"Skin" by 2hollis turns intimacy into an impossible condition, repeating that only by getting under another's skin can real closeness exist. The longing bends toward regret, wishing time could be pulled back to find her from the start, and imagining pulling her into his eyes so she could see herself clearly. That image makes devotion feel almost violent in its tenderness, wanting to inhabit her perception entirely. The repeated line becomes a plea, not a promise, carrying the ache of wanting a nearness that keeps slipping just out of reach.
Skin Lyrics by 2hollis
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Ah, wish I could pull back time into my arms (Wish I could pull back)
That way, I could find you from the start (Wish I could go back)
Well, she’s more like a movie star, uh
And with her comes a couple rules
Well at the top of her list, it says
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Wish I could pull you right into my eyes, come here (Wish I could pull back)
That way you could see yourself for the first time (Wish I could go back)
Well, I’d give anything to do that again (To see you)
Really, there’s not a thing I wouldn’t do (Hoo)
And if I had the chance, I’d say
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough—
Only once
Under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once
Under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you (Ooh)
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you (Ooh)
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
Only once I’m under your skin will I feel close enough to you
