# Into my Skin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571 "2017-05-14T03:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bodomms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@bodomms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodomms)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/1 "2017-05-14T03:22:46Z")
Hello everyone, I’m just making some lyrics and I’m not sure if “Into my skin” is acceptable or not. Do I need to use necessarily “Under my skin” ? By the way I’m new, so I’m not sure if this is the correct forum Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/2 "2017-05-14T03:24:12Z")
It depends on what you are trying to convey. Under your skin and Into your skin are different ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/3 "2017-05-14T03:25:03Z")
Yep, right forum. Welcome to the club. Isn’t anything acceptable in a song? ---
**Author:** ![bodomms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@bodomms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodomms)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/4 "2017-05-14T03:36:28Z")
Thank you for your answers and comments! Well basically I’m not trying to be very direct with the meaning, it was just the first think that I thought …I’ve been trying to find peace with the devil within I scratch into my skin just to feel again All sensations of life seem so aimless…" That’s the kinda context of the phrase ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/5 "2017-05-14T07:52:15Z")
It seems like you should leave out the preposition entirely. “I scratch my skin…” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/6 "2017-05-14T11:46:18Z")
If “pompatus of love” is a lyric, then you can use anything you damn well please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/7 "2017-05-14T12:00:21Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > If “pompatus of love” is a lyric, then you can use anything you damn well please. 🙂 Came to say this. It doesn’t even have to make sense. As long as the words sound good phonetically and they mesh well with the rhythm; you’re golden. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/8 "2017-05-14T12:10:05Z")
I like “into my skin” in these lyrics. Welcome to The Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/9 "2017-05-14T13:17:03Z")
Heads-up: whether you mean to or not, somebody is going to say that there is an IV-drug user subtext to your lyric. (Even The Beatles had to deal with the “Paul’s Dead” meme. :dubious: ) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/10 "2017-05-14T13:17:21Z")
“The first think that I thought” is a great lyric. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/11 "2017-05-14T14:49:14Z")
If your GF is a zombie, she might be into your skin. ---
**Author:** ![bodomms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@bodomms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodomms)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/12 "2017-05-15T06:08:32Z")
Thank you so much everyone for your replies! I think I just found the perfect place to clarify my lyrics doubts! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-my-skin/786571/13 "2017-05-15T11:45:26Z")
IME some of the best lyrics are also the most enigmatic.