6 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Valley Of The Dolls Lyrics
Bedroom mirrors do tell who's the fairest of them all
Lime light silhouette, transparent walls
Dancing shadows cascade paper dolls
Wailing ghost guitars send in the clowns
Send in the clowns
Painted plastic faces stealing mommies make up
Masque the false gods with mannequin smiles
Prima donnas play upon their pedestals of fame
Unborn girls, the false facade, illegitimate child
I won't play your game
Illegitimate child
Searching for a name
Blasphemous black Bible bias you betray bigotry
Slay the hydra pretty fair maidens spread their leprosy
Hungry children feed from hype of perpetual ego's
I slay the hydra, burn the talisman, holocaust
Run with the pack, illegitimate child
The unborn wench at war
Tears in his eyes, she became a bride
Wedlock to a whore.
Shatter the dream, the tangerine dream
Bow to kings, not the queens
Go back where you reign, to your domain
The Valley of the Dolls!
Bow to Kings of yesterday
They have given you wings to fly away
What have the phantom queens but deceived you
Armies of shadows climbing
Silvery mountains, lining molten and ask
Camouflage the battle scars with Oxy10 and Maybelline
Cloning the heros in hype magazine
Pirates of underground, lightning the speed of sound
You will prevail
And bedroom mirrors do tell who's the fairest of them all
Lime light silhouette, transparent walls
Dancing shadows cascade paper dolls
Wailing ghost guitars
Run with the pack, illegitimate child
The unborn wench at war
Tears in his eyes, she became a bride
Wedlock to a whore
Shatter the dream, the tangerine dream
Bow to Kings, not the Queens
Go back where you reign, to your domain
The Valley of the Dolls
Lime light silhouette, transparent walls
Dancing shadows cascade paper dolls
Wailing ghost guitars send in the clowns
Send in the clowns
Masque the false gods with mannequin smiles
Prima donnas play upon their pedestals of fame
Unborn girls, the false facade, illegitimate child
I won't play your game
Illegitimate child
Searching for a name
Slay the hydra pretty fair maidens spread their leprosy
Hungry children feed from hype of perpetual ego's
I slay the hydra, burn the talisman, holocaust
The unborn wench at war
Tears in his eyes, she became a bride
Wedlock to a whore.
Shatter the dream, the tangerine dream
Bow to kings, not the queens
Go back where you reign, to your domain
The Valley of the Dolls!
They have given you wings to fly away
What have the phantom queens but deceived you
Armies of shadows climbing
Silvery mountains, lining molten and ask
Cloning the heros in hype magazine
Pirates of underground, lightning the speed of sound
You will prevail
Lime light silhouette, transparent walls
Dancing shadows cascade paper dolls
Wailing ghost guitars
The unborn wench at war
Tears in his eyes, she became a bride
Wedlock to a whore
Shatter the dream, the tangerine dream
Bow to Kings, not the Queens
Go back where you reign, to your domain
The Valley of the Dolls
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
Its about the hair/glam metal poser bands that were around at the time.
There certainly seems to be connections to the previous song of the album (Sorceress), such as "Holocaust" and the "Talisman". Sorceress also mentions Morgana La Fey (the third track of the album)
However, on the other hand, Valley of the Dolls mention guitars and magazines - Stuff that has nothing to do with the fantasy lore of the other two cited songs.
As "Guardian85" said and "progrockdude" also mentioned, I always thought that this song was about the growing (at the time) "hair metal scene"... how they were ilegimate queens using mama's makeup and trying to clone each other to appear in hype magazines. Instead the Pirates of Underground (real metal) would prevail as legitimate art. "So, yeah, you friggin' fake clones, go back where you belong, the valley of the dolls". Well, that's my theory.
@cfinkel This is 100% accurate.
@cfinkel This is 100% accurate.
This song is a condemnation of Britney Spears, J.Lo and their ilk. It discusses how the music industry only cares about looks, and how pop stars are bastardizing music. It also tells the listener that "underground" and good music will prevail.
This album came out in 1986. JLO, Spears, etc. weren't even around then, dipshit.
Honestly, I think it's about a transexual.
I think it's more about how all the women wear a bunch of makeup and fancy clothing, like "dolls."