| Bon Iver – Skinny Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Excellent analysis. I agree "skinny love" refers to the relationship itself, that it's thin, tenuous, superficial, etc.. The last line is about a "wound" to the relationship that reveals just how superficial it was because only a "veneer," a thin external layer, had to be shattered to let flow the "blood", life, substance of the relationship. And it was a wound so small that a little salt could fix it. All of this captures the idea that insubstantial relationships can be damaged by trivial problems, disagreements, etc.. And just to add another layer to the salt metaphor--in the good ole days, salt was an important preservative, so in addition to healing the wound, it would also help to preserve the relationship to atleast "last the year." |
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