Broken Skin

by BOB DYLAN

Does it bother you, did it not obey you?
Does it anger you, did it not please you?
Does it bother you, did it not consider you?
Is it killing you, did it not care for you?
These sores will never heal
Come touch this broken skin
I pray these wounds will never hurt
Come touch this broken skin
Did you want to pull the strings?
Become the master of all things?
And punish this, my gravest sin.
Bitter enemy of this, my broken skin.
You can never let this go.
Your superficial mind torments you so.
Bow down and admit defeat.
Old, weak and obsolete.
(I pray) these sores will never heal.
Come touch with broken skin.
I pray these wounds will never hurt.
Come touch this broken skin.
Gone too far, I've gone too far, is this me?
I am not me, am I somebody else?
I am not me, I wanna be myself.

Broken Skin

by biffy clyro

Today at 15.45 hours
India conducted 3 underground nuclear tests
In the Bogram range
Hope falls softly from your hands
Dreams burn deap beneath the land
Time casts shadows overall
Sweating fever, rain or river
Brushing winds beneath your call
Broken skin, distant fear
Shattered worlds of endless tears
Hidden fires, distant lies
Burried hopes beneath the cries
Broken skin, distant fears
Silent lips, so far, so near
Silence, it is every hope apart
Two flames burn deep beneath one heart
Teardrops flow faster with the tide
Raging over calmer waters
As the timeless land divides
Broken skin, distant fear
Shattered worlds of endless tears
Hidden fires, distant lies
Burried hopes beneath the cries
Broken skin, distant fears
Silent lips, so far, so near
Broken, distant, shattered
Hidden, distant, burried
Broken, distant, silent
Cold games repeat on eastern shores
Strong winds blow over colder wars
Proud lips stay silent in the rain
There are half a million voices in the song without a name
Broken, distant, shattered
Hidden, distant, burried
Broken, distant, silent
Shattered
Hidden, distant, burried
Broken, distant, silent
(So far so close)
Shattered
(There are half a million voices)
Distant
Shattered
Distant
Shattered
(There are half a million voices)
Just 5 miles from Indias nuclear test site
Children play in the shade of the village water tank
Here in the Rajahstan desert people say they’re proud their country showed their nuclear capability