Marina & The Diamonds

I was pulling out my hair the day I got the deal Chemically calm, was I meant to feel Happy that my life was just about to change? One life pretending to be the cat who got the cream Oh, everybody said: "Marina is a dreamer" people like to tell you Wha...

Standing here in an empty room Saw you there and my blood ran cold Take me back to that long September Don't know how I ever let you go I was young, didn't know 'bout love You were wild, couldn't get enough Gave my heart to another lover Don't know how...

We came to an agreement in good health That if no-one would take care of us We'd be fine by ourselves It was time to cut the views Of those who don't deserve our spit Why is it that we crave the praise From the people who least deserve it If you gave u...

You’re just another in a long line of men she screwed Just another in a long line of men she knew And yeah she did, yeah she did what she wanted to do Like all the boys before Another dream come true It’s a power, it’s a power, it’s a power move And while I’m...

I had a feeling when I met you Didn't think liars eye came in blue I smell a little bit of danger And got my heart handcuffed to a stranger I am a fool to not cut the ties That bind the eyes that loved you Blindfold me My mother says, run as fast as y...

V1 We’ve broken up and now I regret it I said goodbye when I shouldn’t have said it I even cried but I never meant it And I don’t know why but I can’t forget it PRE Gimme love, gimme dreams, gimme a good self esteem Gimme good and pure, what you waitin...

When I was your girl, you'd always let me go I took you places you ain't been before Said, "Take a chance or you'll never know" 'Cause you had money in your hands that you had to blow Boyfriend, boyfriend, you could be my boyfriend Could have been my boy...

Got a figure like a pin-up, got a figure like a doll Don't care if you think I'm dumb, I don't care at all Candy bear, sweetie pie, wanna be adored I'm the girl you'd die for I'll chew you up and I'll spit you out 'Cause that's what young love is all abo...

You bought a star in the sky tonight Because your life is dark and it needs some light You named it after me, but I’m not yours to keep Because you’ll never see, that the stars are free Oh we don’t own our heavens now We only own our hell And if you don’t kno...

CHORUS INTRO INTRO You can paint me any colour And I can be your clown But you ain’t got my number No you can’t pin me down Yeah you can’t pin me down Yeah you can’t pin me down V1 Now I got your back up What do you not like Do you think I’m stuck up Cause...

I was perched outside in the pouring rain Trying to make myself a sail Then I'll float to you my darlin' With the evening on my tail Although not the most honest means of travel It gets me there nonetheless I'm a heartless man at worst, babe And a helpl...

Grandpa was a miner, and he gave me my black art, Glittered rivers of black coal-dust tore our country apart, Covered in coal-dust, waking up too early in the morning, Covered in coal-dust, waiting for the moment the canary sings. Mama was a mermaid and a...

Dirty houses, dirty sheets Wonder bra and unclean feet Happened once and happened twice I wanted a slice of you Female guilt is a fast swimmer I wanna be the only winner of your body Let's skip the pretences of dinner True love isn't enough for us Tru...

Yeah... Pink lipstick stains, cigarette butts, I lay in bed, I hate my guts, A day in the dark, a muddled afternoon, yeah, Oh baby, darling, how I'd love to become your suicide blonde, to lay beside my Romeo, Oh what a wicked way to go. It only tak...

I’m Electra, I’m Electra Heart Only living, living in the dark Lights they blind me Can we go back, go back to the start? Where the holy father made his mark? Lights they blind me Can we go back? Lights they blind me For forgiveness, you could alway...

I've seen seasons come and go From winter sun to summer snow This ain’t my first time at the rodeo Nature ain’t a fruit machine She's gotta keep her credits clean Good things come to those who wait But I ain’t in a patient phase It's summer time and...

I lived a lot of different lives Been different people many times I lived my life in bitterness And filled my heart with emptiness And now I see, I see you for the first time There is no crime in being kind Not everyone is out to screw you over Maybe y...

Sometimes I think I’m not that strong But there’s a force that carries me on Sick of my small heart, made of steel Sick of those wounds that never heal Cause I have lived my life in debt I’ve spent my days in deep regret Yeah I been living in the red Oh, caus...

