[Verse 1]
I lie awake on a long dark night
I can't seem to tame my mind
Slings and arrows are killing me inside
Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
No, maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
Simple living is my desperate cry
Been trading love with indifference
And, yeah, it suits me just fine
I try to hold on but I'm calloused to the bone
Maybe that's why I feel alone, yeah
Maybe that's why I feel so alone
[Chorus]
Because me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I am rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
No, it just won't heal, no, no, no
[Verse 2]
The sun shines and I can't avoid the light
I think I'm holding on to life too tight
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Sometimes I feel like giving up, yeah
I said, sometimes I feel like giving up
[Chorus]
Because me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holdin' together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I am rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
It just won't heal, no
[Verse 3]
The day reminds me of you
The night hides your truth
The earth is a voice
Speaking to you
Take all this pride
And leave it behind
Because one day it ends
One day we die
Believe what you will
That is your right
But I choose to win
I choose to fight, to fight
[Chorus]
Because me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I am rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
No, it just won't heal, no, no, no
[Outro]
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
Weathered was written by Scott Stapp.
Weathered was produced by Kirk Kelsey & John Kurzweg & Creed.