Like ink in your skin

A lasting stain from history

Permanently imprinted between my DNA

Like ink in your skin

Permanently imprinted between my DNA

Like ink in your skin

A self-inflicted exhibition of memory

A promise to self

To obfuscate the crushing weight

We forget the pain but the meaning remains, only removed as a last resort

To leave behind scars, a reminiscence of what we are when we're torn from what we fought for

Forever entwined in my being, something worth living with

And though the black fades to emerald, the meaning refuses to decay

For better or worse, an eternal reminder

I've come to understand, through all I live, I'll do it with you

Cause me pain, distort my name, invigorate, or elevate

Whatever I am, I am in your wake

You're a part of me, we're one and the same

Two beams of light, become one ray

To scorch my earth or light my way

In night or day, in pleasure or pain

I'm fused with you, my emerald state

Like ink in your skin

A lasting stain from history

Like ink in your skin

A self-inflicted exhibition of memory

A promise to self to

Cause me pain, distort my name, invigorate, or elevate

Two beams of light, become one ray

I'm fused with you, my emerald state