another lifetime ago two people made one solemn vow to love honor and obey now we got nothing but the shame and lame excuses hold me down but you won't hold me back somehow this bruise will be the last this bruise will be the last this bruise will be the last it's hard to talk with your tongue between your teeth it's hard to walk with only the eggshells underneath the stabbing of winter white will reap fresh abuses hold me down but you won't hold me back somehow this bruise will be the last this bruise will be the last this bruise will be the last hold me down but you won't hold me back... hold me down but you won't hold me back somehow this bruise will be the last I'm gone, I'm never coming back mark my words - these black eyes when they've healed will have seen the end