[Verse 1: Lily & Madeleine]
Covered in bruises, moving like an alien
Smoke is heavy on your skin
Slippin' on the pavement and dreaming it was raining
You wouldn't let me in
[Verse 2: Lily]
Covered in bruises
Yeah, I noticed your complexion
Looked at me and said
"Point me in the right direction"
[Verse 3: Lily & Madeleine]
I didn't wanna be the only one who gets ya
But now you're holding me, telling me I'm no better
[Verse 4: Madeleine]
Looking at my skin, I don't know where to begin
Can you feel the fingerprints?
Bruises don't convey it in, even run they fade it
They've been here ever since
[Verse 5: Lily & Madeleine]
Looking at my skin, I can feel the imperfections
Tryna be with you and I see all my projections
I didn't wanna be the only one who gets ya
But now you're holding me, telling me I'm no better
[Outro: Lily & Madeleine]
And my trembling movements pass
And I still function
You said I was enough
And I felt nothing
And I felt nothing
And I felt nothing
Bruises was written by Lily Jurkiewicz & Madeleine Jurkiewicz.
Bruises was produced by Daniel Tashian & Ian Fitchuk.
Lily & Madeleine released Bruises on Fri Feb 08 2019.
“Bruises” was the first song that I wrote for Canterbury Girls in December of 2016. We had just gotten home from a rough tour that took a weird dark turn for me. I wrote the song in one sitting just as a way to process what I was feeling and the lyrics are pretty literal: I was covered in bruises fr...