Foo Fighters – Skin And Bones Lyrics

Foo Fighters · Skin And Bones

Rock

Lately, I've been measuring
Seems my time is growing thin
Wind me up and watch me spin
Watch me spin, watch me spin

Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?
Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?
I'm just skin and bones

All worn out and nothing fits
Brennivin and cigarettes
The more I give, the less I get
But I'm all set, I'm all set

Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?
Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?

I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones

Deep within this frame of mind
Heart of hearts, oh, Valentine
Tell my mom I'm doing fine
Doing fine, doing fine

Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?
Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?
Skin and bones, skin and bones
Skin and bones, don't you know?

I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones
I'm just skin and bones
I'm just-, hey!

Comments (2)

Anonymous 2009-08-09 11:35:00

I think this song is about Kurt. Everyone knows Kurt was skinny, get it, skin and bones, skinny.."Seems my time is growing thin", reference to Kurt suicide jokes or that he didn't wanted to reach the age of 30."All worn out and nothing fits", worn out clothes, wide flanel shirts"The more I give the less I get", the more Kurt tried to enjoy preforming the less the got the 'vibe' from it.."Deep within this frame of mind", Kurt was a complicated man"Tell my mom I'm doing fine", bad relationship with his mother..Seems to me Grohl was tryin' to place himself in Kurt's position while writing his retirement letter and just exaggerated the skin and bones part to make it look the song is just about being skinny. Nice song! Just like Let it die, also about Kurt.
Anonymous 2010-03-09 23:29:00

To mee it almost seems like an eating disorder or a drug addiction. If you really read the lyrics you can see the way that that would really play out.