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



Lyrics submitted by jenesaispasmostly

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Mowgli's Road song meanings
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    General Comment:I know that "silver spoon" is a general term for being rich...
    Flag Violetpoolon April 24, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think this song is about the pressure of the media and the image that celebrities are meant to potray. She's trying to escape (I'll escape if I try hard enough) and all of the cutlery are metaphors for people. I also think that she is unsure of what type of celebritie she should be, like whether or not to be like everyone else or not...I don't know.
    Flag Tumatumon April 15, 2013   Link
  • -1
    My Interpretation:Haha honestly I think that this is just about a very strange dream she had when she was extremely drunk, and she's using it as a metaphor for pressure.
    Flag rellSDFon December 03, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Marina might be talking about her fear of becoming something that she's not while becoming famous. And the spoons part doesn't really make sense to me when they are all talking funnyy...but basically I think this song is just about finding her identity and making sure it's the right choice.
    Flag CoolChick3on November 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Since Mowgli, the main character of "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling, was someone who didn't live in a human society and was raised by wolves, I think that the allusion she's making is that she wants to take "Mowgli's road" and not have to live a wealthy, pressured life. Not necessarily in the wild like Mowgli, but the pressure she feels is starting to drive her mad. (Hence the "We are the spoons, they're telling me" little bit.)

    "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.
    Flagged lydiaaloneon June 30, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:(I have been told I must take the unforsaken road

    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.
    Flag stumblenaon May 19, 2012   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:i think think song is about the choice marina has to make as an artist. the lines do you think you will be good enough to love others and to be loved is her asking herself if she is good enough to go her own way and not do what all other artists are doing. as we all know, marina is an incredibly individual artist. this song is her questioning wether thats a risk that she will choose to take or if she sould give in to the pressures telling her to be like everyone else. you can see from the rest of the songs on her album (the family jewels) that sometimes she goes through periods of time when she has very low self esteem.
    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
    Flag naomi993on June 29, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:To me, this song is about being controlled by the concept of money and becoming deluded--like blood to the mind. Money becomes a disease and stops you from figuring out who you are because you're too focused on the media, and so you portray who you really aren't by saying yes to everything. You don't have a mind of your own anymore because you're way too focused on insignificant objection, when you could be digging into the core of your personal reflection and image. Rather than playing out a roll to be who you are, you use those things against you and state how you don't know who you are at the time being.
    Flag ChasingChinaRainbowson April 25, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love the cutlery references throughout this song... But I agree that it's "We are the spoons they're telling me", it makes the most sense.
    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...
    Flag PiazzaNewYorkCatcheron January 05, 2011   Link
  • 0
    Lyric Correction:It's

    "We are the spoons, mentally mean."
    Flag cyantificon January 02, 2011   Link

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