Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη, pronounced [ðʝaˈmadi]; born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds (sometimes stylised as Marina & the Diamonds), is a Welsh singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding. After releasing one private EP, Diamandis released her second extended play, The Crown Jewels EP, with help from Neon Gold Records, in 2009. Now signed to 679 Recordings, she released her debut full length studio album, The Family Jewels, followed by her third extended play, The American Jewels EP, in 2010. In 2011, Diamandis announced that she was working on her second album, Electra Heart, which was released in April 2012 and went to #1 in the UK and Ireland.
Her stage name, "Marina and the Diamonds", consists of Diamandis' first name and the translation of her surname which means "Diamonds" in Greek. Although "The Diamonds" is often mistakenly believed to refer to her backing band, it in fact refers to Diamandis' fans: she explains this on her Myspace page by saying "I'm Marina. You are the diamonds."
Help me if you can
It's just that this is
not the way i'm wired
so could you please,
Help me understand why
you've given in to all these
reckless dark desires
your
Lying to yourself again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it, put it on the faultline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
over this, why do you
wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess, well I don't wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct one
bullet at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
Medicated, drama queen,
picture perfect, no more legiments
Narcisistic, drama queen, craving fame and all it's decadance
Lying through your teeth again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it, put it on the fautline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
over this, why do you wanna
throw it away like this
Such a mess, well I don't wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct one
bullet at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
They were right about you
They were right about you
Lying to my face again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it put it on the fautline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
over this , why do you wanna
throw it away like this
Such a mess, over this, over this
Disconnect and self destruct,
one bullet at a time
What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die
If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere,
Do it somewhere far away from here
Long gone
I can hear the siren
And I feel strong
I don't give a damn
I break
In my darkest hour
And it's too late
For the lion and the lamb
I'm crucified
My flesh Is torn
So take me back
Where I belong
So long
I've been elevated
In the skyline
These are the days
I'm the keeper
You know my name
Kill the Reaper
Feed the flame
I'm a rider
Blood red sky
The outsider
'Til I die
Last rite
Time to meet your maker
In the black light
They call out your name
You don’t feel ashamed anymore
Nothing can bring you down
They’ve found you at last
But somehow the past is ignored
Every road’s paved gold now
Party’s over
Welcome to your life
Everybody loves a stereotype
It’s a game the grownups play
But the lack of space inside this box is driving me insane
Good intentions double glaze your life
It’s far too cozy, it’s far too nice
And who once said that time is on our side
The years can’t be denied
You’ll come to no harm
And one day the charm starts to fade
Slowly your luck runs out
And though it’s a shame
There’s no one to blame but yourself
Nothing can save you now
Good intentions double glaze your life
It’s far too cozy, it’s far too nice
And who once said that time is on our side
Times are changing you, babe
Seems the older I get
The less I seem to fit
In a young person's world!
And the higher I climb,
The more I see desire
And the keepers are all confined
Rubbing oyster of their pearls!
And I am the outsider
A horse with no rider
I am the fighter
When the darkest day is done!
And I am the survivor
Not laying down and dying
Long distance driver
And I will overcome!
My daddy he picked cotton
Not a day was [?] begun
But everyone's forgotten
I almost climbed to the perfect gates.
And next to him I had an easy rode
But I have my own heavy load
A bitter kiss is been restored
While the song of the rebel says
And I am the outsider
A horse with no rider
I am a fighter
When the darkest day is done!
And I am the survivor
Not laying down and dying
A long distance driver
And I will overcome!
Yes I will!
Every human has a right
Before the union rise up and fight
Were six minutes to midnight
With an old flowing cup.
For every child born a bastard
For every momma's life that's past her
For every inside job disaster
We ain't giving up!
And I am the outsider
A horse with no rider
I am the fighter
When the darkest day has done!
And I am the survivor
Not laying down and dying
A little [?] fighter
A cheering light
I've never seen
My days are bleak
Sans the serene
These ancient walls
I never left
From balming sleep
I've been bereft
Solitude has always been my lot
Cobwebs and shadows, rats and old toads
How long I dwell in here I seem forgot
In smell of ages gone and putrid moats
There is bitter comfort
In my ways that have no sun
Through ruins of decay I hunt
I am the eidolon
I linger on old graves
I exist unseen
The outcast and the wretched spawn
- I am the unclean
For in one night
I touched the cold
And polished glass
Thus had insight
A fiendish ghoul of gruesome shape and view
Stared at me in fright and awe
But once I took a closer look I knew
The dreadful horror - my self I saw...
