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Borrowed Skin

V6

[Intro] Your body rental has been approved. Duration: six hours. Payment guaranteed. Please close your eyes. Transfer beginning… [Verse 1] Needed money, signed my name, Six little hours, a harmless game. They said I’d wake when time was done, Nobody mentioned what could go wrong. Closed my eyes, surrendered control, Put my consciousness on hold. A stranger stepped inside of me, Wearing my face so perfectly. [Pre-Chorus] Six hours gone, the timer ends, But something’s wrong beneath my skin. I try to move, I try to scream, I’m trapped inside a waking dream. [Chorus] Borrowed skin, b-b-borrowed skin, There’s somebody else living within. My reflection smiles, but it’s not me, I’m a prisoner in my own body. Borrowed skin, don’t lock me out, I’ve got a voice but I can’t shout. S-s-someone wearing my face, And nobody knows I’ve been replaced. [Verse 2] She wears my clothes, she takes my calls, Hangs new pictures on my walls. My friends all love her, say I’ve changed, Like being someone else is an upgrade. She laughs at jokes I never liked, Sleeps beside the man I called mine. He says I’ve never seemed so free, While I’m screaming where nobody can hear me. [Pre-Chorus] Six hours gone, the timer ends, But something’s wrong beneath my skin. I try to move, I try to scream, I’m trapped inside a waking dream. [Chorus] Borrowed skin, b-b-borrowed skin, There’s somebody else living within. My reflection smiles, but it’s not me, I’m a prisoner in my own body. Borrowed skin, don’t lock me out, I’ve got a voice but I can’t shout. S-s-someone wearing my face, And nobody knows I’ve been replaced. [Bridge] Rental period expired. Please return the borrowed body. … Request denied. Original consciousness detected. Initiating removal. Wait. Removal of which consciousness? … Please remain calm. [Final Chorus] Borrowed skin, b-b-borrowed skin, There’s somebody else living within. My reflection smiles, but it’s not me, I’m a prisoner in my own body. Borrowed skin, don’t lock me out, I’ve got a voice but I can’t shout. S-s-someone wearing my face, And nobody knows I’ve been replaced. [Outro] Transfer complete. Original consciousness successfully deleted. New occupant registered. … Hello. My name is… Well. I suppose it doesn’t matter anymore.