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Artist: Oingo Boingo
Canonical path: /oingo-boingo/skin
Related lyric paths: 6
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Skin
Read Skin lyrics by Oingo Boingo on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Skin
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This is someone else's story
Someone that I never knew
This is someone else's body
Am I getting through to you
If you peel away the armor is something underneath
If you look below for hidden treasure underneath another layer
Are you hiding underneath the skin
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If you peel away the skin is there anybody there
If you peel away the skin is there anybody there
If you peel away the armor is it too late to begin
Is there anybody hiding if you peel away the skin
Now a spark has passed between us now
A momentary recognition
Something lost and something gained
And something shared that feels strange
Something cold that will not go away
THere's a heart as cold as ice
In a vault that's made of stone
Over years the walls got higher
Over years the walls have grown
Is there anybody in there in this self inflicted tomb
If you peel away the layers is there someone in this room
If you peel away the skin, if you peel away the skin
This is someone else's story
Someone that I never knew
This is someone else's body
Am I getting through to you
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Oingo Boingo performs "Skin", and this lyric page sits inside the Oingo Boingo catalog on LyroVerse.
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