Skeleton Lyrics

Lyric discussion by larsi 

Cover art for Skeleton lyrics by Bloc Party

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.

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