"Onion Skin" is a top-ten song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera

Boom Crash Opera

Boom Crash Opera are a pop-rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1985. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance and Peter Farnan Boom Crash Opera also includes Dale Ryder , Peter 'Maz' Maslen , Greg O'Connor and Ian Tilley Boom Crash Opera are a pop-rock band...

. The song is from the band's most successful album, These Here Are Crazy Times!

These Here Are Crazy Times

These Here Are Crazy Times is the second album released by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera, released in 1989.-Track listing :#"Onion Skin" – 3:28#"Where There's A Will" – 3:59#"The Best Thing" – 4:13#"Piece Of The Pie" – 4:54#"Forever" – 3:56...

, released in 1989. The song reached the top 10 nationally in Australia and #8 on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

's Modern Rock chart.

In the song, the singer tells how he has many layers of skin

Skin

-Dermis:The dermis is the layer of skin beneath the epidermis that consists of connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain. The dermis is tightly connected to the epidermis by a basement membrane. It also harbors many Mechanoreceptors that provide the sense of touch and heat...

, like an onion

Onion

The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...

. This is meant in a metaphorical manner.