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SKIN: RAG AND BONE MAN
When I heard that sound
When the walls came down
I was
thinking about you
About
you
Someone
screaming and the person heard it, made them cry of realisation
When my skin grows old
When my breath runs cold
I'll
be thinking about you
About
you
When
I'm about to die, I'll still be thinking about you, someone they love
Seconds
from my heart
A
bullet from the dark
Helpless,
I surrender
Shackled
by your love
Bullet
is metaphor of love. Love hurting his heart like a bullet would.
Holding me like this
With
poison on your lips
Only
when it's over
The
silence hits so hard
'Cause
it was almost love, it was almost love
In a
love
It
was almost love, it was almost love
Poison
is blood or something that'll make him fall in love, alcohol. Silence so hard,
realise that what you have around you all the time and love when disappears it
then means something. Romeo and Juliet
When I heard that sound
When
the walls came down
I was
thinking about you
About
you
When
my skin grows old
When
my breath runs cold
I'll
be thinking about you
About
you
When I run out of air to breathe
It's
your ghost I see
I'll
be thinking about you, about you
When
you run out of air you begin to see illusions
It
was almost love, it was almost
We bleed ourselves in vain
How
tragic is this game?
Suicide,
cutting? Or draining themselves of love by being with other people
Turn around(declarative), I'm holding on
to someone
But
the love is gone
Trying
to be with someone else but still love other person, not the same
Carrying the load, with wings that feel
like stone
Knowing
that we nearly fell so far now
It's
hard to tell
R
and J thing? Metaphorical for the wrong things they've done, instead of flying
with wings they drag them down, guilt
Yeah
we came so close, it was almost love
It was almost love, it was almost love
When
I heard that sound
When
the walls came down
I was
thinking about you
About
you
When my skin grows old
When
my breath runs cold
I'll
be thinking about you
About
you
When I run out of air to breathe
It's
your ghost I see
I'll
be thinking about you, about you
While I reached out for your hand
When
the walls were caving in
When
I see you on the other side
We can try all over again
When
I heard that sound
When
the walls came down
I was
thinking about you
About
you
When my skin grows old
When my breath runs cold
I'll
be thinking about you
About
you
When
I run out of air to breathe
It's
your ghost I see
I'll
be thinking about you, about you
'Cause
it was almost love, it was almost love
It
was almost love, it was almost love
Romeo
and Juliet Bazlemens
Above I have analysed and broken down the lyrics to the song 'Skin' by Rag and Bone Man. I decided to do this so that I can start to understand what is trying to be portrayed in the lyrics and to then interpret it in my own way. As this song is one of my options that I would like to film with for my A2 coursework, I want to to understand the deeper meaning and the leading meaning behind 'Skin'. Choosing this song as one of the few I would like to film with was an easy choice for me as I have always been drawn to the powerful emotion that the lead singer, Rag and Bone Man projects. Not only is this such a hard thing to achieve in the singing industry but it separates him from every other singer and making him a special and favoured individual.
