Skeleton

This song is about me. I'm a senior at high school, and in about a month I'm entering the military. I seem normal on the outside. Kind of goofy and fun actually. On the inside all my thoughts are all lies. I've got social anxiety and other ugly complexes that no one knows about. I'm about to leave all of my friends to enter a new, scary environment. I have a lot of dreams. I want to become an astronaut and I want to become a doctor. My grades are falling and I won't be able to enter the university that I want to enroll to. I've been consistent to the fucking dream, but nothing seems to be going my way right now. But what should I have done? And what should I have said? I've made the choice, I want to enter the military, I want to leave everything behind, because it makes a man out of me. That's what I keep telling my self. If I stay here, it'll kill me. I'm so tired of this place and these faces. I'm a simple man, with a simple desire, but everything seems so difficult and scary anyway. I just want to take of my shirt and go dancing out on the town on a Saturday with my girlfriend and friends. But it makes a man out of me. I have to go.

This song, in my opinion, is referring to a bad relationship.

If you look at the lines "All my thoughts are all lies/all my bones are so tired" He's been in this relationship for a long time, and he's done with it.

The lines "It makes a man out of me/You take the fun out of me" Refer to the narrator talking to his friends. His friends, in my opinion, were trying to talk him out of this relationship because they knew it was bad.

The chorus shows that the narrator has been doing everything he can to keep the spark alive ("I've been consistent to the fucking dream")

Finally, the line "I'm just a skeleton." Shows that the narrator isn't who he used to be. The relationship has made him into a mere shadow of who he once was.

Very sad, but awesome piece of music.

I love this song. Whatever could it mean? It seems like he's angry about being owed something, but what, hmm?

so this song is awesome, but i can also totally see it as background music from those old school 8-bit mega man games.

This song is so amazing...Keles voice just makes the whole thing come together. I think the song is about a man whos always done everything right, and has worked really hard on everything and then everything goes to hell and he questions his life and everything hes done...There are other meanings that could be gathered though.

it cud b about people telling him that he's acting wrongly or doing things wrongly or that he did something wrong and regrets it.

it might be about a boy, after ecstasy, yelling at himself about his own hedonism and how as much as he knows it's killing him (figuratively) and how much he has to stop in order to lead a healthy life, but he can't.

it's a little farfetched, but who knows?

where on earth did u get that from?? please tell me because i have no idea what u are talking about..u make no sense,,,,god help us

I must harken back to deathstrokes comment. This song is about a guy who's always fit the mold. He's done everything he should have and been a good boy. However as we know nice guys finish last and he sees that the corrupt have much better lives than he has. He's "paid his dues" yet he's not gettign what he deserves from life

i think this song is about a person who has been mislead all his life and got duped into working for something he thought he believed in. after looking back is when he realized he fuckd up bad. i know how this guy feels even down to the dreams. i dont know about the boy who took X, that seems.. like a personal problem all on its own. just like the song. this song is one of my favorites comin from bloc party. it gets me thru the day when i dont wanna wake up.