Marina & The Diamonds Album

I was pulling out my hair
The day I cut the deal, chemically calm
Was I meant to feel happy
That my life was just about to change?

One life pretending to be
The cow who got the cream
Oh, everybody said
"Marina is a dreamer"

People like to tell you what you're gonna be
It's not my problem if you don't see what I see
And I do not give a damn if you don't believe

My problem is my problem
That I never am happy
It's my problem, it's my problem
On how fast I will succeed

Are you satisfied with an average life?
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?

High achiever don't you see?
Baby, nothing comes for free
They say I'm a control freak
Driven by a greed to succeed

Nobody can stop me 'cause it's my problem
If I wanna pack up and run away
It's my business if I feel the need to
Smoke and drink and swear

It's my problem, it's my problem
If I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends
And feel I want to die

Are you satisfied with an average life?
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?
Are you satisfied with an easy ride?
Once you cross the line will you be satisfied?

Sad inside in this life
I'm satisfied praying
Sad inside in this life
I'm satisfied waiting

Are you satisfied with an average life?
Do I need to lie to make my way in life?
Are you satisfied with an easy ride?
Once you cross the line will you be satisfied?

Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied, are you satisfied?

Laid back in bed inside a lonely bed
Trying to hide the hole inside my head
Watching the stars slide down to reach the end
'Cause sleep is not my friend

Drinking champagne to forget yesterday
'Cause I remember the way, the way, the way
It ended that day, the day, the day, the day
That I walked away, away, away, away

Drinking champagne made by the angel
Who goes by the name of Glitter and Gabriel
Drinking champagne made all the angels
Tears and pain but I feel celestial

Elderly stars slide down the morning sky
Slipping away to find a place to die
I wonder when the night will reach it's end
'Cause sleep is not my friend

Drinking champagne meant for a wedding
Toast to the bride, a very sad ending
Drinking champagne, a bottle to myself
Savor the taste of fabricated wealth

Drinking champagne made by the angel
Who goes by the name of Glitter and Gabriel
Drinking champagne made all the angels
Tears and pain but I feel celestial
Celestial, celestial, celestial

Drinking champagne made by the angel
Who goes by the name of Glitter and Gabriel
Drinking champagne made all the angels
Tears and pain but I feel celestial

Drinking champagne made by the angel
Who goes by the name of Glitter and Gabriel
Drinking champagne made all the angels
Tears and pain but I feel celestial

You've been acting awful tough lately
Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately
But inside you're just a little baby, oh

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 loved, loved, loved
For what you're not

You're vulnerable, you're vulnerable
You are not a robot
You're lovable, so lovable
But you're just troubled

Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot

You've been hanging with the unloved kids
Who you never really liked and you never trusted
But you are so magnetic, you pick up all the pins

Never committing to anything
You don't pick up the phone when it ring, ring, rings
Don't be so pathetic, just open up and sing

I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable
I am not a robot
You're lovable, so lovable
But you're just troubled

Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot

Can you teach me how to feel real?
Can you turn my power off?
I let the drum beat drop

Guess what? I am not a robot
Guess what? I am not a robot

Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot
Guess what? I'm not a robot, a robot

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 bend over and curtsy for you

Is there any possibility
You'll quit gossiping about me?
To hide your insecurities
All you say is blah, blah

Girls they never befriend me
'Cause I fall asleep when they speak
Of all the calories they eat
All they say is na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na

Girls, oh girls, wag your tails to the beat
Girls are loud, all the journos in heat
Write such good stories, oh, their mothers must be proud
Making money of your insecurity and doubt

Girls are not meant to fight dirty
Never look a day past thirty
Not gonna bend over and curtsy for you

Is there any possibility
You'll quit gossiping about me?
To hide your insecurities
All you say is blah, blah

Girls they never need from me
Because I fall asleep when they speak
Of all the calories they eat
All they say is na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
All they say is na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na

I feel I've been riding in a fast car
Burning dirty gas won't get you that far
I feel I've been riding up the wrong path
But I'm gonna make sure I get the last laugh

Is there any possibility
You'll quit gossiping about me?
To hide your insecurities
All you say is blah, blah

Girls they never befriend me
'Cause I fall asleep when they speak
Of all the calories they eat
All they say is na, na, na, na, na
(Wag your tails, wag your tails to the beat)

Na, na, na, na, na
(Wag your tails, wag your tails to the beat)
All they say is na, na, na, na, na
(Wag your tails, wag your tails to the beat)
Na, na, na, na, na
(Wag your tails, wag your tails to the beat)

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 been told)
That I must take the unforsaken road
(Unforsaken road)

There's a fork in the road, I do as I am told
And I don't know, know, know, know, know, know, know
Who I wanna be

You say Y-E-S to everything
Will that guarantee you a win?
Do you think you will be good enough
To love others and to be loved?