I've seen seasons come and go From winter sun to summer snow This ain't my first time at the rodeo Nature ain't a fruit machine She's gotta keep her credits clean Good things come to those who wait But I ain't in a patient phase It's summmer time and...

Look like a girl but I think like a guy Not ladylike to behave like a slime Easy to be sleazy when you've got a filthy mind You stick to your yogurts I'll stick to my apple pie Girls are not meant to fight dirty Never look a day past thirty Not gonna b...

Look like a girl but I think like a guy Not ladylike to behave like a slime Easy to be sleazy when you've got a filthy mind You stick to your yogurts I'll stick to my apple pie Girls are not meant to fight dirty Never look a day past thirty I love your...

Look like a girl but I think like a guy Not ladylike to behave like a slime Easy to be sleazy when you've got a filthy mind You stick to your yogurts I'll stick to my apple pie Girls are not meant to fight dirty Never look a day past thirty Not gonna b...

V1 You’ve got it in the palm of your hands It’s slipping through your fingers like sand Cause they don’t understand who you are Does’t matter long as I am your star, star PRE Yeah I know that I need the gold But what I love can’t be bought or sold CHORUS Don...

I was dreaming something dark Hiding body parts A broken dog, a broken leg I left it cold, I left it dead Oh I'm a guilty one And know what I have done Yeah, I'm a troubled one And I won't be forgiven Guilty on the run And I know what I have done G...

Couldn’t relax Couldn’t sit back And let the sunlight In my lap I sang a hymn To bring me peace And then it came A melody It felt so sweet It felt so strong It made me feel like I belonged And all the sadness inside me Melted away Like I was free I found wh...

Polished trophy, Pretty whore, Leave the house, To feel adored. Evil eaves, So soft and sweet, So why'd you let them, Pass you around like meat? You're not even breast, You're not even steak, You're a happy meal, Just lay there on a plate. You'r...

Yeah, I feel I'm watered down Whenever he's around I put on the crown of clowns And melt slowly to the ground Yeah I feel it coming on When I've been static for too long And an explosion comes in time Before I go and cross the line They say you used...

[Intro] American queen is the American dream American queen is the American dream [Verse 1]: She is a Polish girl in America Tall, tanned, hot blond, called Anja I asked her, "Why would you wanna be a Hollywood wife?" "Because I don't want to end up li...

Every boyfriend is the one Until otherwise proven The good are never easy, the easy never good And love, it never happens like you think it really should Deception and perfection are wonderful traits One will breed love, the other, hate You’ll find me in...

You are a horror, you are a horror You are the same, same, same horoscope as me, yeah You're like a zebra, even a tea-bra You're like a zebra and a tea-bra, or a Libra like me, yeah I hoped you were a Gemini But I thought, well I'll give him a try I never fel...

She had a bun in the oven It was a hot cross bun. A bun that was damn hot and angry Just puffing and steaming to be someone. It was the fifties There was war in the streets With Mussolini and his gangsters raiding Greek houses For blood and for meat The da...

Rule number one is that you gotta have fun But baby when you're done, you gotta be the first to run Rule number two: just don't get attached to Somebody you could lose So le-le-let me tell you This is how to be a heartbreaker Boys, they like a little da...

I left bubblegum in my mouth overnight, Mother said I'd choke, but I'd just given up the fight, I laid out, like an arrow, with a head -still think its head not skin just pronounced weirdly the lyric wouldn't change heavy as lead, And a heart starving mad and...

Here are the lonely, one and only, Body in the world. Who can make me, who can break me, Down into a young girl. You say that love is, not that easy, And that's the lesson that you teach me. So hypocritical, overly cynical, I'm sick and tired of all yo...

I know that I can’t have it all But without you I am afraid I’ll fall I know I’m playing with your heart And I could treat you better but I’m not that smart When it comes to love, you’re an easy fight A flower in a gun, a bird in flight It isn’t fair and it i...

