New Skin

Album: S.C.I.E.N.C.E (1995)
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  • At first I see an open wound
    Infected and disastrous
    It breathes chaotic catastrophe
    It cries to be renewed (Please renew me!)
    Its tears are the color of anger
    They dry to form a scab
    To the touch, it's stiff and resilient
    Underneath, the new skin breathes, yeah

    It's all been saved
    With the exception for the right parts
    But when will we be new skin?

    As outwardly cliche as it may seem
    Yes, something under the surface says "c'est la vie"
    There is a circle, it is a plan
    Dead skin will atrophy itself to start again
    Look closely at the open wound
    See past what covers the surface
    Underneath chaotic catastrophe
    Creation takes the stage, so

    Dead skin will atrophy itself to start again
    Dead skin will atrophy itself to start again
    Dead skin will atrophy itself to start again

    It's all been saved
    With the exception for the right parts
    But when will we be new skin?
    It's all been seen
    With the exception for what could be
    But when will we be new skin?

    Until the twentieth century
    Reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear
    Since the initial publication of the chart of electromagnetic spectrum,
    Humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear
    Is less than one millionth of reality

    Fallacious cognitions
    Spewed from televisions
    Do mold our decisions
    So stop and take a look
    And you'll see what I see now
    Now

    It's all been saved
    With the exception for the right parts
    But when will we be new skin?
    It's all been seen
    With the exception for what could be
    But when will we be new skin?
    Skin Writer/s: Alex Katunich, Brandon Charles Boyd, Gavin Koppel, Jose Anthony Pasillas, Michael Aaron Einziger
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Luke from Manchester, UkAnd "ahhh" means thought.
    "Arrrrrgh" is frustration or anger.
  • Luke from Manchester, UkStop doing that "putting numbers after exclamation points" crap (eg: "wow!!!!1111"), you look dumb.
  • Tara from Dallas, Tx"until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see,
    and hear. since the inital publication of the charged electromagnetic spectrum, humans
    learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear...is less than one millionth of reality"

    and then brandon starts singing...

    "Fallacious cognitions,
    spewed from televisions,
    do mold our decisions.
    So stop and take a look,
    and you'll see what I see now."

    and he proceeds to yelllllll!!!!!!!!!111111111

    hahaha i love that because brandon can't explain chaos. but he does come to the conclusion that chaos has already been seen? and here is where he gets frustrated. and he says to us, "it's all been saved" maybe referring to "saved" as a biblical spew of what has been uncovered by what he seeeeeeeeees nowww ahhhhhhh1!!!!1111111#@123!2342

    WHEN WILL WE BE NEW SKIN?
    what is he asking?

    it's new skin that makes chaos clear.
  • Mike from Edinburgh, ScotlandThe sample (though I don't know exactly where the audio came from) is a quote by Buckminster Fuller. I'm sure you can find it elsewhere on the web, but one version is found here: http://www.junkfoodforthought.com/quotations/R.htm
  • Nate from Aurora, Ilcrazy, awesome song...weird and wakes me up
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