There is bitter comfort
In my ways that have no sun
Through ruins of decay I hunt
I am the eidolon
I linger on old graves
I exist unseen
The outcast and the wretched spawn
- I am the unclean
I feast upon the beauty
Of things that others shun
In netherworlds and crypts I dwell
- I am the alien one
I wallow in the old world
In things that they condemn
Through solitude and shadow
(ian hunter)
Death be my mistress, guns be my wife
Breath is my witness and roads are my life
Just give my future's clean as a knife
Far on the way from l.a.
The sun heats the saddle, sand in my hair
Looking for water and there's sweat everywhere
Know that I'm nearer I smell damp air
I ain't tasted coffee for days
When the leaves are down I'll be southward bound
Hunters hunt the outsider.
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old,
Nothing holds the outsider
Just killed a man in a town called nightfall
Damned if I can't remember it all
My hand it was shaking but his talk it was tall
I paid for the funeral crew
And it seems like I never reach mexico
They're heading me off every place that I go
I'm sick of the fact that I've got to lay low
What else can an outsider do
I know they're near to me, I don't have to see
Just let me be the outsider
They ain't far behind, they're always on my mind
They won't find the outsider
The outsider
When the leaves are down I'll be southward bound
Hunter's haunt the outsider.
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old,
Nothing holds the outsider
They they can make a law,
Then I can break a law.
If I can break a law,
Will the law break me?
It comes tumbling down again,
I can't comprehend,
Is it destiny?
Your nomadic state,
Are you a refugee,
No place to call your home.
Forever walk alone,
As the world goes on
Forgotten by the ones you've know.
Chorus:
And all the words you gave me
I lost on bended knee
But you can't stop these cravings
Just by praying they would cease
If I can make a life,
Then I can take a life.
If I can save a life,
Will this life save me?
Time after time,
I still seem to find,
You're looking out for me.
So wrap your arms around me,
Hold me close, and don't let go.
Let me lean on you as I think things through,
If I don't then we'll never know.
Will your faith save me?
Will I find this place where I belong?
Can you protect me?
Keep me safe from harm?
Will you help me carry on?
Help me if you can
It's just that this is not the way I'm wired, so could you please
Help me understand why
You've given in to all these reckless dark desires?
You're lying to yourself again, suicidal imbecile
Think about it, you put it on a faultline
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
I'm over this, why you wanna throw it away like this
Such a mess, I don't wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct, one bullet at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
Medicated, drama queen
Picture perfect numb belligerence
Narcissistic, drama queen
Craving fame and all its decadence
Lying through your teeth again, suicidal imbecile
Think about it, put it on a fault line
What'll it take to get it through to you precious?
I'm over this, why you wanna throw it away like this?
Such a mess, I don't wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
They were right about you
They were right about you
Lying to my face again, suicidal imbecile
Think about it, you put on a fault line
What'll it take to get through to you precious?
I'm over this, why you wanna throw it away like this?
Such a mess, come to this, come to this
Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time
What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die
If you choose to pull the trigger
Should your drama prove sincere
Music: Kråbøl/Svee February ´94
Lyrics: Hirsch April ´94
Inspired by a short-story by H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937)
"Climbing up the tower, I'm on my way to light
Escaping from the castle, I've been locked up day and night
Have to find my way out, or I will go insane
Lust for light is leading me, flowing in my veins
At last I am free... what strange things to see
Marble slabs and columns staring at me
I'd better keep to the road this dark night
So I will not be led astray in my search for light"
Voice of fate: "Longing for light, you're to find death instead
Out from the dark into darkness you're led"
"Following the road to a castle in the night
People there are screaming, going insane with fright
What could it be there that scares them so
Well... I hope that I'll never know"
Waiting until day-time he sleeps beneath a tree
The wild animals avoid the thing they see
Not even the wolves of the forest dare come near
It wakes in them an arcane fear
Looking for water when he wakes up from his dreams
Thirsty and dirty he goes looking for a stream
Finding a river he sees his mirror image in it
The thing he sees, he knows it is himself
"This is too hard to live with", he cries in desperate tears
Recognizing the unearthly fear
Drowning himself is the only escape
Come from a long road
Through the ghostly journey of life,
Got the faraway wounds in my bones,
Got the shiver of all blues tones.
