Soft Skeletons Lyrics

Lyric discussion by reginakitteh 

Cover art for Soft Skeletons lyrics by Anberlin

I believe these lyrics are about child abuse. And encouragement to stand up for yourself to stop it.

Thankyou! you've given me to courage to say what I've really been thinking-that this song is really talking about the republic of Ireland. Seeing as you didn't feel the need to tie ANY of the song's lyrics to your claims, I probably don't need to either!

P.S. Seriously though, where on earth did you get that out of the song? "little girl"? I suppose that could be tied to child abuse...somehow. But yeah, it's about a "young girl (probably teenage-20's) who got hooked on heroin. The "sex trade" certainly could go alongside drug addiction (and does quite often, serving as a tool...