You've been acting awful tough lately Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately But inside, you're just a little baby It's okay to say you've got a weak spot You don't always have to be on top Better to be hated than love, love, loved for what you're not You're vuln...

That feeling's gone That burning flame The one that tricked me time again That drove me wild with grit and pain That made me change my town and name I'm not hungry anymore I'm not hungry anymore Now I don't care what the future holds As long as I lov...

I wanna be immortal Like a God in the sky I wanna be a silk flower Like I'm never gonna die I wanna live forever Forever in your heart And we'll always be together From the end to the start That's what we do it for To reserve a place It's just a...

I'm embarrassed to confess I am a jealous girlfriend I want you to belong to me But I think they call that jealousy I never say a word In case I come off needy I never say a word Leave you before you leave me What is taking over me? Jealousy A bubbl...

Oh heartbreak's hard when you don't have a plastic heart You sent me in through the cinnamon stars Cause you tasted so bitter but the bitter was sweet I'm a lovelorn princess and i'm yours to eat I gave you too much, Gave you too much to touch Just...

You're never gonna love me so what's the use What's the point in playing a game you're gonna lose What's the point in saying you love me like a friend What's the point in saying it's never gonna end You're too proud to say but you made a mistake You're a...

You think i'm like the other girls You think i'm like the rest You think i'd like to rule the world But this is all a test Hey! you think you're seeing the future Hey! you think the feeling is mutual You think i'm like the other girls You think i'm lik...

Everyday I feel the same Stuck, and I can never change Sucked into a black balloon Spat into an empty room But was it really worth it? Did I really deserve it? It happens when you're hurting And cut me at the surface Of my heart Of my heart-heart-hear...

Coasting through the graveyards hanging with the lonely bones Doesn't mean you left us, you just grew out of your homes, Just because they've got your earthly name engraved in gold Don't try to tell me, that this alters the world Of your soul You can't take t...

Laugh track on a TV show Echoes in the dark alone I go to bed feeling bad That I'm the reason that you're sad January to December Do you want to be a member? Lonely hearts club Do you want to be with somebody like me? Lonely hearts club Do you want...

I feel like a subsitute sittin’ on the sideline, Clickin’ every single finger, waitin’ for the right time. I feel like a subsitute sittin’ pretty in my prime, I’m about to play the game ‘cause I’m runnin’ out of time. Drop your knees to the floor, hands to th...

Cuckoo (cuckoo) Cuckoo (cuckoo) Cuckoo (cuckoo) Cuckoo (cuckoo) Ten silver spoons coming after me, One life with one dream on repeat. I'll escape if I try hard enough, 'Til King of the Jungle calls my bluff Oh Lord (Oh Lord) I have been told (I have...

One track mind, like a goldfish, Stuck inside my petri dish. I can't breathe, and I can't smile, This better be worth my while. I feel numb most of the time, Lower I'll get the higher, I'll climb, and I will wonder why, I got dark only, To shine. Loo...

Sunday, wake up, give me a cigarette. Last night’s love affair is looking vulnerable in my bed Silk sheet, blue dawn, Colgate, tongue warm Won’t you quit your crying? I can’t sleep One minute I’m a little sweetheart And next minute you are an absolute cre...

Don't do love, don't do friends I'm only after success Don't need a relationship I'll never soften my grip Don't want cash, don't want car Want it fast, want it hard Don't need money, don't need fame I just want to make a change I just wanna change I just wa...

They fell out in to the navy night, With smiles of stone, Walking down roads that glittered, With winter light and snow, Linking thin arms, they swam the sea, a soul sea, Gleefully cackling, bitter and twisted, Burning like golden rings, It was the bur...

I drop onto my bed, And the dust jumps up. To sad to turn my head 'Cause my heart's full up. She's stayin' at your home, She's sleeping in your bed. I can't let you consider, That you just don't care. Oh, oh, yeah. Every morning I wake up, And I sm...

I didn’t have to turn a around I can feel him in back of my brain When I step into the crowd Something told me that I’d meet you today Your energy when you touch me Lifted me off the ground Your words to me are like music I don’t know Who you are All...

