Marina Diamandis

Released: November 23, 2007

Songwriter: MARINA

Producer: MARINA

[Intro]
Mmm-hmm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, mmm-hmm

[Verse 1]
Yeah I feel I'm watered down
Whenever he's around
I put on the crown of clowns
And melt slowly to the ground

[Verse 2]
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
Oh yeah, I go and cross the line

[Verse 3]
Think before you blurt (Ha ha ha ha ha)
Out the words you say to hurt
'Cause next week you'll be
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh

[Pre-Chorus 1]
They say, "you used to be so kind
I never knew you had such a dirty mind!"
Well, I went to the doctors believing
The devil had control over me and
I was finding it hard to breath in
Finding it hard to fight the feeling

[Chorus]
But my heart just burst like a glass balloon
And 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 of my glass balloon

[Verse 4]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
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

[Verse 5]
Think before you blurt
Out the words you say to hurt
'Cause last week I was so, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh
But now it'll be you, oh, oh-oh, oh

[Pre-Chorus 2]
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 likes to come and rest his little head

[Chorus]
When my heart just burst like a glass balloon
We let them fly too high and they shattered too soon
Are we the wrong damn people in the wrong damn room?
We broke our glass balloons
We let go of their glass balloons

[Outro]
We broke our glass balloon
Let go of my glass balloon

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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