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I've lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness
And now I see, I see it for the first time,
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over
Maybe, oh just maybe they just wanna get to know ya
Now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And endin' up with not much at all
And now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
And when the time comes along
And the lights run out,
I know where I will belong
When they blow me out
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
I wanna be completely weightless
I wanna touch the edge of greatness
Don't wanna be completely faithless
Completely faithless
When the time comes around
When the lights will go out
When the time comes around
When the lights they go out
Been different people many times
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness
And now I see, I see it for the first time,
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over
Maybe, oh just maybe they just wanna get to know ya
Now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And endin' up with not much at all
And now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
And when the time comes along
And the lights run out,
I know where I will belong
When they blow me out
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
I wanna be completely weightless
I wanna touch the edge of greatness
Don't wanna be completely faithless
Completely faithless
When the time comes around
When the lights will go out
When the time comes around
When the lights they go out
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I've lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times
Maybe this person doesnt knew abour her real personality so she was pretending and faking to be someone who didnt was her.
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness
For having a life with insecurities she was so sad and depressed .
And now I see, I see it for the first time,
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over
Maybe, oh just maybe they just wanna get to know ya
Relates very well about social anxiety and its trying to live again and let persons come into her life.
Now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
She is getting the idea to leave the feelings of insecurities and fear. Go trough a life of fear.
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
Wanna be normal and leave all the kind of worries that could be for the anxiety and the fear that doesnt leave her the life that she need to live in a normal state.
Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
Sometimes she still wanna be a fake and pretend to be someone who doesnt is her just to have the approval of everybody.
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And endin' up with not much at all
Maybe she was just too perfectionist and was trying to have it all like a feeling of "never is enough".
And now the time is here,
Baby you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear, is clear of fear
Of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
And when the time comes along
And the lights run out,
I know where I will belong
When they blow me out
If she still lives in that way she could be worst than the start because she would be just a fake.
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
I wanna be completely weightless
I wanna touch the edge of greatness
Don't wanna be completely faithless
Completely faithless
This is the best part for me of this song.
She wanna live weightless , I guess that weightless of guilty and fear so she could raise the good things to happen to her life and finally could be herself and dont try to pretend anymore who she is because she would finally be with more self-esteem and confident.
When the time comes around
When the lights will go out
When the time comes around
When the lights they go out
Maybe she is starting to live again in the right way and not anymore in the fake way.
It´s a wonderful song.
On the official Marina and the Diamonds Vevo account, the music video for this song is labeled as 'Part 1: Fear and Loathing' - this is really important, because it shows us that this song is the beginning of a transformation. Her previous album is all about being an outsider, not trusting anyone, and basically feeling like crap. My interpretation of 'Fear and Loathing' is that Marina is realising that she doesn't want to live like this anymore, in 'fear' (of herself and of relationships) and 'loathing' (herself and other people).
"I've lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness"
This section is talking about how she has spent her life trying on different personalities, trying to figure out who she is. We can see this in her first album too - she plays with a few different looks, costumes, even music genres. She is a bitter person, doesn't deal well with people/relationships, and she struggles with the feeling of emptiness that results from this.
"And now I see, I see it for the first time
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over
Maybe, yah, just maybe they just want to get to know you"
This section is Marina realising that it's okay to let people in, and to form relationships. I think she must have had a tough time with relationships as a kid/teenager, and that people have 'screwed her over' too often, making her bitter and cynical. It's a realisation that people don't always have ulterior motives, as she has always felt, and that she is lonely because of her fear of forming relationships.
"Now the time is here
Baby, you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear
It's clear of fear"
In this section, Marina is talking to herself, telling herself that it's time to let go of her bitterness and fear. This is a beautiful part of the song, like a gentle push to go out and let people in. She has finally realised that she doesn't want to live under 'clouds', and now 'the sky is clear'.
"Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna to feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing"
This section is fairly self-explainatory - she doesn't want to live this way anymore, and she wants to feel like she is 'floating'. I think the floating part means she wants to have the weight of bitterness lifted off her shoulders, and the constantly exploding part means she pushes people away by getting angry because she is scared to form relationships with them.
"Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And ending up with not much at all"
This section is a little confusing, but I think it means that she feels like she has heaps of personalities all battling (going back to the 'lived a lot of different lives' part), and she isn't sure which one is really her. She wants to please everyone, including herself, but it is impossible, and she is left with 'not much at all', hence her emptiness.
"And now the time is here
Baby, you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear
It's clear of fear, of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna to feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing"
Same as above.
"And when the time comes along
And the lights run out
I know a light will burn on
When they blow me out"
I'm not entirely sure about this section either, but it has a vaguely spiritual feel to me. I'm not religious, but I feel like this speaks of the afterlife - 'I know a light will burn on when they blow me out'. Maybe she feels like she has to change the way she views the world and the way she forms relationships before she has no time left.
This is my interpretation of the song, and I love reading others' too. It is really interesting to see what other people get out of this incredible song.
In the video/film Electra Heart: The Start, it is also fascinating to note that she wears the same outfit as in the Shampain video, so it there is this interesting extension of her last album that is expanded into the concept for her second. At the moment singing "And now I see, see it for the first time" (I actually hear "ya" as in see you for the first time, but I'm not quite sure--), she looks in the mirror, so you get the sense that it is really an extraordinary moment of self-realization.
I can hardly wait for the album.
I lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times
I live my life in bitterness
And fill my heart with emptiness
And now I see, I see it for the first time
There is no crime in being kind
Not everyone is out to screw you over
Maybe, yah, just maybe they just want to get to know you
Now the time is here
Baby, you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear
It's clear of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna to feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
Got different people inside my head
I wonder which one that they like best
I'm done with tryin' to have it all
And ending up with not much at all
And now the time is here
Baby, you don't have to live your life in fear
And the sky is clear
It's clear of fear, of fear
Don't wanna live in fear and loathing
I wanna to feel like I am floating
Instead of constantly exploding
In fear and loathing
And when the time comes along
And the lights run out
I know a light will burn on
When they blow me out