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Old Skin by The War on Drugs

Release Date
Fri Oct 29 2021
Performed by
The War on Drugs
Produced by
Shawn Everett & Adam Granduciel
Writed by
Adam Granduciel
About

On the prime example of a heartland rocker, “Old Skin”, the sonics shift from a slow-burn gaining momentum to collapse into a live-band wallop, reminiscent of “Darkness on the Edge of Town”.

Filled to the brim with Springsteen-style working-class fatalism, the lyrics explore the song’s subject’s ag...

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Old Skin Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was born in a pyramid
By an old interstate
Been down at the yard, workin' my whole life
To follow my father's dream
Then watch it fade away
Wrapped in our old, tired skin
Peelin' away

[Verse 2]
All the flowers lately in our window lay in disarray
The shadows are scattered like rings of gold
And I'm watching the warm lights fade away
Go now, and love is leavin'
Like a fadin' dream

[Verse 3]
Callin' out in the darkest moments of our love
For the rest of my days, why let it linger?
Come along, we're the same
Let's suffer through the change

[Verse 4]
Oh my God, whеre do I belong?
Can I make it day to day?
I was all alonе at the startin' line
When I watched you slip away
Now I'm on the run, baby, and I don't know why
But the fear, it gets too much to take
Doesn't matter just how hard you try
When you feel so far away

[Chorus]
I'm talkin' of the old time
Feeling dead this way
Tired of the old life
Feeling dead this way

[Verse 5]
When you're lost and you're runnin'
But the roads have changed
And the forces surround you
But you lost control
And you think that nobody's walkin' by your side
When you're lost in some valley
Runnin' far behind
Yeah, you don't need nobody, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Well, there's a price for everything, they'll try to kill you from the start
So take control of anything that tries to pull us all apart
I ain't sure of nothing, babe, 'til I can feel it in my heart
So I keep movin' on
Yeah, keep holdin' on, mm
Yeah

Old Skin Q&A

Who wrote Old Skin's ?

Old Skin was written by Adam Granduciel.

Who produced Old Skin's ?

Old Skin was produced by Shawn Everett & Adam Granduciel.

When did The War on Drugs release Old Skin?

The War on Drugs released Old Skin on Fri Oct 29 2021.

What did The War on Drugs say about "Old Skin"?

I demoed it in one afternoon, in like 30 minutes. Then I showed it to the band, and from the minute we started playing, it was just so fucking boring. But I knew that there was something in the song I really liked, and we kept building it up and building it up, and then one day, I asked Shawn to mut...

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