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Pretty in Scarlet Lyrics
Pretty in scarlet
So pretty in scarlet
We slept a while
to turn it up and get it off our minds
i slept a while
to get it all
it seems allright
to find a place without a single life
where is the night
we run into
Cause nothing's good i can explain
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
i turn myself into changes
the night i kissed you goodbye
cause nothing's good i can explain
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
to turn myself into changes
your death is over
You wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down i'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say goodbye
you wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down i'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say
It's ok
doesn't count
for my place
deeper sound
let me dive alone
let me dive alone
You gave me wine
to poison me and take away my time
i can hear your cry
i wonder why
Cause nothing's good i can explain
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
cause i turn myself into changes
the night i kissed you goodbye
cause nothing's good i can explain
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
i turn myself into changes
your death is over
You wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down i'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say goodbye
you wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down I'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say goodbye
Pretty in scarlet
Pretty in scarlet
Pretty in scarlet
You wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down I'm pretty in scarlet
(2x)
Pretty
she's pretty
she's pretty
and i run, and i run, and i run, and i run away
and if you throw a stone on me
and if you need some pain to see
and if you live your lies
I will run, will run, will run, run away
and if you throw a stone on me
and if you need some pain to see
and if you live your lies
I will run
So pretty in scarlet
to turn it up and get it off our minds
i slept a while
to get it all
it seems allright
to find a place without a single life
where is the night
we run into
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
i turn myself into changes
the night i kissed you goodbye
cause nothing's good i can explain
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
to turn myself into changes
your death is over
come on
you wanna wash it down i'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say goodbye
you wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down i'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say
doesn't count
for my place
deeper sound
let me dive alone
let me dive alone
to poison me and take away my time
i can hear your cry
i wonder why
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
cause i turn myself into changes
the night i kissed you goodbye
cause nothing's good i can explain
i'm falling down and caught up the rain
i turn myself into changes
your death is over
come on
you wanna wash it down i'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say goodbye
you wanna live a life pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down I'm pretty in scarlet
to myself to say goodbye
Pretty in scarlet
Pretty in scarlet
come on
you wanna wash it down I'm pretty in scarlet
(2x)
she's pretty
she's pretty
and i run, and i run, and i run, and i run away
and if you need some pain to see
and if you live your lies
I will run, will run, will run, run away
and if you need some pain to see
and if you live your lies
I will run
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I decided to put this song here... 'cause i really love it.. i don't know exaclty the meaning but i think that i don't need to explain the meaning of this song.... it is like it's been written for me... But i think that this song is about people who feel... that they aren't "free",they can't breath... like they are in a cage or smthng... and they are full of pain... and they just need someone to love or they just simply want to get away from everything and everyone.... this is why it says.. "let me dive alone"
i agree! i love this song too!
I love the song.. But the video for it doesn't make much sense.. it makes it looks like he gets killed... then you see him again. and he gets hit by a truck? Lol I dont know. It's something different.
I like this song, too, but sure as hell not for the words. I gave up caring much about words long ago, exactly because of songs like this. You CAN'T squeeze any real meaning out of this song, just like 99.9% of any other song out there now. Everyone Michael Stipe these days--taking the low road, the easy way out, and just rhyming without giving a damn if it makes any sense. Why, you ask? Think about it--it's easier, and it allows the "artist" to be ambiguous and meaningless, while still saying SOMETHING, and therefore able to appeal to a wider audience. So, everyone comes here and says "It's about pain". Then someone else says "No, it's about existential torment". Then a third person comes in and says "No, uhh, I think it's about drugs". And so on. No one is right, no one is wrong, and the "artist" laughs all the way to the bank. Now, where the hell is my wine?
I think it's about or heavily influenced by Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "Scarlet Letter."
I agree with rent-a-trent, this song is based on "The Scarlet Letter". This novel is about an adultress so this song is probably related. She's saying she's pretty in scarlet, that means it suits her well, because she's worn it (A.K.A been an adultress) so many times that it's just natural for her. Anyway that't what I think.