Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
Blind Melon
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Blind Melon
This song is about serial killer Ed Gein who used to dig up graves and skin the corpses and wear those skins and dance around. Here Shannon (the author and singer of Blind Melon at the time) tries to depict this man with humor: “It was horrible, but I believe there are two sides to everything. To fi...
[Verse 1]
I'll make a shoehorn outta your shin
I'll make a lampshade of durable skin
And, oh, don't you know that I'm always feeling able
When I'm sitting home and I'm carving out your navel?
I'm just a sitting here carving out your navel
[Chorus]
When will I realize that this skin I'm in, hey, it isn't mine?
And when will the kill be too much meat for me to hide?
[Verse 2]
Hey, I could really use a couple of hands
To complete one hell of a plant stand
Oh, and don't you know that I'm caught here in the middle
Making rib cages into coffee tables?
I'm just making 'em into coffee tables
[Chorus]
And when will I realize that this skin I'm in, hey, it isn't mine?
And when will the thrill be too much meat for me to find anymore?
[Outro]
Oh, because you know I can't hide, but, oh, how hard I try
But this is just the shape I'm in
Although I know I can't hide, but, oh, how hard I try
But this is just the shape I'm in, oh yeah, oh yeah
Skinned was written by Brad Smith & Shannon Hoon.
Skinned was produced by Andy Wallace.