"Bruises And Stains" lyrics

You never know a good thing till it passes
Till it lights you up and leaves you in its ashes
It's always hiding money underneath the mattress for a rainy day
And I wish that I could find a way to slow down
Help the kid I used to know maybe find his way back out
All the callous of the world has dragged his soul down, but who's to blame?

I wanna sing all the words of a sinner
I wanna live by the words of a saint
Give all my love to the world like my mother
Finding the pleasure in the pain
I want the devil to yell on my shoulder
I want the angel to call him insane
I wanna look at myself in the mirror
Proud of my bruises and my stains

And I'm trying to make friends with all the anger
So I go outside 'cause maybe I could walk off all the hurt
You know pale skin always tan after a sunburn
So life is good

I wanna sing all the words of a sinner
I wanna live by the words of a saint
Give all my love to the world like my mother
Finding the pleasure in the pain
I want the devil to yell on my shoulder
I want the angel to call him insane
I wanna look at myself in the mirror
Proud of my bruises and my stains

Mmm, oh
Proud of my bruises and my stains, oh

Maybe I'm not, not what you want me to be
Maybe there's more to the story that you'll never see
I'll never run with the sinners, and I'm no saint
I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains
Oh, I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains
I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains