Peeling the Scab Songtext
von Datin

Oh-ooh
I will love you even when my flesh doesn′t wanna love
By God's grace, I will fight to love you forever
Thank you for your love, patience, and compassion
Thank you for fighting, for not giving up, and being brave when I am weak
The day I married you was the best day of my life
I thank God Almighty for giving you to me

It′s been a couple of months now
It's time for me to let go of this (uh)
I shouldn't be hurtin′
This pain should be over with (yeah)
I can′t remember ever feeling this
No, I'm just caught up in depression
Man, I gotta get over this

I know I should be out with my brothers
Gettin′ my mind off of her
But it's like I′d rather suffer (like I'd rather suffer)
′Cause I'm home alone, looking at all the pictures
And it's making me feel worse


I really miss her (I really miss her)
All my friends tell me to forget her
They try to take me out ′cause they want me to feel better
But nah, I′d rather stay home reading the letters
That she wrote to me when we were together (what am I doing?)

Why do I still dwell on the past? (I don't know)
It′s like I must enjoy feeling this bad
'Cause when the wound on my heart starts healing
I stab and pick at it, I gotta stop peeling the scab

Someone save me (save me)
The more I think about it, I feel like I′m crazy
I won't allow myself to heal, it feels like I′m fading
And every time I held your hand, all the memories we had
I just can't stop peeling back the scab

Now I try to disguise the pain (the pain)
And keep my feelings bottled up, inside, contained
But no matter what, I can't hide the strain
People notice ′cause they can see it in my eyes, I′m drained

I walk around looking so stressed (stressed), I'm grotesque (′tesque)
Unshaved, and bags under my eyes from no rest (rest)
I stay up all night thinkin' about her
In my bedroom weepin′ for hours (for hours), it's killin′ me


All I do is toss and turn while I'm layin' down (down)
Thinkin′ ′bout all the good times and how we played around (around)
But what hurts more than the memories are my dreams
I try to stay awake, 'cause they′re tormentin' me

It′s so unfair, I dream that we're back together
Then I wake up and no one′s there, why? (Why?)
This wound will never heal and it's sad
The more I think about her, the more I'm peeling my scab

Someone save me (save me)
The more I think about it, I feel like I′m crazy
I won′t allow myself to heal, it feels like I'm fading
And every time I held your hand, all the memories we had
I just can′t stop peeling back the scab

They say only time can heal a broken heart
Well, if that's true, tell me why hasn′t time come to my rescue?
I walk around like a depressed fool (like a depressed fool)
It's like the more that time passes, the more it gets stressful

I torture myself with R&B songs
I′m reminded of her when I'm putting Alicia Keys on (on)
I wish I could man up and be strong
But it still hasn't registered in my brain that she′s gone

When I′m home alone, I start stressing up (stressing up)
I pick up my phone, then I start texting her (texting her)
The voice in my head tells me, "Put the phone down
You'll make it worse, you gotta leave her alone now"

"It′s a door that's closed, you shouldn′t open it
You're not meant to be, move on and get focus, kid"
And at first, I listen, but as I put it down
I make a reverse decision and press send

I love you, baby, thank you for your love
You make me the happiest woman on Earth
I gotta stop this, man

Someone save me (save me)
The more I think about it, I feel like I′m crazy
I won't allow myself to heal, it feels like I'm fading
And every time I held your hand (your hand), all the memories we had
I just can′t stop peeling back the scab

No, no, stop peeling back the scab
Oh-oh, stop peeling back the scab
I feel like I′m crazy
Oh, stop peeling back the scab, oh
How much longer will I lie
If I keep peeling back the scab?
If I keep peeling back the scab

Hello, please leave a message after the tone
Hey, Dayton, how you doin'? Word is you′re a single man now
Well, I've covered my bed with colored linen
From Egypt and perfumed it with cinnamon
You should come over, let′s drink deeply of love 'til mornin′
My husband isn't home, he's on a business trip
And he won′t be back until next full moon
So let′s connect, okay, call me back, bye