Marina Diamandis

Released: May 31, 2012

Songwriter: MARINA Steve Angello

Producer: Greg Kurstin

[Intro]
Power and control

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall

[Post-Chorus 1]
Women and men, we are the same
But love will always be a game
We give and take a little more
Eternal game of tug and war

[Verse 2]
Think you’re funny, think you’re smart
Think you’re gonna break my heart
Think you’re funny, think you’re smart
Yeah, you may be good looking
But you’re not a piece of art

[Chorus]
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall

[Post-Chorus 2]
Women and men, we are the same
But love will always be a game
A human vulnerability
Doesn't mean that I am weak

[Bridge]
That I am weak, I am weak
I am weak, I am weak, weak
Weak, weak, weak, weak

[Chorus]
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall

[Post-Chorus 1]
Women and men, we are the same
But love will always be a game
We give and take a little more
Eternal game of tug and war

[Chorus]
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall
Power and control
I’m gonna make you fall

[Outro]
I’m gonna make you fall
We give and take a little more
‘Cause all my life I’ve been controlled
You can’t have peace without a war
Without a war, without a war

Marina Lambrini Diamandis, better known as MARINA (formerly Marina and the Diamonds), is a Welsh singer-songwriter and musician.

Growing up in Wales, England and Greece, Marina became “obsessed with becoming a singer, almost as if it was a disease.” After moving to London, it took four years before she established herself as a singer-songwriter. After several independently-released EPs, she placed second on the BBC Sound of 2010 list. In 2010, her debut album, The Family Jewels, was released to critical acclaim and chart success, eventually being certified Gold in the UK.

Her 2012 sophomore album, Electra Heart, was a concept album in which she embraced the titular persona—a vapid, blonde “straight-up pop star” who arose out of her label’s demands for a more commercial pop sound and Marina’s desire to maintain artistic integrity. It became her most successful album, debuting atop the UK, Scotland and Ireland album charts.

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