Your theories, your beliefs And the way you preach for peace It sounds like vomit to my ears Woh, daddy likes to teach Counts for the muttered words you like to speak But it sounds like vomit to my ears Let me fall and kiss your feet Everybody knows they're...

I have let you melt me down Into a plastic rainbow And I have left myself to hang In a halloween sky I let you tattoo a frown Onto a face of white snow Now as they're footprints of a man Running through my eyes Do I despise these perfect lies I tell...

"Hello everybody, this is Marina. I just learnt to play 3 chords on my new, baby pink, ukelele. I play like a child, don't care, 'cause it's helped me write a wonderful song called "Porn Is Good". It's about people never admitting to watching porn, girls and b...

Power, and control. Give a little, get a lot, That's just how you are with love. Give a little, get a lot, Yeah you may be good looking, But you're not a piece of art. Power and control, I'm gonna make you fall. Power and control, I'm gonna make you...

Primadonna girl, yeah All I ever wanted was the world I can’t help that I need it all The primadonna life, the rise and fall You say that I’m kinda difficult But it’s always someone else’s fault Got you wrapped around my finger, babe You can count on m...

Lying on a fake beach, She'll never get a tan. Baby, I'm gonna leave you drowing, Until you reach for my hand. In the night your heart is full And by the morning empty. But baby, I'm the one who left you, You're not the one who left me. When you're a...

Shut your mouth and close the door I watch you all and take if off I’m gonna take the blindful put it on And then i drop the letter to the floor That’s the short of When the night ..Is foolin’ Bottom on an empty uh oh uh oh Baby i’m the on who left Now you...

I'm a cloud drifting by Dripping tears from the sky I'm a snail without a shell Leper with a golden bell I've got nowhere to go I'm a stray cat on the roam Choking on a chicken bone For a home sweet, no sweet home For a root, for a leaf, for a branch,...

[Verse 1] Murder lives forever and so does war It’s survival of the fittest, rich against the poor At the end of the day, it’s a human trait Hidden deep down inside of our DNA [Verse 2] One man can build a bomb, another, run a race To save somebody’s l...

I stepped into a room of clocks that all told different times I stepped into a mirrored world that mirrored all our crimes You keep picking at the scab and I'll keep selling the plaster You keep telling me that I'm bad But I keep on getting better faster You...

Use to be a major scale But the melody went stale Musical cacophony let Insy Winsy spider free You're a rich little boy Who's had to work for his toys You've got all sensabilities oh Of an upper class guy noooo, No i'm not your little slave No i do...

Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex Yeah (la la la) Nothing is provocative anymore Even for kids No room for imagining Cause everyone's seen everything Question what the TV tells you Question what the pop star sells you Question mum and question da...

Lay dagger dead inside a lonely bed Trying to hide the hole inside my head Watching the stars slide down to reach the end The sleep is not my friend Drinking champagne to forget yesterday Coz I remember, the way, the way, the way It ended that day, the...

Ooh, ooh-ooh. Hey man, hey man, Aim your fist at me. You win, I lose, Cause you’re muscly. Come on, come on, And put your money, Where my mouth is, baby. Of this pain I will not speak, Of the violent memories, On the silent movie screen, You have shown on r...

Lately I have realised That I need to simplify Thoughts pass like ships in the sky Do, or do not, there is no try Life became complicated When modern times arrived Board games are underrated I want a different life They say, well get out of the city...

I lost my spine inside the center of a star And every day I wonder where the bad bones are You'll die an ugly day if you hit and miss I know my own grand daddy worked so hard for this It seems so sinful, living like a porcupine I know you're dreaming of...

Don’t wanna talk anymore I’m obsessed with silence I go home and I lock my door I can hear the sirens I see buildings and bars from the window And I listen to the wind blow I see people and cars covered in gold And I’m happy to be on my own Hard like...

Suicide is in my blood, it always was But it doesn't evaporate in the light any more And this world is no place For a mind or a thought No its not Well that's been said before But space and the woods still know who I am And I know they don't owe me anything...

