Marina Diamandis

Songwriter: MARINA

Producer: MARINA

I drop onto my bed and the dust jumps up
Too sad to turn my head 'cause my heart's full up
She's stayin' at your home, she's sleeping in your bed
I can't let you consider that you just don't care

Every morning I wake up and I smoke a fine cigar
A habit I acquired in Barcelona
Expectations are bliss when I'm given up to you
Oh, I'm a perfectionist, I was hoping you were too

(Perfectionist) Uh oh
(Perfectionist) Too
Uh oh, perfection

Well perhaps this is why I could not say goodbye
Cause these rules I'm living by don't apply to real life
Tell me how am I meant to keep my cheeks dry
Without pissing you off with that one word, one word

"Why, why, why", uh-oh
Why, uh-oh, why

Can't say these things to you so I have to sing 'em live
When I spit, you get so angry so I'll take you by surprise
Oh Mr. and Mrs. Perfect, together they cannot be!
And that's a thing you had to deal with when you fell in love

With me, uh-oh
Me, uh-uh oh
Me, uh-uh, oh
Oh-oh, uh-oh-oh

You left me for a quick fix but you crawled back to your cot
Thank fuck you didn't harm the spark in me, I know it's all I've got
And I know that it sounds cliché but I know that it is true
Oh, you rely on myself, I can't rely on

You, uh-oh
You, uh-oh
You

You treat me like a trinket, keep me in a special box
I'm not no polite treasure in the chest that time forgot
Oh, you keep me in the dark, shining, make me feel so bad
I feel you only loved me when you realized that I was all you ever

Had, uh-oh
P-p-p-perfect-oh
Had, uh-oh, oh
Had, uh-oh, oh
Perfect-oh
Perfect-oh

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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