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 Thе scars you left upon my skin Are proof I let thе 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