Marina Diamandis

Released: November 23, 2007

Songwriter: MARINA

Producer: MARINA

[Verse 1]
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 I see footprints of a man
Running through my eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
Do I despise these perfect lies
I tell myself each night and day?
Go kiss my blackened heart goodbye
I'm running out of things to play
Hey, see I need to forget

[Chorus]
That I've become a plastic rainbow
And I'm melting in the sun
And I have fallen from the sky
In a million multi-coloured lies
I've had enough of your ideals, ideals yeah

[Verse 2]
I'm gonna break her like a Barbie Doll
Push her face down in the dirt
Blue Maybelline mascara
Is running down my favourite shirt
And whoever thought that messing with me
Was ever gonna hurt?
Your plastic swords, too many times
In black suspenders and her mini-skirts

[Pre-Chorus]
Do I despise these perfect lies
I tell myself each night and day?
Go kiss my blackened heart goodbye
I'm running out of things to play
Hey, see I need to forget

[Chorus]
That I've become a plastic rainbow
And I'm melting in the sun
And I have fallen from the sky
In a million multi-coloured lies
I've had enough of your ideals, ideals yeah

[Outro]
Yeah, I became a plastic rainbow
Yeah, I fell from the sky
In a million multi-coloured lies
Your commerce helped for a while
But now all I seem to do is smile
Smile, smile
Do I smile?

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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