Lyrics for Opheliac as interpreted by Sparkle_motion

Opheliac Lyrics
I’m your Opheliac
I’ve been so disillusioned
I know you’d take me back
But still I feign confusion
I couldn’t be your friend
My world was to unstable
You might have seen the end
But you were never able
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away

You know the games I play and the words I say when I want my own way
You know the lies I tell when you’ve gone through hell and I say I can’t stay
You know how hard it can be to keep believing in me
When everything and everyone becomes my enemy
And when there’s nothing more you can do I’m gona blame it on you
It’s not the way I wana be
I only know that in the end you will see it’s the Opheliac in me…

It’s the Opheliac in me…

Im your Opheliac
My stalkings prove my virtue
I’m open to attack
But I don’t want to hurt you (hurt you)
Whether I swim or sink
That’s no concern of yours now
How could you possibly think
You had the power to know how to keep me breathing as the water rises up again
Before I slip away

You know the games I play and the words I say when I want my own way
You know the lies I tell when you’ve gone through hell and I say I can’t stay
You know how hard it can be to keep believing in me
When everything and everyone becomes my enemy
And when there’s nothing more you can do I’m gona blame it on you
It’s not the way I wana be
I only hope that in the end you will see it’s the Opheliac in me…
It’s the Opheliac in me

Studies show intelligent girls are more depressed
Because they know
That the world can lie
I don’t think for a bit they sit around and think every things gona be alright
They know who: sides, shadows; shapes, a devil, an angel; no in-between
She speaks in third person so that she can forget that she’s me
Doubt thou the stars on fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt

Doubt thou the stars on fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt

Doubt thou the stars on fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
I love

You know the games I play and the words I say when I want my own way
You know the lies I tell when you’ve gone through hell and I say I cant stay

You know how hard it can be to keep believing in me
When everything and everyone becomes my enemy
And when there’s nothing more you can do I’m gona blame it on you
It’s not the way I wana be
I only hope that in the end you will see
But never doubt
You know the games I play and the words I say when I want my own way
You know the lies I tell when you’ve gone through hell and I say I can’t stay
You know how hard it can be to keep believing in me
When everything and everyone becomes my enemy
And when there’s nothing more you can do I’m gona blame it on you
It’s not the way I wana be
I only hope that in the end you will see

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Matt Holck
09-09-2009

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I have attended dance classes all my adult life which are predominately female.
I am very serious about dance although inherently clumsy
In dance it is important to see the body (how muscles move, how limbs align),
therefor I have on occasion worn tights,(this displayed my dedication to the art)
or
"My stocking prove my virtue"

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StickityWicket
08-20-2009

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I wasn't suggesting that living wasn't complicated, and that reality doesn't throw shit at you, but what do you want to do? Sit around being depressed because you're so much more intelligent that you can see these things other, less intelligent, people simply can not (this statement alone, dripping with arrogance) What is it? The world lies? Fuckin' a it does, and i'm not sure how much intelligence you need to see that. So lets all sit around and be despondent, right? I ain't the one telling you it's gonna be alright, but it can start getting a whole lot better if take your brain out of that self centered mind frame this songs appears to be rising up from.

The irresponsibility people have for their own actions these days is appalling. Perhaps she's being sarcastic (doubtful) but its when people start identifying with this, draping its meaning across themselves proudly that leaves me flabbergasted.

All instances of "you" are in the general sense, Matt. I wasn't meaning you specifically.

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StickityWicket
07-28-2009

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I'll preface this by saying I like Emilie Autumn, and this song. However, listening to this album, more often than not she comes across as pompous, manipulative and arrogant, and this song is a perfect example. It is difficult to say how much of what she writes is autobiographical, but for someone who seems so enamored with herself, it's difficult to believe its less than more.

Maybe i'm just a guy here, but when i hear these words it all just sounds like "i'm a liar, and i'm a manipulator, and i will blame everything on you, and i know this and consciously do it, even though i CLAIM to not want to, and maybe you'll just understand it's cause i'm a crazy girl"

This type of attitude seems rampant in society these days. I'll self diagnose my faults with fancy terminology (in this case a Shakespearean allusion) but feel no responsibility to change that, for i've owned up it, yet cast it aside because it's "who i am"....I'll tell you them in advance, but it will change nothing, because i will do it anyway, and shame on you for believing i might just not, you silly male. Haha, now watch me do it. Poor you and your heart which was so easy to break anyway. Watch me do that too. Tra la la....i'm just a girl, can't fault me for that.

If this is your theme song, i have pity on you. Owning up to hurtful behavior is not a get out of jail free card for playing fast and loose with people. Being attractive and intelligent is not carte blanche for whatever irresponsible nonsense you feel justification for in the face of a world that appears to have no grey area for you to exist in. If you intelligent girls are so depressed by reality, get about the intelligent task of realizing you and only you control your mental quality of life. You want what you want when you want it? Well, sorry but that reality you claim to "recognize" and are so depressed by doesn't allow for that. But you'll get it anyway, right? Or at least lie and put up facades to get it.

Attack it. Call me out. It's fine, i expect it, but with all the gushing over this song, i felt a serious reappraisal of its implications was in order. Again, i like this song, and Emilie, but lets get real here, this is no fist raising anthem for a generation of girls to identify with,...and i have a hope somewhere that Emilie herself might agree with that sentiment, if only slightly, or at least be able to understand what i mean.

But then again, who am i? Maybe i'm just reading it all wrong.

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Kritschie
06-21-2009

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oh I love this song *.*

but isnt also something about that she was raped ? ôO
don't now if it where this song.. mh.

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roachbubblegum
04-20-2009

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This is my theme song.
Emilie Autumn's talent is incredible- her voice, her violin-playing, her creativity, style...

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Aartemis
02-12-2009

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Absolutely amazing piece of work, universally easy to relate to without being clichéd. I hope Emily Autumn realizes how brilliant she is to be able to compose a song that everyone can feel to a degree within themselves (especially females) and yet give it the unique sound she has.

I love it. <3

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azlea666
12-23-2008

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it relates to being abnormally obssessed with a person...and also hamlet

i love this song its amazing n she has an amazing voice!!

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Kyrii65
07-21-2008

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yea great song i love it....unfortunetly im one of those damn iteligent girls....n i relate deply to this song........but i love it anyway! ^-^

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BalisongAbraxas
06-17-2008

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I had to read Hamlet again after first hearing this song (love Hamlet lovelovelove ^_^ ). And this song is very odd to me because the vast majority of it sounds like Hamlet rather than Ophelia, especially the chorus. Even the drowning imagery - Ophelia wasn't able to help him when he became overwhelmed by all he had to deal with. This line is especially interesting: "She speaks in the third person / So she can forget that she's me." Then there's the lines quoted DIRECTLY FROM Hamlet himself. Erm...I started listing more lines that make me think of Hamlet and I saw that my post was getting too long! I think this song is more Hamlet through reference of Ophelia than the other way around.
Anyone else notice this switcharoo?

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MomoTheStrange
05-28-2008

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'Studies show intelligent girls are more depressed
Because they know
That the world can lie
I don’t think for a bit they sit around and think every things gona be alright
They know who: sides, shadows; shapes, a devil, an angel; no in-between
She speaks in third person so that she can forget that she’s me'
I love that part!
This song is so pretty.

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X_opheliac_X
05-18-2008

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All I can say is this
I love EA
I love Shakespeare
and I love Hamlet
:)

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btrswtbutterfly
04-25-2008

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A relationship had ended, and it was someone she had an obsession for. Drowning was a symbol for the suffering he caused her, so to get even and cause him just as much pain and suffering, she wants to kill herself and let him know that it was all his fault.

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Gru
04-23-2008

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Yeah, I knew that and I meant that surely it's about Hamlet's Ophelia but it can also be seen as something else. How complicated is this :)

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borderline.lady
04-15-2008

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It is not just a reference but a direct quote (spelled? Sorry I'm from Denmark.)
Polonius read Hamlets letter to Ophelia out loud and it says:
"Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt that the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt I love."
I am pretty sure it is correct, since the book is lying next to my keyboard!
By the way, you got to love the song. It is just amazing (but isn't EA always amazing?)

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Gru
04-02-2008

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Sure, it's a reference to Ophelia in Hamlet but I think this can also be seen as an universal story about a relationship with someone who is mentally ill.

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Gru
04-02-2008

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Sure, it's a reference to Ophelia in Hamlet but I think this can also be seen as an universal story about a relationship with someone who is mentally ill.

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Emptaze
10-27-2007

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The correct lyrics:

I'm your Opheliac
I've been so disillusioned
I know you'd take me back
But still I feign confusion
I couldn't be your friend
My world was too unstable
You might have seen the end
But you were never able
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away

You know the games I play
And the words I say
When I want my own way
You know the lies I tell
When you've gone through hell
And I say I can't stay
You know how hard it can be
To keep believing in me
When everything and everyone
Becomes my enemy and when
There's nothing more you can do
I'm gonna blame it on you
It's not the way I want to be
I only hope that in the end you will see
It's the Opheliac in me

I'm your Opheliac
My stockings prove my virtues
I'm open to attack
But I don't want to hurt you
Whether I swim or sink
That's no concern of yours now
How could you possibly think
You had the power to know how
To keep me breathing
As the water rises up again
Before I slip away

Studies show:
Intelligent girls are more depressed
Because they know
What the world is really like
Don't think for a beat it makes it better
When you sit her down and tell her
Everything gonna be all right
She knows in society she either is
A devil or an angel with no in between
She speaks in the third person
So she can forget that she's me

Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt
I love

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Emptaze
10-27-2007

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The lyrics are all wrong

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TheCircusFolk
08-22-2007

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One of my favorite Emilie songs. Very blantant references to Ophelia in this one. One of my favorite Shakespearean characters!

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was-it-a-dream
08-18-2007

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This song is amazing, this girl has a beautiful voice. :)

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ElectricTape
05-28-2007

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Oops! I meant to type sumpyXcore. Sorry! ^_^;

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ElectricTape
05-26-2007

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sunoXcore is right, this song is in reference to Hamlet's Ophelia. An Opheliac is "someone who has delved into madness." EA also said that an Opehliac is a girl who is left devastated by the men that control her. And even then counties to allow that control. Or something like that.

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drowndolly
05-26-2007

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I, too, love this song. I'm addicted to it.

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drowndolly
05-26-2007

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I, too, love this song. I'm addicted to it.

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Raven-chan
05-20-2007

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I read Hamlet, a great story... Like all Emilie´s song, this one is really deep. I like it really really much

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