It's going to be the last time  I remember where I was born  For I'm going to lift my wounded eyes  From the playgrounds and the lawns  I don't know why I hang around   Now all of my friends have gone, gone    So why not tear it all down  Slip this skin, and I could carry on  But it's hard, hard  To shake off your scars  When they're all you are    It's going to be the last time  That I recollect your face  For I'm burning all your photographs  Going to hide what I can't erase    I don't know why I grieve so  Cos you were dead before I left  So why not burn them all down  Slip this skin, and I'd be cast adrift    But it's hard, hard  To shake off your scars  When they're all you are    And I'm just lonely  Now that no one owns me  ...Yeah    So why don't you pull your covers up  And sink into your TV  There's no pain you can't kiss away  In the bed of a memory    Yeah, I could tear this wall down  But without hope, I know I won't get far  And what is life but a flag to haul down?  Because it's hard, hard  To shake off your scars  When they're all you are  Yes it's hard, hard  To shake off your scars   When they're all you are  ...Yeah