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Ellie Goulding - Salt Skin live at iTunes Festival 2012
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Vocals
Joe Clegg
Joe Clegg
Drums
Chris Ketley
Chris Ketley
Keyboards
Max Cooke
Max Cooke
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Songwriter
Fin Dow-Smith
Fin Dow-Smith
Songwriter
Starsmith
Starsmith
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Starsmith
Starsmith
Producer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You're as sharp as a knife and you fit like a glove
That is no way to live, that is no way to love
Full of fear in your skin and the weakness is giving in
You're stabbed in the back but you feel no pain
Push the heaviest doors that you can't open
Yeah, they tied me up and my body lies still, again
[Verse 2]
You're as bright as the sun and as calm as the moon
I don't know when you'll break but it's gonna be soon
If my will caves in, I'll be in the same boat as you
[Verse 3]
I've got the salt skin runnin' to where he is
Never going to give in even with the strength
He's stealin' salt skin, tellin' me I'm winning
Wars they created just to understand the meaning of
[Verse 4]
Hands on strings and my mouth open
Find the perfect words that I've not spoken
And I won't tell the truth unless you want me to
[Verse 5]
For all of the times that I've lost my head
When it rolled to the floor and I found it again
But when it came back, no, I didn't know my own name
[Verse 6]
I've got the salt skin runnin' to where he is
Never going to give in even with the strength
He's stealing salt skin, telling me I'm winning
Wars they created just to understand the meaning of
[Verse 7]
I've got the salt skin runnin' to where he is
Never going to give in even with the strength
He's stealing salt skin, telling me I'm winning
Wars they created just to understand
The meaning
Even with the strength
He's stealin' salt skin, telling me I'm winning
Wars they created just to understand the meaning
Written by: Ellie Goulding, Starsmith

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