Lyric discussion by missme 

Cover art for Salt Skin lyrics by Ellie Goulding

She said in concert this song was about running away from someone.

ah cool, i thought it may have had some reference to sex aswelll, for some reason.

I looked it up and she said in an interview "It's about wanting to run to someone, and this time the guy wants the same thing, and wanted me, which is quite rare. Some people think the salt skin in the title is from tears, but it's actually about sweating. If you go to the gym or out for a run, you get salty skin from sweating. So Salt Skin is just a sign that I've been running, which is my favourite thing to do, and in this case, running toward someone special."