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Cuckoo!
Ten silver spoons coming after me,
One life with one dream on repeat,
I'll escape if I try hard enough,
Till, King of the Jungle calls my bluff,
Oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
I have been told, (I have been told)
I must take the unforsaken road (Forsaken road)
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know,(Don't know don't know don't know don't know)
Who...I want to be.
Cuckoo!
You say Y-E-S to everything,
Will that guarantee you a win?
Do you think you will be good enough,
To love others and to be loved?
Oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
Now I can see, (Now I can see)
The cutlery will keep on chasing me, (Forsaken road)
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know, (Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who...I want to be.
We are the spoons, they're telling me
We scooped our way into your dreams,
To knock the knives out bloody cold,
And lead you down the unforsaken road.
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know, (Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who...I want to be
Ten silver spoons coming after me,
One life with one dream on repeat,
I'll escape if I try hard enough,
Till, King of the Jungle calls my bluff,
Oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
I have been told, (I have been told)
I must take the unforsaken road (Forsaken road)
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know,(Don't know don't know don't know don't know)
Who...I want to be.
Cuckoo!
You say Y-E-S to everything,
Will that guarantee you a win?
Do you think you will be good enough,
To love others and to be loved?
Oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
Now I can see, (Now I can see)
The cutlery will keep on chasing me, (Forsaken road)
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know, (Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who...I want to be.
We are the spoons, they're telling me
We scooped our way into your dreams,
To knock the knives out bloody cold,
And lead you down the unforsaken road.
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know, (Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who...I want to be
Lyrics submitted by jenesaispasmostly
Track duration: 03:13
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"Ten silver spoons coming after me,
One life with one dream on repeat."
She lives in luxury, and the authority figures in her life are practically smothering her with their ideas. And "one life with one dream on repeat" could mean that these authority figures want her to take one path and one path only, and keep telling her to take it as though if they say it all the time, she'll end up believing it.
"I'll escape if I try hard enough,
Till King of the Jungle calls my bluff"
She has tried for a very long time to act like this is what she wants, but at one point it just stops working. She knows what she wants and how to get it, but there are a lot of things and she has to take a chance and do what she wants to do quickly before her future is set down for her. She's sick of luxury, she realizes that there are more things out there for her.
"Oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
I have been told, (I have been told)
I must take the unforsaken road (Forsaken road)."
She's been told that she has to take the path that everyone else has taken, "forsaken" means given up, so the road that hasn't yet been given up on for her is the one that she's supposed to take. "Oh Lord," she's not happy about this.
"There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know
Who, who I want to be."
There is an opening for her, and even though she's afraid to take it, she knows that it's there and is always on the edge of taking it. However, she's unsure of where it might lead and even though her lifestyle is slowly strangling her, it protects her. She is unsure of who she is.
"Cuckoo!
You say Y-E-S to everything,
Will that guarantee you a win?
Do you think you will be good enough,
To love others and to be loved?"
Here I think she's lashing out at herself. She's ashamed of the way she is, and she is sick of saying yes to everything around her. She wants to make her own choice, and is almost mocking herself by saying "Do you think you will be good enough to love others and to be loved?"
"Oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
Now I can see, (Now I can see)
The cutlery will keep on chasing me, (Forsaken road)"
She realizes that whatever choice she makes will haunt her, the cutlery will keep chasing her.
"There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told,
Well, I don't know, (Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know)
Who...I want to be.
'We are the spoons,' they're telling me
'We scooped our way into your dreams,
To knock the knives out bloody cold,
And lead you down the unforsaken road!'"
Somebody, maybe her friends, is advising her and telling her that they'll help her along the way and the forsaken road is dangerous. The "knives" could be her rebellious streak, and whoever's advising her wants to knock them out so they no longer have to deal with this. They 'scooped their way into her dreams' and are trying to control her.
Marina said in an interview that this was about how she wasn't sure who she wanted to be, I think she's referring to her relatives or friends wanting her to take a career path other than her dreams of being a singer. As we all know, she took the forsaken road and is an amazing artist because of it. Are You Satisfied is another song that has a similar meaning to this.
Aside from all that, this is just an awesome song.
There's a fork in the road,
I'll do as as I am told)
she feels as though she has been called to do something different and unexpected with her life.
when push comes to shove, she listens to the calling though she doesn't know where it's taking her.
in the lines you say y e s to everything will that guarantee you a win she is reffering to how other artists just say yes yes yes to their producers and go with whatever and she is questioning if that will always be a successful solution.
of course there are several other takes on this song but this is what i think
Marina and the Diamonds make such great music, it's poppy and catchy but there is always a real meaning behind it, even if this song does sound like nonsense...
"We are the spoons, mentally mean."