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Alkaline Trio’s “Scars” comes from their new record ‘Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs’ – out now via Rise Records. Buy/stream the record at Follow Alkaline Trio: Instagram: X: Facebook: Lyrics: I paint us a picture And we’re doing honest and right And hang it up where it will be gently kissed by the light But I’m drawn to distractions I like where they lead me off to Where I reach for the reasons I’m searching for something to do I’ve reset the filter There’s little that gets to my head And it sits where the station just hisses and crackles high end Still I’ve got this keg and some powder enough to let go Where the sky starts to fill up with smoke That’s the way to my home Now you know Saw the eyes get dark and the words get hard Never once been cut but I see scars We all wear ours on the outside (We all have them we all have these scars) Where everyone can see (We all have thorns buried under these) We’re hiding out in plain sight Buried under these Scars To be so close to perfect Is to know it cannot be so And so far from actually being out here all on our own Instead where the missteps do not only haunt you They hunt you down And where those that protect you can no longer rescue If they cannot be found Saw the eyes get dark and the words get hard Never once been cut but I see scars We all wear ours on the outside (We all have them we all have these scars) Where everyone can see (We all have thorns buried under these) We’re hiding out in plain sight buried under these
