It's going to be the last time 

I remember where I was born 

For I'm going to lift my wounded eyes 

From the playgrounds and the lawns 

I don't know why I hang around 

Now all of my friends have gone, gone 



So why not tear it all down 

Slip this skin, and I could carry on 

But it's hard, hard 

To shake off your scars 

When they're all you are 



It's going to be the last time 

That I recollect your face 

For I'm burning all your photographs 

Going to hide what I can't erase 



I don't know why I grieve so 

Cos you were dead before I left 

So why not burn them all down 

Slip this skin, and I'd be cast adrift 



But it's hard, hard 

To shake off your scars 

When they're all you are 



And I'm just lonely 

Now that no one owns me 

...Yeah 



So why don't you pull your covers up 

And sink into your TV 

There's no pain you can't kiss away 

In the bed of a memory 



Yeah, I could tear this wall down 

But without hope, I know I won't get far 

And what is life but a flag to haul down? 

Because it's hard, hard 

To shake off your scars 

When they're all you are 

Yes it's hard, hard 

To shake off your scars 

When they're all you are 

...Yeah