Bad Tattoo

Before I met you, nobody ever got so close

But then I let you come to my rescue

And I started to expect you to be the hands that held me up

But then you turned off all the lights and walked away

And I don't blame you, no, you were just as scared as I was

And I could shame you, yeah

But was a fool to think that I could ever change you, rearrange you

And I'm finally over it

But there's some things that the water won't wash off

Just like a bad tattoo

I bear the mark of you

The scars you left upon my skin

Are proof I let the wrong one in

But they make me proud (So proud of it)

'Cause they show that I won't be kept down

I'm wearing you just like a bad tattoo

In September, I thought I would be hung up on you forever

But I pulled myself together and got better

Come December, dyed my hair and dried my eyes

But there's some things that the water won't wash off

Just like a laughter line in the morning light

Like the ear you pierce for the second time

Like the face you make when you change your mind

You'll be there for the rest of my life

Just like a bad tattoo

I bear the mark of you

The scars you left upon my skin

Are proof I let the wrong one in

But they make me proud (So proud of it)

'Cause they show that I won't be kept down

I'm wearing you just like a bad tattoo

And even though I am still healing

I'd do it all over, I'd do it all over again

And though there's a scar on my heart

Well, it came out of love, it came out of love

Just like a bad tattoo (And even though I am still healing)

I bear the mark of you (I'd do it all over, I'd do it all over again)

I'm wearing you just like a bad tattoo