Counting Up Your Bones Lyrics

Lyric discussion by emptyshoggoth 

Cover art for Counting Up Your Bones lyrics by Nina Nastasia

This song seems to be about loss, and the damage it causes. Bones silently gliding in and out sounds to me like a continual reflection on what was once had. The focus on bones implies to me a death, though it could be loss of any kind. "A dance within" being the process by which we keep thoughts and memories inside, even when it hurts. Very little warmth remains, which explains the "cool as silk" lines. All that is left is bones, to be worried over forever.

My Interpretation