Skin O' My Teeth

Album: Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Charted: 13
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  • I had wrists donning slits
    Flowing constantly
    My broken body in a wreck
    I wrapped around a tree
    A crosswalk hit and run
    The finish line for me
    People clutter in the gutter
    Take a look and see

    No escaping pain
    You belong to me
    Clingin' on to life
    By the skin o' my teeth
    No escaping pain
    You belong to me
    Clingin' on to life
    By the skin o' my teeth

    My blood flows through the streets
    Deluge from the wounds
    Empty jars of sleeping pills
    On the dresser in my room
    My wet brain neighbor cranes
    His neck to see
    In time, the white lights, a train
    Bearing down on me

    No escaping pain
    You belong to me
    Clingin' on to life
    By the skin o' my teeth
    No escaping pain
    You belong to me
    Clingin' on to life
    By the skin o' my teeth

    I won't feel the hurt
    I'm not trash any longer
    That that doesn't kill me
    Only makes me stronger
    I need a ride to the morgue
    That's what 911 is for
    So, tag my toe and don't forget
    Ooh, to close the drawer

    No escaping pain
    You belong to me
    Clingin' on to life
    By the skin o' my teeth
    No escaping pain
    You belong to me
    Clingin' on to life
    By the skin o' my teeth Writer/s: Dave Mustaine
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Me from NowhereIt wasn't for Dave to kill himself, it was someone else that he wrote about in the Song "A Tout Le Monde" if you wanted to know.
  • Sam from Durham, United KingdomDave Mustane is amazing there was no reason for him to try and kill himself anyway
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