Tattoos (And What They Really Feel Like)

So how much is this gonna run me? you know?
How much are tattoos usually?

It doesn't so much hurt that you can feel something
It varies from person to person, don't fear it
You paid for this and you wanted to be cool
You wanted a thing that lasts forever
When they trace around it, it doesn't really hurt
This explains why the outline's first
The pain only begins when they start shading in
When they talked thin line, I guess they didn't see me
Paramount stress, the artist played my genre
I don't think I'll let him work on me again
Am I supposed to be bleeding this much?
Is it common for a youth alcoholic to have thin blood?
But I got a thick skin and I've had a couple flesh wounds
You aren't the first and you won't be the last
I read all the facts in the stacks before this
Wait, what did you ask?

Am I talking about something else, well, I usually am. You just don’t really know me that well, we’re on a strictly customer to employee basis at this point. If I continue to get work from you, maybe I’ll invite you into my personal life, where you’ll hear more
Confusions over pints of beer. I’ll look into having unemotional sex with an average looking stranger. Wouldn't you wanna do that?

[Verse 2]
Don't go and ask how I got my heart stolen
It tainted love like Gloria Jones and Mark Bolan
It never woulda worked
I keep my hammers on the ones, she keeps hers locked with a smirk
Talked with a jerk and he said I was awkward at shows
Cause I pulled my shirt down and I tapped with my toes
See, I rap within prose but I don't really do it for my friends
Words were a means to an end
The other day I tried to be the bigger man
I hear she’s seeing someone now, shit, I guess I just figured that
She had cold feet and I kick sore ones
So let’s put them together and help each other walk
I comment on relationships, mostly the poor ones
She doesn’t call me, she doesn’t really wanna talk
I empty out glasses, I used to make passes
I think she only likes guys with glasses, what was that?

Do I wanna hear a different song? Well, I guess, I mean, I’m okay with this Quannum shit. They have a pretty good discography. A great label. Me, I’m just a sensitive dude, you shouldn’t fault me for being too loose with my emotions. You probably get this sort of thing all the time, right? You’re a cheaper shrink and you put something on me!

[Verse 3]
I love the ones that hurt me like the Venus in Furs author
Hit me and i'll take the offer, i'll keep it close
I reap the pros with the cons that I know
They keep a heavy heart under the lines that they tow
I’m thinking about another piece, Reid has a friend
That once gave me some shots, I could give him a shot
I'm looking for something that really, you know, says something
Like "I'd never date you" or maybe the Hiero logo
Before that tour, I wish you didn't decide to go home
I wish you'd wear me out like vinyl promos, Stephanie
I tried hard, I wish she wouldn't get the best of me
I think she left me with the bill like Bellamy, you're telling me
I hear a lot of things about me
But stick to what I said to you in private
My roommate asked why you'd stopped coming by
You were clear when you told Eric "Stakes Is High"

So it actually does hurt in the end. I’m done writing songs about her though, you know what I mean? Why would you obsess over a girl who doesn’t like you? I mean, some people make careers over stuff like that. And I’m a Pisces like Andre Nickatina