News
Outbreak London 2026 has added seven more names to Deftones' All Points East bill
Reclus.É, Tooth and Villanelle are among the new artists.
About This Track
'Leathers' arrives as a command to strip away pretence. Deftones build the track around a simple imperative: shed your skin, show your texture, let everything inside spill outward. The lyrics cycle through variations on exposure and confession, each repetition tightening the grip. There is no room for performance or disguise here, only the raw fact of being known. The song moves between invitation and confrontation. Chino Moreno's voice carries both, urging the listener to revolt and resist whilst simultaneously demanding they confess and extend themselves. It is vulnerability as an act of defiance, the stripping away of protective layers framed not as weakness but as necessary truth. What emerges is a track about the cost and necessity of being seen.
"Leathers" is a single by Deftones, from the album Koi No Yokan, released 9th November 2012. The track is 4:09 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Deftones.
About the Artist
Lyrics
This is your chance... Revolt, Resist! Open you chest, Look down, Reach in. 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 Test... Come Forth, Confess! Extend Your Tongue, Speak Out, Go On. 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 She'd 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
Lyrics provided by LRCLIB
View full lyrics page →Track details
Explore
Credits
READ MORE ABOUT DEFTONESREAD MORE ABOUT DEFTONESREAD MORE ABOUT DEFTONESREAD MORE ABOUT DEFTONESREAD MORE ABOUT DEFTONESREAD MORE ABOUT DEFTONESReclus.É, Tooth and Villanelle are among the new artists.
There's a lead single 'Sun Has Set' streaming now, and a big tour coming this Autumn.
"I’ve been saving myself just for you," Chino Moreno tells the crowd, just a day after Deftones pulled out of their Glastonbury slot due to illness. Whether that’s sincere or not, it hardly matters. By the time they hit the stage at Crystal Palace Park on Sunday night, Deftones are in peak form.
One of the biggest and most enduring bands in rock, Deftones are still as vital as ever.
Cover story
Cover story