Skeleton Song Lyrics

Skeleton, you are my friend
But you are made of bone
And you have got no flesh and blood
Running through you to help protect the bone

Skeleton, we have been friends for years
And you have seen me through some trials
And tribulations and some tears
But everybody thinks I'm weird

And I should have known that it wouldn't be long
Until you, you've got me standing in an awkward position
With unwanted attention and a need for explanation
And it's not that I'm letting go of you
But I don't know what to do

Skeleton, we are so close
But you have got no body
So, why do you insist on wearing clothes?

Skeleton, when we were young, it was easy
Even though the other kids, they would tease me
I was only seven, I had you but now I'm twenty two

And now it's different when I take you out
And you, you've got me standing in an awkward position
With unwanted attention and a need for explanation
And it's not that I'm letting go of you
But I don't know what to do

And sometimes at night
I dream of the most terrible things
I take, take a hammer and I creep out of bed
And I raise it high and I smash your head
Fibular and tubular and ribs and cages, too
In fact, while I'm here, I'll smash the whole of you

But skeleton, you are my friend
And I could never bring your life to an end
Yes, skeleton, you are, you are my friend
And I'll be there for you until the end

And even though when I take you out
You've got me, you've got me
Standing in an awkward position
With unwanted attention and a need for explanation
I could, I could never let you go

And that is all I know
And that is all I know
And that is all I, that is all I know
And that is all I know, know

Reading the lyrics to the song really helped us in making our decision to choose it, as it has an on going narrative that tells a story.
My interpretation of the lyrics is that tells the story of somebody who has a friend or an imaginary friend that they are too old to have. The girl feels as if she owes the friend something because they have always been there for her but now she is twenty two she thinks its  awkward to still have an imaginary friend because people look at her. She dreams about killing the skeleton with a hammer, but knows she cant do this because it has always been there for her 'And you have seen me through some trials, And tribulations and some tears'. This tells a typical linear narrative of cause and effect.
Ellen