Lyrics for The Lament of Pretty Baby as interpreted by jephque

The Lament of Pretty Baby Lyrics
I saw something I was not supposed to see
A ghostly memory that keeps on haunting me

(The kitchen door was open a crack
So naïvely we peeked inside)

Oh, darling sister, have they hurt you, have they hurt you?
Oh, Pretty Baby, they won't touch you
They won't touch you again
We will fix this incident

I don't want to be seen as a pretty thing
Because it's the pretty things that we're always breaking

(And now she whispers into the mirror:) "I'm broken"

Oh doctor, doctor, can you fix me, can you fix me?
Oh Pretty Baby, you're so naïve
But it comes off so cute
We don't want to fix you

We love you just the way you are
The butterfly pinned to the page
The nightingale locked in the cage
Won't you sing for me?
Sing for me, uh-huh
Yeah, we love you just the way you are
Crushed beneath fashion magazines
Trampled by circus pony dreams
Won't you kiss me?
Won't you kiss me, uh-huh

Oh please, mister, can't you fix me, can't you fix me? (Uh-huh)
Someone, anyone, won't you fix me, won't you fix me? (Uh-huh)
Oh, someone, please, the moon has raped me
I can feel it inside me
Oh, mama, please let someone fix me
Let them fix me, uh-huh
Let them fix me, uh-huh

So cry yourself to sleep
Cry yourself to sleep because I am strong and you are weak
Wait, you are strong, and I am weak
Fucker, just cry yourself to sleep

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bright eyes burn me
01-26-2002

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i love this i love it

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A Vacant Andy
05-23-2002

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Rape, anyone?

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RTrain
06-02-2002

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No thanks.

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myheartbleedscold
06-10-2002

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anyone know what Oh, someone, please, the moon has raped me
I can feel it inside me means?
I can't work it out

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atarisemokid
06-14-2002

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I've never heard this song.. but the lyrics are powerful. I'm getting chills just reading them.

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StartingGlory
06-14-2002

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I'm trying to get a fix of what Cursive's music is like before I go ahead and download it or buy the CD... Can anyone make some comparisons to what other bands they sound like?

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Sweetygal16
06-14-2002

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God, this is a beautiful song. It is so meaningful. My interpretation of the part of the song that says, "someone, please, the moon has raped me/I can feel it inside me," is that the moon is full of light. Light equates to hope and happiness. The person in the song can feel their hope and distant happiness deep within him or herself, but it is torturing them because they are longing for something to change that seems as if it never will. They have felt the same way for so long, and it is destroying them or "raping" them. Rape is stealing something special and sacred, whatever it is has stolen away this person's happiness and innocence. This song has come to be my theme song in a way. A very depressing theme song, but it's just recaptures all of my feelings of this past year. These are extremely poetic and symbolic lyrics. EXCELLENT.

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_punk_in_drublic_
06-14-2002

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punk in drublic says.. oh man, this is a great song. It reminds me of like a child in pain because of things he/she has seen or experienced, and the parents been to ignorant and insensitive to help.

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colors
06-14-2002

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on 6-10-02 the lead singer, tim kasher, suffered a collapsed lung. go to www.saddle-creek.com to see how to help out. he needs it kiddos.

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ke2thousand
06-14-2002

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this song sucks

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nullset
06-15-2002

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hrm....15,000 views, and only a few coments, who's had some fun with refreshing?

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mrtrout
06-15-2002

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Songs don't really mean much. This song means this: " ."

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Peon3D
06-15-2002

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lol nullset. though the same ;)

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WhiteMagic
06-15-2002

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me three!

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Bobo192
06-15-2002

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You forgot the square root of five... No offense, but that's a silly thing to do, and yet to pass by un-noticed. Well, I'd have done the same in your situation, so that's okay.

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nullset
06-15-2002

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I think someone REALLY likes cursive and just wants to get them on top, if it were a good song it would already be there ::looks:: oh, that's why konstantine is on top ;)

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chickndood
06-15-2002

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this song blows, you got people to download it so mission accomplished. the poeple who download it, however can see how bad it is... stop pushing refresh

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big_dick_101
06-15-2002

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I just learned how to write cursive. That makes me an adult now.

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CutePunkGirl1504
06-15-2002

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i totally agree with nullset

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takeourcars
06-15-2002

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whoa since when did everyone like cursive.

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ROYALHIGH
06-15-2002

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WHO IS CURSIVE?!?!? ARE THEY GOOD?!?!? I JUST SAW THAT TWO OF THEIR SONGS WERE ONE AND TWO IN THE TOP ONE HUNDRED. HWO DO THEY SOUND LIKE?!?!? WHAT KIND OF MUSIC ARE THEY?!?!?

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MrAcidX
06-15-2002

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why don't you download the song and see?

anyway, this is such an awesome song and the lyrics are beautiful... *gives the acid thumbs up of approval*

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letterstonoelle
06-15-2002

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this song is gay...a jimmy eat world harder wanna be...they suck pretty bad

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Daddyslittle defect
06-16-2002

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no its not...the only thing thats gay is you

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Sweetygal16
06-16-2002

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Cursive is kind of post-hardcore. However, I just call them indie. If you listen to anything on Deepelm, then you would probably like them. If you're not going to post something pertaining to this song, or something positive, please don't post at all.

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