Marina Diamandis

Songwriter: MARINA

Producer: MARINA

[Verse 1]
They fell out into the navy night with smiles of stone
Walking down roads that glittered with winter light and snow
Linking thin arms, they swam a sea, a soul sea
Gleefully cackling, bitter and twisted
Burning like golden rings
It was the burning of the bright young things

[Verse 2]
Not a penny on them but they had expensive needs
Flying down hot city streets
Country and the city mouse
Found an old, Dutch pancake house
Ordered a plate of syrupy lies
Yeah, they ate them all up and licked the plate dry
Ordered, ate, left without paying
Syrupy, syrupy lies
Ran down the streets with pancake gods saying
We can see your guilty, guilty eyes
Tonight a pancake thief dies

[Pre-Chorus]
Run as fast as you can
Run as fast as you can
Run as fast as you can
As fast as you can, as fast as you can

[Chorus]
Because pancake karma is coming for you
Pancake karma is coming for you
Drunk kids never pay for food
Gives the gods a foul mood
Pancake karma is come - is coming for you

[Verse 3]
Sleepy when the drinks are magical winds
Parting winds of the bright things
Split them apart, cement on their way
To places where the pancake gods wait
One got lost and ended up in Leytonstone
Other missed the train or lost his wallet, Manbag, and his phone
60 pounds spent on a black cab all the way back home
All the way back home
No, all the way back home

[Verse 4]
Gods chirped, oh, you're not so smug anymore
Karma kicked your butt real good
The next time you try making a runner for the door
Don't be tight, just pay for your food
Don't be tight, just pay for your food

[Pre-Chorus]
Run as fast as you can
Run as fast as you can
Run as fast as you can
As fast as you can, as fast as you can

[Chorus]
Because pancake karma is coming for you
Pancake karma will always ring true
Drunk kids never pay for food
Gives the pancake gods a foul mood

[Outro]
Pancake karma is
Come-, is come
Ooh-ooh
Is coming for you
Ooh-ooh

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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