Cage the elephant - skin and bones lyrics meaning

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Mike Eli wrote this song with Lori McKenna and Phil Barton. It was inspired by the Eli Young Band singer's relationship with his wife, Kacey. Eli recalled the session that produced this song to The Boot:
"Lori is obviously this animal when it comes to writing, and that's one animal you really don't want to tame. I think when we had the idea, we started moving towards 'Skin & Bones' being this title, [and] we had to establish what kind of love song this was going to be."
Mike Eli explained the song's meaning:
"When you're together - when you get married or you're with someone - for so long, there comes a point when your life is so intertwined that there's so much gray area between the two people. And I think my wife and I are like that - trying to figure out at what point did Mike end and Kacey start, or where is that influence coming from when we both act a certain way. She's so much a part of me, as I am of her.
And I think that that was one of the reasons we went with 'Skin & Bones,' is, she's so a part of who I am that it's almost like she is in my skin and bones. She's every part of me. And I think we found a way to say that in a romantic way, that wasn't going too far into the anatomical world."

I closed my eyes and drift above the silence
Barely see the ultraviolent
Slipped and fell into the deep end

Oh, the sidewalk shimmer just like diamonds
All the empty words were flying
Well, the heart was low but I never was alone
I never was alone

I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes and fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home

Once the days evolve into another
I’m not getting any further
Left you feeling like a maniac

Oh, the sidewalk it was shining
All the empty words were flying
Well the heart was low but I never was alone
I never was alone

I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes, fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home

Tell me
Tell me
Help me
To see
Why so
Many
People
People
Crying
Dying
Killing
Fighting
My thoughts are empty almost all the time
And the light devising ways to lead the line
And time to sing is over, there’s no end in sight

I don’t wanna be there when it all goes down
But if I gotta be there don’t let me hit the ground
Can I hit the ground?

I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes, and fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home
And let the love light guide me home

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