Fiona was featured on Reggae Gold 2008 with the Supa Dups-produced "Somebody Come Get Me". Her debut album The Bridge was released in the summer of 2009. She worked on the album with Future Cut, Vada Nobles, Stereotypes, J. Phoenix, Peter Wade and Salaam Remi. The debut single "Give It to Me Right" was released to radio stations on February 28, 2009, and peaked at #20 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 and #41 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "It Kills Me", became her breakout song on the Billboard Hot 100 where it cracked the Top 50, along with hitting #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song earned Fiona a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Her second album, The MF Life, was released through the SRC Records and Universal Republic on March 20, 2012 after several delays. The Break Down The Walls Songfacts reports Fiona told Billboard magazine that her goal with The MF Life was to give an "honest" depiction of her life and how things have changed from her debut set, The Bridge.
In 2002, Fiona was briefly involved with girl group X-Quisite. Early in her career, she would perform at nightclubs in Toronto. In 2005, Fiona traveled to Los Angeles, California, in search of a recording contract. According to Fiona, record labels "loved" the way she looked and sung, but "knew that the minute I worked with them or would have signed with them, they would have tried to change me into someone else completely different. That was something that I didn't want to do." She went on to co-write songs for recording artists Rihanna and Kardinal Offishall. Fiona also recorded the reggae song "Somebody Come Get Me" under the stage name Syren Hall, which was included in the Reggae Gold 2008 compilation album. Entrepreneur Steve Rifkind discovered and signed Fiona to SRC Records and Universal Motown in 2007. She went on to tour with Kanye West in his Glow in the Dark Tour.
Bones
Melanie Fiona Lyrics
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You make the cuts down, you make my world turn
But words mean nothing, cause I'll abuse them oh, oh, oh
And you're touching the surface when I need an infusion
Oh, oh, oh
Straight through your skin
Pass your soul to your bones closer, further, deeper
Desperately trying to feel ya
Uh, uh, uh
I need your bones
Uh, uh, uh
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie your bones!
I wanna own you, I wanna consume you
Get all molecular and pass myself through you!
Hey, baby cause nothing's enough, and I'm slowly dying
Oh, oh, oh
So please, save me now, you gotta keep trying
Oh, you gotta keep trying
Straight through your skin
Pass your soul to your bones closer further deeper
Further inside you, than you've ever known
Desperately trying to feel ya
Uh, uh, uh
I need your bones
Uh, uh, uh
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie your bones!
I pass your liver and your kidneys and your lungs, (closer, deeper)
Cause I wanna get lost deep, mixed up in you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, straight through your skin
Pass your soul to your bones (closer, darker, deeper)
Further inside you, than you've ever known
Desperately trying to feel ya
Uh, uh, uh
I need your bones
Uh, uh, uh
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie your bones!
In Melanie Fiona's "Bones," the lyrics depict a passionate and intense desire for someone. The song is characterized by the lyrics "Straight through your skin, pass your soul to your bones, further inside you than you've ever known," which suggests that the singer wants to be completely enveloped by this person. Despite the risks and dangers involved, the singer is willing to do anything to be closer to their lover.
The lyrics "you make my heart hurt, you make my love burn" suggest that the singer is experiencing a tumultuous and conflicted emotional state. The chorus "I need your bones, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie your bones" is repeated several times, indicating the singer's fierce longing for physical and emotional intimacy.
Overall, "Bones" is a song about desire and the lengths one will go to get what they want. The lyrics are filled with passion and intensity, and the song conveys a strong message about unrestrained emotion and desire.
Line by Line Meaning
You make my heart hurt, you my love burn
You cause physical pain and emotional turmoil in me
You make the cuts down, you make my world turn
You inflict harm on me while also being the main source of my happiness
But words mean nothing, cause I'll abuse them oh, oh, oh
I am aware that my words will not change anything and may even be harmful
And you're touching the surface when I need an infusion
Oh, oh, oh
You are not providing me with the deep, meaningful connection that I need
Straight through your skin
Pass your soul to your bones closer, further, deeper
Further inside you, than you've ever known
Desperately trying to feel ya
Uh, uh, uh
I need your bones
Uh, uh, uh
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie your bones!
I want to be intimately connected to you, to the point where I am inside your body and feeling your deepest essence
I wanna own you, I wanna consume you
Get all molecular and pass myself through you!
Hey, baby cause nothing's enough, and I'm slowly dying
Oh, oh, oh
I want to completely possess you and be a part of you because nothing else is fulfilling me and it is taking a toll on me
So please, save me now, you gotta keep trying
Oh, you gotta keep trying
I am asking you to help me and make an effort in our relationship
I pass your liver and your kidneys and your lungs, (closer, deeper)
Cause I wanna get lost deep, mixed up in you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I am willing to explore every part of your body in order to be closer to you
Yeah, straight through your skin
Pass your soul to your bones (closer, darker, deeper)
Further inside you, than you've ever known
Desperately trying to feel ya
Uh, uh, uh
I need your bones
Uh, uh, uh
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie your bones!
Again, I am emphasizing the need for an intense, bone-deep connection with you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: PALOMA FAITH, MATTHEW KAHANE, ANDRE MERRIT
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