean this
[03:59.39]

From the album: Ophelia