Cover art for Bones of Ribbon by London Grammar
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Bones of Ribbon Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Take my efforts high above red hills
Bones of ribbon don't stop me now
Whites went blue, then went yellow
Feet don't stop me now
They found me there in the sands, mmm
Bones of ribbons in my hands
Whites went blue, then went yellow
Pull off the cloak, time off the wall

[Chorus]
Take determination
Take whatever you need
'Cause your body's made of metal
And your skin, it isn't real

[Verse 2]
Found me there in the sands
Bones of ribbon in my hands
Whites went blue, then went yellow
Please don't stop me now

[Chorus]
Take determination
Take whatever you need
'Cause your body's made of metal
And your skin, it isn't real
[Bridge]
They found me there in the sands
Bones of ribbon in my hand
Whites went blue, and then went yellow
And your feet don't stop me now
Feet don't stop me now

[Outro]
Well you know when you know, hey
Oh no, do you know it enough, hey
You won't know 'till you know it enough
You won't know 'till you know you know it enough
Feet don't stop me now
Feet don't stop me now

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Genius Annotation

“Bones of Ribbon” is the eighth track from London Grammar’s second studio album “Truth Is A Beautiful Thing”.

In the song, Hannah Reid talks about how she is invincible. She says that in life, there can be a lot of moments where you feel like you are not built to handle certain situations that life throws at you and all the negativity that occurs in your life. She says that she shouldn’t let her bones get weak and feeble until they become difficult to use and control – she believes that she is made of metal and is invincible from those moments and she is determined to go through life, no matter what it throws at her.

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What did London Grammar say about "Bones of Ribbon"?
Genius Answer

Hannah Reid talked about the song in an interview for The Guardian:

It’s about coming home from being on the road and suffering from pretty bad exhaustion. I had this really weird recurring dream where I couldn’t find Dan and Dot in the desert, and the lyrics kind of embodied that.

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Release Date
June 9, 2017
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