Bruises and Stains

You never know a good thing 'til it passes 'Till it lights you up and leaves you in its ashes It's always hiding money underneath the mattress for a rainy day And I wish that I could find a way to slow down Help the kid I used to know maybe find his way back out All the callous of the world has dragged his soul down But who is to blame? I wanna sing all the words of a sinner I wanna live by the words of a saint Give all my love to the world like my mother Finding the pleasure in the pain I want the devil to yell on my shoulder I want the angel to call him insane I wanna look at myself in the mirror Proud of my bruises and my stains And I'm trying to make friends with all the anger So I go outside, 'cause maybe I could walk off all the hurt You know pale skin always tans after a sunburn So life is good I wanna sing all the words of a sinner I wanna live by the words of a saint Give all my love to the world like my mother Finding the pleasure in the pain I want the devil to yell on my shoulder I want the angel to call him insane I wanna look at myself in the mirror Proud of my bruises and my stains Mm-mm, oh Proud of my bruises and my stains (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) oh-oh, oh Maybe I'm not, not what you want me to be (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) Maybe there's more to the story that you'll never see (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) I'll never run with the sinners, and I'm no saint (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains (oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) Oh, I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains