MARINA has one of the most velvet voices that appears on this project. I’ll post another song by here at the end that you absolutely have to listen to.
There’s just this beautiful ache to Marina’s voice. It definitely has this angelic quality to it, IMO. This angel is calling out a warning in this song though.
“It’s difficult to move on, when nothing was right and nothing’s wrong, you still can’t look me in the eye, ’cause you’ve been bitten once and now you’re twice as shy, I’ve had my share of beautiful men, but I’m still young, and I want to love again, it’s difficult to say goodbye, and it’s easier to live a lover’s lie, and I’ve tried to say, babe, I’m gonna ruin you if you let me stay, you still mean everything to me, to me, but I wanna be free”
I really dig the use of “ruin” in this song. It’s such a descriptor for what’s being talked about in the lyrics. Manipulation, infidelity, etc. That’s heavy shit. It goes beyond mere use of the word “hurt”, right? I think we probably hear “you ruined it” a lot, especially if like me you work around kids. But using ruin as a verb towards a person? That’s a completely different thing. You know this if you’ve ever been ruined.
The song does actually finish with MARINA proclaiming herself as the titular ruin. Which makes the song hit that much harder I think. Love is hard, ugly, and cruel sometimes.
But not the love we’re going to share with the world today! Let’s set a positive intention wherever and whenever you are reading this. Make someone smile. Or just smile at people yourself. Start the ripple.
Love you, enjoy!
P.S. Here’s that other song I was talking about by her! Bit of the opposite end of the spectrum compared to this one.
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