In a patch full of briars - and palms wet with clay

The call from within of an end to the day

Leave it all at the door my mama would say

Nothing is dirty but everything's stained - No nothing is dirty but everything's stained

Just one more verse of how "How Great Thou Art"

Settle in - rounds begin - the flesh torn apart

I resisted the blood - but still forced to remain

Nothing is dirty but everything's stained - No nothing is dirty but everything's stained

Residue of lives we knew

Shadows are all that stayed

They're whittled in until the bitter end

Won't come out - no matter what you change

Shift the skin that I'm in to be more of the same

Who cares if it feels good - "beauty is pain"

Just to wipe it all off at the end of the day

Nothing is dirty but everything's stained - No nothing is dirty but everything's stained

The most natural of things always harbor such pain

But bodies and boundaries can't be houses for shame

You'll be left cleaning up messes you never made

Nothing is dirty but everything's stained - No nothing is dirty but everything's stained

Residue of lives we knew

Shadows are all that stayed

They're whittled in until the bitter end

Won't come out - no matter what you change