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Skin

by Lainey Dionne

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Skin is about what it feels like to be in a toxic relationship. You are hiding your depression & you don’t know how to get out of the relationship, it's a cycle. You’re “only playing pretend” that you’re okay while on the inside, no one would even recognize you. You're in denial about how deeply hurt you are and are a stranger to yourself. You're upset with yourself for getting stuck in this routine of faking happy and becoming numb. Because of this, you don’t understand what love actually is.

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Wake up beside you in the morning
Paint a smile on my face
Tell you everything you want to hear
If thats what will make you stay

I hide the tired under my breath
Burying the heavy load
I dress myself in armor
So no one will ever know

I’m a stranger inside my skin
Only playing pretend
I don’t know a thing about love
I don’t know a thing about love
Close my eyes and wait for the end
I just can’t let you in
I don’t know a thing about love
I don’t know a thing about love

You wouldn’t even recognize me
If you cut me open right now
It’s like the other half of my heart
Doesn't want to be found

Fading deeper in the bathtub
Tell myself that I'll be alright
Soaking in my own bullshit
But I'll get through another night

I’m a stranger inside my skin
Only playing pretend
I don’t know a thing about love
I don’t know a thing about love
Close my eyes and wait for the end
I just can’t let you in
I don’t know a thing about love
I don’t know a thing about love

Are we just skin deep lovers
Stuck in skinny troubles?
Tell me why can’t I hear you
when it all goes quiet?
It all goes quiet

Froze in the ocean
Locked up all my emotions
Somehow I want to hear you
when it all goes quiet
But there's just silence...

I’m a stranger inside my skin
Only playing pretend
I don’t know a thing about love
I don’t know a thing about love
Close my eyes and wait for the end
I just can’t let you in
I don’t know a thing about love
I don’t know a thing about love

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released November 6, 2020
Written by: Lainey Dionne, Nick Schwarz, Ethan Hulse
Produced by: Nick Schwarz Productions

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Lainey Dionne Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island-bred Lainey Dionne is an indie pop singer/songwriter & has won over 25 prestigious awards for her music. Her 2023 single “broken clock (stumbled into you)” was in consideration for the GRAMMY Awards®. The Berklee College of Music graduate has opened for international acts including Nickelodeon’s Drake Bell & her music has been placed in various TV shows Amazon Prime and MTV. ... more

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