You, oh you Had a sad urge to be wanted by fools Welcoming those that would be Snoopin' troupin' enveloping your family jewels You chose to grow your nose Cause deep down you knew, I knew, you knew, I knew That I'd have been wrong quicker than you could...

You're hard to hug, tough to talk to And I never fall asleep, when you're in my bed All you give me is a heartbeat I've turned into a statue And it makes me feel depressed Cause the only time you open up is when we get undressed You don't love me, big f...

Nice legs, daisy dukes, makes the man go ooh, ooh that's the way they come through, like ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh low-cut, see-through shirts that make you ooh, ooh that's the way they all come through, like ooh ooh 'Cause I just set them up just set them...

Who are those great looking dolls? It's quick curl Barbie and mod hair Ken But what do I do with my old Barbie? Su-Barbie-A Su-Barbie-A (Oh Yeah) Su-Barbie-A If you're going to tell me you don't like this dress I'm sticking my head right in the ove...

This morning it occurred to me i might not look quite like a natural blonde, And i can't help, but feel conned, The picture on the packet showed a model with no baggage, Promising wild sex and marriage with a big color chart wand, This morning it occurred...

I wanna be a bottle blonde I don't know why but I feel conned I wanna be an idle teen I wish I hadn't been so clean I wanna stay inside all day I want the world to go away I want blood, guts and chocolate cake I wanna be a real fake Yeah, I wish I'd...

Housewife, Beauty Queen, Homewrecker, Idle Teen. The ugly years of being a fool, ain't youth meant to be beautiful? Queen of no identity I always feel like someone else A living myth I grew up in a lie I can be anyone (Anyone) A study in identity & illus...

*coughing and sneezing* There is no known cure for the common cold. You said let’s go on a break, Sounded a little bit fake, Sounded like you just wanted, To go on a date. Well you don’t need my permission, There’s no point for me to keep, Wishing you...

I can't break the cycle Am I just a fool? Falling down like dominos Hit by family jewels Pass it down from kid to kid The chain will never end Unless I decide to go to it Will I see the end? Oh, don't you find it strange? Only thing we share is one...

Feeling like a loser Feeling like a bum Sitting on the outside Observing the fun Don't get on my bad side I can work a gun Hop into the backseat baby I'll show you some fun These people are weird in here And they're giving me the fear Just because...

Millions of girls float, On their one quote. Living on their last hope, On their last hope. I lived my life inside a dream, Only waking when I sleep. I would sell my sorry soul, If I could have it all. My life is a play, is a play, is a play. My l...

White white teeth, dark dark skin Long blond hair, Botox grin This is what you need to be 'Cause this what is real beauty It's all about her, 'cause she's an out out sell She'll trade her soul for a burning hell Perfect plastic nails shall melt On the...

Off she trots to the psychiatric hospit... All she's got is the memory of a girl that used to laugh a lot Now she's very angry 'cause they say she's lost the plot And she's laughing in the mirror at her paper dress Because she has a troubled mind, a troubl...

You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize It's hard to take courage In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all And the darkness inside you Makes you feel so small But I see your true colours Shining through I see your true...

In the Valley of the Dolls, We sleep, we sleep. Got a hole inside of me, of me. Born with a void, Hard to destroy with love, hope. Built with a heart Broken from the start And now I die slow. In the Valley of the Dolls we sleep, Got a hole inside...

V1 Could have filled a garden With all the flowers that you gave me, baby But none of them were ours You know the problem with history It keeps coming back like a weed And when nothing feels enough At least you taught me how to love But he keeps growing back C...

What an amazing time, what a family How did the years go by? Now it's only me Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick, ooh Like a cat in heat, stuck in a moving car A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find a brake Wh...

I'm attracted to the city, Men more suited, sexy booted, Walking down on Liverpool Street, I be seeing magic mountains, Cash beginneth to rip a bigger, Hole inside the American dream. Give me dollar, give me dollar, Queen 'Lizabeth stole my dough, Gi...