(Oh Lord)
Oh Lord, now I can see
(Now I can see)
The cutlery will keep on chasing me
(Unforsaken road)

There's a fork in the road, I do as I am told
And I don't know, know, know, know, know, know, know
Who I wanna be

We are the spoons, they're telling me
We scooped our way into your dreams
To knock the knives out bloody cold
And lead you down the unforsaken road

(Unforsaken road)
There's a fork in the road, I do as I am told
And I don't know know know know know know know
Who I wanna be

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 creep

We've got obsessions
I want to wipe out all the sad ideas
That come to me when I am holding you
We've got obsessions
All you ever think about are sick ideas
Involving me, involving you

Supermarket, oh, what packet of crackers to pick?
They're all the same, one brand, one name but really they're not
Look, look, just choose something quick
People are staring, time to go quick in, skin is on fire

Just choose something, something, something
Pressure overwhelming
Next minute I am turning out of the door
Facing one week without food

A day, a day when things, things are pretty bad
But don't let it make you feel sad
The crackers were probably bad luck anyway
Can't let your cold heart be free
When you act like you've got an OCD

We've got obsessions
I wanna erase every nasty thought
That bugs me every day of every week
We've got obsessions
You never told me what it was that made you strong
And what it was that made you weak

We've got obsessions
I wanna erase every nasty thought
That bugs me every day of every week.
We've got obsessions
You never told me what it was that made you strong
And what it was that made you weak

We've got obsessions
(We've made you weak, made you weak)
We've got obsessions
(Made you weak, made you weak, made you weak, made you)

Sunday, wake up, give me a cigarette
Last night's love affair is looking vulnerable again

American queen is the American dream
American queen is the American dream

She is a Polish girl in America
Tall, tanned, hot, blonde called Anya
I asked her, "Why would you wanna be a hollywood wife?"
"Because, I don't want to end up living in a dive on Vine"

You do anything for a dime
Looking for the golden lie

Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh oh
Living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh, oh

I'm obsessed with the mess that's America
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America

I fight security making plays for me
Soon as I touch down in old L.A.
He said, "Oh my god, you look just like Shakira!
No no, you're Catherine Zeta"
Actually, my name's Marina

Your mind is just like mine
All filled up with things benign
You're looking for the golden lie

Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh oh
I've been living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh, oh

I'm obsessed with the mess that's America
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America

American dream is the American queen
American queen is the American dream
Is the American dream

Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh oh
I've been living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh, oh

Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh oh
I've been living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh, oh

I'm obsessed with the mess that's America
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America

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 really weird
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game

All of us are in your face
And whisper I'm in the wrong place
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again, on my own again?

Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside

People are connecting, don't know what to say
I'm good at protecting what they want to take
Spilt the milk at breakfast, hit me double hard
And I grinned at you softly 'cause I'm a fucking wild card

These people are really weird
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game

All of us are in your face
And whisper I'm in the wrong place
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again, on my own again?

Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside
(Again, again)

All I know is I cannot pretend
So I'm sitting on the outside again

On my own again
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside
(Again)

On my own again
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside the outsider
(On my own again)
Inside
(Again)

Inside again
Inside again
Inside again
Inside again

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 to be so kind
I never knew you had such a dirty mind

Well, I, I went to the doctors believing
The devil had control over me and
I was finding it hard to breath and
Finding it hard to fight the feeling

Well, my heart just burst like a glass balloon
I let it fly too high and it shattered too soon
I was the wrong damn girl in the wrong damn room
I broke my glass balloon, I let go off my glass balloon

They call him Hermit the Frog
He's looking for a dog
Did you find your bitch in me?
Oh, you're abominable socially
You're just a little bit too much like me

She said she used to be so kind
Well, baby, I give you your dirty mind

Well, I, I wanna tell you a secret
You can take your double standard love and keep it
I can't help the devil likes to make my heart a double bed
And I can't help, he sometimes like to come and rest his little head

Well, my heart just burst like a glass balloon
I let it fly too high and it shattered too soon
I was the wrong damn girl in the wrong damn room
I broke my glass balloon, I let go off my glass balloon

