Daniel Amos - Thick Skin lyrics

I've opened a place in this simple song It's a little bit of space I'm leaving Take your chances at first glances that you'll get me all wrong And cross out every word I'm signing Or this could grow on you, my friend Might not knock you down and drag you in But it's a place I can begin To get under your antenna and your thick skin How about a little wind in your perfect hair? How about a little swim in my ocean? I'm dreaming in and breathing in the metaphoric air Designed to get your faith in motion Working with precision on your thick skin Making an incision in your thick skin Creating some division in your thick skin Carving words of wisdom in your thick skin I've opened up a vein and let the ink get out It's dripping from the hand I'm moving The mystery in you and me is what it's all about And true love is the scalpel I've been using