Face the spleen of your role,
To the destroy the aspirations of your soul.
And I'll live and I'll stand
Enjoing my colours
Through your meadows painted black,
I'm the outsider folks,
And you won't get me back.
Face the gloom of your role
To the destroy the aspirations of your soul.
I, will never witness your love, again
I, will never witness your love, again
I never knew the stranger in you
I never knew the stranger in you
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
I, will not surrender my life, for you
I, will not surrender my life, for you
You only see the sadness in me
I never knew the stranger in you
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
The stranger?
Jimmy was the son of a sailor
Another lonely military brat
Norfolk, Virgina, Vallejo
Bags always packed
Now his mother was always out drinking
On midnight maneuvers of her own
Jimmy would sit there and stare at the clock
And one night she never came home
That's how he learned the facts of life
From a mother and a sailor's wife
Now he's out there somewhere on his own
He's always been an
Outsider
Taking on the world alone
Such an outsider
And it really doesn't matter who's right or wrong
'Cause sooner or later he's gone
Outsider
Jimmy tried his luck in the Navy
To see the world just like his old man
But too many rules and too many fools
Spoiled his plans
Now he's driving a truck through the Southland
Pulling anything that money can buy
He knows how it feels to fall asleep at the wheel
So he takes a little pill to get by
He's living on borrowed time
He doesn't see the danger signs
Now he's out there somewhere on his own
He's always been an
Outsider
Taking on the world again
Just an outsider
And it really doesn't matter whose side he's on
'Cause sooner or later he's gone
Ooh sweet isolation
Aah the perfect situation
Outsider outsider
He's living on the border line
Living in a different time
Now he's out there somewhere on his own
I am no one
I hide outside
I must stay in the darkness
'Cause the sun, it burns my eyes
The scapegoat leaves the people shout [Lev 16:22]
With songs of mercy ringing out
But I am lonely
And dead inside [Eph 2:1]
Clearly God doesn't love me
So I'll just wait outside
Watching the procession pass
Help me if you can
It's just that this is going away
I want it so quickly please,
Help me understand what
I've given in to all the years
And this darkness I have known
Lying to myself again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it, put it on the faultline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Come on to this, why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a bitch, why do I wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct one woman at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
Medicated, drawn away, picture perfect, no more legiments
Narcisistic, drawn away, craving fame and all this decadance
Lying through your teeth again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it, put it on the fautline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Come to this, why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a bitch, why do I wanna watch you
Disconnect and self destruct one woman at a time
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die
They were right about you
They were right about you
Lying to my face again
Suicidal imbecile
Think about it put it on the fautline
What'll it take to get it through to you precious
Come on to this , why do you wanna throw it away like this
Such a bitch, come to this, come to this
Disconnect and self destruct, one woman at a time
What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die
If you choose to pull the trigger, should your karma prove sincere,
Do it somewhere far away from here
Beautiful despair is hearing Dylan
When you?re drunk at 3 a.m.
Knowing that the chances are
No matter what you?ll never write like him
Oh, brother
Beautiful despair is why you lean
Into this world without restraint
'Cause somewhere out before you
Lies the masterpiece you?d sell your soul to paint
Oh, brother
What do we laugh or cry
Beautiful despair
Beautiful despair
Beautiful despair is slouching forward
Toward a past you might regret
All to suck the marrow out
Of every magic moment that you get
Beautiful despair is playing safe
When you were once a rebel child
Knowing that tomorrow comes
And all you?ve done is last another mile
Oh, brother
Oh, dear brother
Oh, my brother
What shall we drink or dry?
Feeling like a loser
Feeling like a bum
Sitting on the outside
Observing the fun
Don't get on my bad side
I can work a gun
Hop into the backseat baby
I'll show you some fun
These people are weird in here
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game
I look myself in the face
And whisper "I'm in the wrong place"
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again? (On my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside...
People are connecting
Don't know what to say
I'm good at protecting
What they want to take
Spilt the milk at breakfast
Hit me double hard
And I grinned at you softly
Because I'm a fucking wild card
These people are weird in here
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game
I look myself in the face
And whisper "I'm in the wrong place"
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again? (On my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside...
All I know is I cannot pretend
So I'm sitting on the outside again
On my own again
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside (again)
On my own again
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)