Lyrics Your Tattoo - Jonathan Coulton

Your Tattoo

Black and blue
Every time I lean into you
You think the words don’t mean what they do
Killin' me so slow
So it’s home instead
Memorize your scars in the bed
Makin' me see stars in my head
Baby, you don’t know
One rough summer and too much sun
The lines get blurry and the colors run
And the red bleeds out with the blue
A secret in the shape of the way it hurt
Planning an escape from beneath your shirt
Do you know I love Your Tattoo?
Your Tattoo
Your Tattoo
You were there
Little sparks of wire in the air
Everything on fire everywhere
Punishment and crime
Black and white
Keepin' me up late every night
Thinkin' I can’t wait, but I might
Everything in time
Gray gives away to the deepest black
Promises you made and can’t take back
When you look too long, you see through
Over on the edge where the ink is thin
Comin' up close against your skin
Do you know I love Your Tattoo?
Your Tattoo
Your Tattoo