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Sail lightly on winds
Disappear on the breeze
Lie firmly on pins
Pull them out with ease

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am ship wrecked on the rocks

Fumble blindly as speak
You will wither if you are weak
Finger turns and points at me
I'd hoped they wouldn't notice me

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am ship wrecked on the rocks

Will I ever return? Will i ever get back?
Are the rocks too high? Has the dust turned black?

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most intricate locks
Brother roll another for me
I am ship wrecked on the rocks

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mocoman On Aug 30, 2002

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2002-08-30 11:25:49

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Cover art for Skeleton Key lyrics by Coral, The

by Nightfreak

21y ago

First Coral song I heard, and I fell in love with it the moment I did..hear it...

Its smashing!

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by proxima

21y ago

the coral are fucking stoned out of their minds :D whatever, so am i!!!!!!!!!

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by Doomcookie

21y ago

Scouse psychedelia at its best!

I wanna skin up a fatty eveytime I hear it

p.s. When's their new album "Invisible Invasion"coming out?

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