| Marina and the Diamonds – Teen Idle Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think that the "Idle" instead of Idol in the songs title is showing how instead of being the teenager that people would look up to and wish to be, she lived her youth in an un-fulfilling way and now she regrets it. She regrets living her youth being so pessimistic "instead of being 16 and burning up a bible" and instead she wishes she was a "prom queen fighting for the title". I think the line "the pretty lies the ugly truth" shows how she would've lied to people hiding the fact that she was living her life being "idle" which is why it's a "wasted youth", because she didn't do all of the things she could've. "the day has come where I have died, only to find i've come alive" could reflect how she only decided to live her life to the full when her teenage years were over. The song may just be about teens in general (the archetype of the idle teen) or it could've been directly about her, I'm not sure. There could be loads of interpretations of these lyrics though I think, and this is just what i thought xx |
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