Marina Diamandis

Released: April 27, 2012

Songwriter: MARINA Rick Nowels Devrim Karaoğlu

Producer: Devrim Karaoğlu Rick Nowels

[Verse 1]
In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
We sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Of me

[Pre-Chorus]
Born with a void
Hard to destroy with love or hope
Built with a heart, broken from the start
And now I die slow

[Chorus]
In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I’m ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
In the valley
In the valley

[Verse 2]
Pick a personality for free
When you feel like nobody
Body

[Pre-Chorus]
Born with a void
Hard to destroy with love or hope
Built with a heart, broken from the start
And now I die slow

[Chorus]
In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I’m ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
In the valley
In the valley

[Bridge]
Back to zero, here we go again, again
Racing down into oblivion
Back to zero, here we go
I can feel it coming to the end, the end

[Chorus]
In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I’m ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
In the valley
In the valley

[Outro]
In the valley
In the valley

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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