A guy is basically just talking about how wonderful it is to lay with his lover in bed. Talking about his skin could relate to the intamacy of skin on skin, which is why he's describing it. However, he jumps into talking about his lover. Laying against her bones. Perhaps he has recently applied for jobs, and as he's waiting for the phone to ring, he's laying with his lover, savoring those moments. The door stanza is one of the sweetest things I've heard. The way his lover slamming the bathroom door makes him feel so lovely inside, it's wonderful. Romantic, adorable. When he talks about flying, it could be referring to the old cliche of "butterflies in your stomach." His skin is the only thing that's not flying, meaning everything inside him is, and then he refers to butterflies in Thailand. The T-shirt part could be sort of silly. I think he's actually saying he wants his skin to be printed on every T-shirt, in a sort of ironic, sarcastic way. Like he'd be comfortable in his own skin all the time, everywhere, like he is just then. The end is sort of confusing, 'cause I think the "bird of prey" could be what is tearing him away from his love (the phone ringing, a job in a downtown building?) but he says the la-ling is a lovely sound, so who knows.
So...this is what I see in these words:
A guy is basically just talking about how wonderful it is to lay with his lover in bed. Talking about his skin could relate to the intamacy of skin on skin, which is why he's describing it. However, he jumps into talking about his lover. Laying against her bones. Perhaps he has recently applied for jobs, and as he's waiting for the phone to ring, he's laying with his lover, savoring those moments. The door stanza is one of the sweetest things I've heard. The way his lover slamming the bathroom door makes him feel so lovely inside, it's wonderful. Romantic, adorable. When he talks about flying, it could be referring to the old cliche of "butterflies in your stomach." His skin is the only thing that's not flying, meaning everything inside him is, and then he refers to butterflies in Thailand. The T-shirt part could be sort of silly. I think he's actually saying he wants his skin to be printed on every T-shirt, in a sort of ironic, sarcastic way. Like he'd be comfortable in his own skin all the time, everywhere, like he is just then. The end is sort of confusing, 'cause I think the "bird of prey" could be what is tearing him away from his love (the phone ringing, a job in a downtown building?) but he says the la-ling is a lovely sound, so who knows.
Good song though.