Ellie Goulding

Released: February 26, 2010

Songwriter: Ellie Goulding Starsmith

Producer: Starsmith

[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

You're as bright as the sun and as calm as the moon
I don't know when you'll break, but it's going to be soon
If my will caves in, I'll be in the same boat as you

[Chorus]
I've got the salt skin, running 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 2]
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
For all of the time that I 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

[Chorus ]
I've got the salt skin, running 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"

[Interlude breake]

[Chorus]
I've got the salt skin, running 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...

I've got the salt skin, running 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"

Elena Jane “Ellie” Goulding (born 30 December 1986) – is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010, she became the second artist to both top the BBC’s annual Sound of… poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year, following Adele’s win of both in 2008. Originally her music incorporated elements of folk, pop, electronica, and folktronica.

In July 2009, Goulding signed with Polydor Records, and released her debut EP An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, later that year. Her debut single, “Under The Sheets” was then released in November.

In 2010 Goulding recorded and released her debut record Lights, which spawned four charting singles in the UK, the biggest of which “Starry Eyes” peaked at #4 in the UK and charted in many European countries and Australia.

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