Because Of You

How has nobody commented this song yet??

This song is just utterly amazing. Just...wow. Skin's voice is so magical; I especially love when she sings the verses - the music is kind of calm. The chorus is just brilliant, the music is so heavy and emphasizes Skin's lyrics and vocals so well.

I think the meaning is pretty straight-forward. She was in a relationship with someone and when it ended, she pretty much gave up on love because it hurt so bad. She's basically blaming her ex and love for her numbness and the pain she went through.

Lovelovelove this song. (Skunk Anansie is brilliant.)

Have you ever heard of the Female genital mutilation? After that -made to you by your beloved family, because of love- you feel nothing.

The song is about an avoidant attachment style, which is caused by childhood emotional neglect. The "you" is referring to the primary caregiver who failed to instill enough security and warmth in the person growing up. As a result, someone will want to withdraw emotionally from romantic relationships, especially when they feel vulnerable. In this state avoidantly attached will feel literally nothing and appear cold to their love interest.

Line-per-line: "The tears dead in my eyes [...] freeze until I'm blind" -> The freezing up of emotions.

"The eyes a gift from you" -> Direct reference to a parent, whose eyes we proverbially inherit, as the attachment style they instill in us.

"The scratches on my face will never be erased by someone else's warmth" -> Withdrawing emotionally from someone else espousing their love the avoidant.

"The winter feeds my heart while summer blows and burns my disappearing youth" -> The sense never to open fully up to love leading to sense of missing out during life.

"I'll never bleed again. The agony of pain will never bruise or start" -> The reason for the attachment style, namely to avoid painful emotions related to vulnerability in love.

The song is about an avoidant attachment style, which is caused by childhood emotional neglect. The "you" is referring to the primary caregiver who failed to instill enough security and warmth in the person growing up. As a result, someone will want to withdraw emotionally from romantic relationships, especially when they feel vulnerable. In this state avoidantly attached will feel literally nothing and appear cold to their love interest.

Line-per-line: "The tears dead in my eyes [...] freeze until I'm blind" -> The freezing up of emotions.

"The eyes a gift from you" -> Direct reference to a parent, whose eyes we proverbially inherit, as the attachment style they instill in us.

"The scratches on my face will never be erased by someone else's warmth" -> Withdrawing emotionally from someone else espousing their love the avoidant.

"The winter feeds my heart while summer blows and burns my disappearing youth" -> The sense never to open fully up to love leading to sense of missing out during life.

"I'll never bleed again. The agony of pain will never bruise or start" -> The reason for the attachment style, namely to avoid painful emotions related to vulnerability in love.