Leathers Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This is your chance...
Revolt, resist!
Open your chest
Look down, reach in
[Chorus]
Shedding your skin
Showing your texture
Time to let everything inside show
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let everything outside you
[Verse 2]
This is your test...
Come forth, confess!
Extend your tongue
Speak out, go on
[Chorus]
Shedding your skin
Showing your texture
Time to let everything inside show
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let everything outside you
This is your chance...
Revolt, resist!
Open your chest
Look down, reach in
[Chorus]
Shedding your skin
Showing your texture
Time to let everything inside show
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let everything outside you
[Verse 2]
This is your test...
Come forth, confess!
Extend your tongue
Speak out, go on
[Chorus]
Shedding your skin
Showing your texture
Time to let everything inside show
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let everything outside you
[Bridge]
Shed your casing
Show your lines and shapes
Wear your insides
On the outside
Show your enemy
What you look like
What you look like
What you look like
From the inside
From the inside
[Refrain]
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let
[Chorus]
Shedding your skin
Showing your texture
Time to let everything inside show
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let everything outside you
[Outro]
Shed your casing
Show your lines and shapes
Wear your insides
On the outside
Show your enemy
What you look like
What you look like
What you look like
From the inside
From the inside
Shed your casing
Show your lines and shapes
Wear your insides
On the outside
Show your enemy
What you look like
What you look like
What you look like
From the inside
From the inside
[Refrain]
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let
[Chorus]
Shedding your skin
Showing your texture
Time to let everything inside show
You're cutting all ties
Now and forever
Time to let everything outside you
[Outro]
Shed your casing
Show your lines and shapes
Wear your insides
On the outside
Show your enemy
What you look like
What you look like
What you look like
From the inside
From the inside
About
Genius Annotation
The first single from Deftones' seventh album, Koi No Yokan, Leathers was released roughly two months before the album itself.
This song along with the song Rosemary were later re-released together as a cas-single.
Leathers addresses a very personal movement toward exposing your personal thoughts and emotions and becoming vulnerable by shedding your “skin” or rather the face or facade you present to other and instead let others – particularly those who oppose you – see your true colors or your “texture”. The title of the song refers to the pieces of leather clothing one would wear literally to remain unexposed.
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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 1.Swerve City
- 3.Leathers
- 4.Poltergeist
- 5.Entombed
- 7.Tempest
- 8.Gauze
- 9.Rosemary
- 10.Goon Squad
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Bass Guitar
Guitar
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Recorded At
Ameraycan Studios (North Hollywood, CA), Encore Studios (Burbank, CA), and Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Release Date
November 12, 2012
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