Skin
Marriages Lyrics

The song Skin by Marriages seems to delve into the idea of identity and the ways in which we hide behind external appearances. The lyrics start with a line that could be interpreted as a call-out to someone who has betrayed their own family or heritage ("Shame on you/Watch you spit on your mother's grave"). The mention of shaving and skin could be a metaphor for shedding one's past and starting anew, though the lines "Where you, you came from your mother" and "A newborn blood/A newborn truth" suggest that we can't escape our roots entirely.

The chorus seems to suggest that our skins serve as both a barrier and a mask - we wear them like clothes, but they also obscure parts of ourselves from others. The word "foal" could be read as a reference to innocence or vulnerability, and the phrase "half bare" further emphasizes the idea that there are always parts of ourselves we keep hidden. The lines "Is a life/As in sin/Is a half lie" suggest that our identities are often conflicted or incomplete, and that we may be deceiving ourselves or others by wearing a certain persona.

The lines "Who you dare/To see fall/To see nowhere/Press the knife/Make a wish/Meet me halfway there" are perhaps the most cryptic in the song, but they could be interpreted as a plea to someone to break down their barriers and reveal their true self. The idea of "making a wish" and meeting someone "halfway there" suggest that this process requires mutual effort and trust. The final lines, "When I fall out of this life/I fall into skin" could be seen as both a reference to death ("falling out of life") and a nod to the idea that our identities are always in flux - we may shed one skin only to don another.