Story Behind The Song
inspired by the giant gum tree outside my door and my love of the natural world.
Song Description
trees and animals in nature going through their cycles of shedding their skin
| Song Length |
4:20 |
Genre |
Electronic - Drum N' Bass |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Subject |
Change |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
?Shedding My Skin? Meryl Leppard c July 2002
If I was a gum tree, a ghostly bush giant
I?d cast the old coat from my trunk and my limbs
Proudly I?d stand as the thick shreds of bark
Were discarded and carelessly tossed by the wind
Shedding my skin
Shedding my skin
Shedding my skin
Shedding my skin
If I was a snake you could watch me undress
I would peel off my eyelids with delicate grace
When I left behind me the sheath that confined me
I?d languidly slither into your embrace
Shedding my skin
X 4
Mother nature is full of flair
She dictates which dress to wear
You may want to keep that coat of grey
But when she decides her seasons are ready to change
She?ll orchestrate an exchange
If I was an insect, a black prince cicada
I?d tattoo a warning with abdomen drum
I?d sing for my lover so she could discover
The longing that filled me as I had begun
Shedding my skin x 4
?Shedding My Skin? Meryl Leppard c July 2002
If I was a gum tree, a ghostly bush giant
I?d cast the old coat from my trunk and my limbs
Proudly I?d stand as the thick shreds of bark
Were discarded and carelessly tossed by the wind
Shedding my skin
Shedding my skin
Shedding my skin
Shedding my skin
If I was a snake you could watch me undress
I would peel off my eyelids with delicate grace
When I left behind me the sheath that confined me
I?d languidly slither into your embrace
Shedding my skin
X 4
Mother nature is full of flair
She dictates which dress to wear
You may want to keep that coat of grey
But when she decides her seasons are ready to change
She?ll orchestrate an exchange
If I was an insect, a black prince cicada
I?d tattoo a warning with abdomen drum
I?d sing for my lover so she could discover
The longing that filled me as I had begun
Shedding my skin x 4