Oh, my heart just burst like a glass balloon
We let them fly too high and they shattered too soon
Now we're the wrong damn people in the wrong damn room
We broke my glass balloon, we let go off my glass balloon

We broke our glass balloon
Let go off my glass balloon

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 card
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 wanna change
I just wanna change
I just wanna change
I just wanna change

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh

One track mind, one track heart
If I fail, I'll fall apart
Maybe it is all a test 'cause I feel like I'm the worst
So I always act like I'm the best

If you are not very careful
Your possessions will possess you
TV taught me how to feel
Now real life has no appeal

It has no appeal
It has no appeal
It has no appeal
It has no appeal
It has no appeal

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly
I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna die
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly
I'm gonna fail, gonna die, die, die, die

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh

I'm a cloud drifting by
Dripping tears from the sky
I'm a snail without a shell
A 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, for a tree
For something, somebody that reminded them of me

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless, I'm rootless

Work your fingers to the bone
Building castles out of snow
I'm a nomad walking on
Humming to the same old song

Lower case society
Tighten no community
A kingdom without a king
With no sense of belonging

For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something, somebody that reminded them of me

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless, I'm rootless

Running with my roots pulled up
So they could cut me free of love

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless, I'm rootless

Dragging my roots through the snow
For a home sweet and no sweet home
I've got nowhere to go
I'm rootless, I'm rootless

One track mind like a gold fish
Stuck inside my petri-dish
I can't breath and I can't smile
This better be worth my while

I feel numb most of the time
The lower I get the higher I'll climb
And I will wonder why
I got dark only to shine
Looking for the golden life
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice, p-p-p-pride

Forgo family, forgo friends
It's how it started, how it ends
I can open up and cry
'Cause I've been saddened all my life

I feel numb most of the time
The lower I get the higher I'll climb
And I will wonder why
I got dark only to shine
Looking for the golden life
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice, p-p-p-pride
P-p-p-pride

Ooh, I get dark, oh, and I'm in hell
I need a friend, ooh, but I can't yell
Yeah, I'm no good, no good to anyone
'Cause all I care about is being number one

Shine, looking for the golden life
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice
Shine, looking for the golden light
Oh, it's a reasonable sacrifice, sacrifice

I feel numb most of the time
The lower I get the higher I'll climb
And I will wonder why
I got dark only to shine

And I light up the sky
Stars that burn the brightest
Fall so fast and pass you by
Cough like empty lighters

I feel numb most of the time
The lower I get the higher I'll climb
And I will wonder why
I got dark only to shine

And I light up the sky
Stars that burn the brightest
Fall so fast and pass you by
Spark like empty lighters

I was dreaming something bad
Hiding body parts
A broken dagger, broken leg
I left it cold, I left it dead

Oh, I'm a guilty one
And I 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
Guilty on the run
And I'm never forgiven

I was just a kid
That you could not forgive because it's harder
I was just a kid
And all I really wanted was my father

I killed a dog so smart and red
Touched his Technicolored hair
I left it bruised and black and lame
I left it running for shame

Oh, I'm a guilty one
And I 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
Guilty on the run
And I'm never forgiven

I was just a kid
That you could not forgive because it's harder
I was just a kid
And all I really wanted was my father

Spent years singing to forget
I spent years singing, no regrets
Then suddenly it all becomes clear
I've been sorry all these years

I was just a kid
That you could not forgive because it's harder
I was just a kid
And all I really wanted was my father

Guilty on the run
And I know what I have done
Guilty on the run
And I'm never forgiven

Guilty on the run
And I know what I have done
Guilty on the run
And I'm never forgiven

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 last name
Did I beat you at your own game?
Typical of me to put us all to shame

Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmer and suffer, can't keep his cool
I can't keep my cool
I can't keep my cool

Family said that I decided
To live a loveless life
Is it my fault we stay divided
'Cause I've got too much pride
Pass the parcel, wrap unwrap
And open up the locks
Out come flying all the secrets
Of Pandora's Box

Oh you think I'm unfit
Little did you know that I was cut for it
No glass slipper will ever fit
'Cause I could never see a diamond in it

Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmer and suffer, can't keep his cool
I can't keep my cool
I can't keep my cool

And when we're in the dark
It echos in your heart
And when you're far away
It becons me to stay

And when we're in the dark
It echos in your heart
And when you're far away
It becons me to stay

Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmer and suffer, can't keep his cool

Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmer and suffer, can't keep his cool

I can't keep my cool
I can't keep my cool