[Verse 2] Well God damn it, Amy! Well of course I've changed! With all the things that I've done and the places I've been I'd be a machine if I'd stayed the same You're still back where we started You haven't changed at all Yeah you're still trying to live like a kid Like you could always have it all
[Verse 3] It's not even love anymore! It's just a claim upon my soul It stains my skin, yeah, and it's on my breath And I'm ashamed to get undressed In front of strangers, in case they see The tell tale signs that you have left all over me God damn it, Amy!
[Chorus 3] You'll always remind me of scars on my arms That I know will never fade And it's not like it's something I think about each And every day I just occasionally catch myself scratching at them As if they'd ever go away But these tell tale signs are here to stay And in the end, you know, that's OK Because you will always be a part Of my patched up, patchwork, taped up tape deck heart
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“Tell Tale Signs” is a song about depression related to Amy, the girl who appears in a trilogy of songs (the others being “Reasons Not To Be An Idiot” and “I Am Disappeared”). Frank compares the scarring from self-harm as a teenager to tattoos and the emotional scarring left on him by Amy.
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