This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Come on skinny love, just last the year
Pour a little salt, we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
Tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment, this order's tall
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And in the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on, skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassieres
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And who the hell was I?
'Cause now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
And who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Pour a little salt, we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
Tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment, this order's tall
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And in the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on, skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassieres
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And who the hell was I?
'Cause now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
And who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Lyrics submitted by AnneTUDUDUDU, edited by madi101498, hannah101201
Skinny Love Lyrics as written by Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon
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Come on skinny love just last the year Pour a little salt we were never here My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
You kind of wish they would have actually took the time to learn about you as an individual on a deeper level rather than using you as just a physical distraction. Like pouring salt on fields to kill everything as had been done in history, you figure you may as well erase the whole relationship as if it never happened because it was all a lie and they never let their self know you or get attached to you. It was just a waste of your time. They should at least try to know you so it wouldn't be a complete waste of your time. Sink of blood and crushed veneer- it was like being punched in the face, imagine spitting broken bloody veneer teeth fragments into the bathroom sink after being punched in the face.
I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the ropes and let me fall My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Right in the moment this order's tall
You tell them that now that you really realize they are just using you to not think of their ex and don't really want to love you, but you're already starting to become attached to them a little, they may as well cut those ties now and go ahead and hurt you already since they plan to drop you eventually. But it is hard because you have started to become attached to them and are afraid of losing someone who would be really good with you if they would just look at you and not in their past.
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
They seemed to rush into the relationship with you and you tried to make them slow down and get to know you because their method seemed pretty shallow and you felt like you should slow down and get to know each other better but they wouldn't listen.
In the morning I'll be with you But it will be a different kind 'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets And you'll be owning all the fines
Now that you have figured out the truth that they meant to use you as a shallow relationship to keep their mind off their ex, now you see the relationship for what it really is. You trusted them, have them the keys to your car, but they took advantage of your help and got a bunch of fines but the tickets were mailed to you because it was your vehicle, metaphorically. You'll wake up tomorrow seeing them and the relationship differently now that you realize you were just being used. You feel like an idiot standing there holding tickets and knowing you'll end up getting stuck paying for their careless handling of the relationship while they end up just walking away since they never became attached.
Come on skinny love what happened here Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
A baby sucking what's left of the milk which isn't much left. They've taken all you've had left to give, you're feeling emotional and attached to parts of them but they didn't allow themselves to become attached to you so you feel like you're left carrying all the baggage and they leave without giving the relationship a real chance.
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind Now all your love is wasted? Then who the hell was I? Now I'm breaking at the bridges And at the end of all your lines
You tried to get them to slow down and get to know you, they never did They never allowed themselves to really know or love you and wasted all their love on memories of an ex while with you. Who the hell was I? A stand in for the ghost of a memory? You're falling apart just thinking of all the lines of lies they fed you in order to keep you around without ever intending to love you. Their lines filled you up until you began to believe them.
Who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind?
Who else is going to love someone who is still thinking of their ex all the time? Someone else? You think your ex will get back with you? Will you try getting back with your ex and just end up fighting? Will the next person you try to date fight to get you to take them seriously and fight against your ex's memory for you? Will you call behind and lose someone really good for you because you're falling behind and living in the past?
Come on skinny love My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my