"Skinny Love" is a song originally by Bon Iver that Melanie Martinez covered. She uploaded her cover to her YouTube channel on August 7, 2011.
Background[]
Melanie covered the Birdy rendition of the song. She stated in the original video description that the cover was dedicated to Oswago-crew and that she would have edited and put her saying the dedication in the video, but she couldn’t.
Theme[]
This song is about a relationship that went wrong. The original song was written by Justin Vernon and it was inspired by his ex-girlfriend.
Lyrics[]
Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And in the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
And I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassieres
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And in the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
And I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassieres
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The video's URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QVP3TH0Pg4
- The video has since been privated.
- The video's title was "skinny love-bon iver cover"
- Part of the video's description was "dedicated to the oswago-crew. wish i could've edited it and put me saying the dedication in the beginning but i couldnt :c this video is shakey shakey shakeyyy. comment share and subscribe. Follow me on http://www.twitter...."