Pain can eduacte you
Make you breathe a certain way
Make you sense life
Make you sense life

So when the needle penetrates
And leaves the mark behind
It's the only thing aside from scars
On my body you'll find

Those memories from my past
Things I've dealt with before
It's just my way to make them last
My skin is my own epitaph

And in the future
Always cherish that day
When I set it all straight
And learned to breathe a certain way

Hate can make you numb
It can eat out your soul
It'll kill you, it'll kill you
So when you feel that hatred inside
It's time for a new direction
And I'm not talking religion here
A silimar infection

I'm talking, talking about you
I'm talking about your new tattoo

Those memories from my past
Things I've dealt with before
It's just my way to make them last
My skin is my own epitaph

And in the future
Always cherish that day
When I set it all straight
And learned to breathe a certain way