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Graveyard Girl Lyrics
Death is her boyfriend
She spits on summers and smiles to the night
She collects crowns made of black roses
But her heart is made of bubble gum
Graveyard girl
Dark rags and red stars
She's the dirty witch of her high school
She worships Satan like a father
But dreams of a sister like Molly Ringwald
"I'm going to jump the walls and run
I wonder if they'll miss me?
I won't miss them
The cemetery is my home
I want to be a part of it
Invisible even to the night
Then I'll read poetry to the stones
Maybe one day I could be one of them
Wise and silent
Waiting for someone to love me
Waiting for someone to kiss me
I'm fifteen years old
And I feel it's already too late to live
Don't you?"
I can't help my love
For graveyard girl
She spits on summers and smiles to the night
She collects crowns made of black roses
But her heart is made of bubble gum
She's the dirty witch of her high school
She worships Satan like a father
But dreams of a sister like Molly Ringwald
I wonder if they'll miss me?
I won't miss them
The cemetery is my home
I want to be a part of it
Invisible even to the night
Then I'll read poetry to the stones
Maybe one day I could be one of them
Wise and silent
Waiting for someone to love me
Waiting for someone to kiss me
I'm fifteen years old
And I feel it's already too late to live
Don't you?"
For graveyard girl
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc, Delabel Editions
Writer
Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez
Duration
4:51
Producer
Ken Thomas, Anthony Gonzalez
Release date
Aug 05, 2008
Sentiment
Positive
Submitted by
tuffxghost On Apr 25, 2008
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I think a lot of you have got this song's meaning very wrong. Just by the sheer cliche attitude of the lyrics you can tell that that is their purpose. The song begs you to think of that girl that did just what the lyrics tell you. The over-dramatic monologue is purposely dramatized. This song is about that girl that wore the black t-shirts, smothered her face in dark eye-liner. That girl who you could see from miles away because the complete darkness of her hair created a void in the distance that one could not mistake for another. This song is about someone's secret love for that girl. Clearly the lover can see through her teenage facade. He knows she is a real "bubblegum" teenage girl at heart, and that is what influences his love, "for Graveyard Girl."
Hope that clears some things up.
spot on, listen to this person! the melodrama is intentional; its supposed to be almost ironic.
spot on, listen to this person! the melodrama is intentional; its supposed to be almost ironic.
I think this is most evident in the way the girl says "Don't you?" I mean, there are dark and depressed, truly world-weary people, but they are not usually desperate for people to agree with them :). It's cute, not dark. That being said, I think this is a very sympathetic and realistic portrayal of that mindset.
I think this is most evident in the way the girl says "Don't you?" I mean, there are dark and depressed, truly world-weary people, but they are not usually desperate for people to agree with them :). It's cute, not dark. That being said, I think this is a very sympathetic and realistic portrayal of that mindset.
Thank you, epiphony11. I'm just discovering this album 4 years later. Graveyard Girl is a brilliant song, as is your description of its meaning. Very well said.
Thank you, epiphony11. I'm just discovering this album 4 years later. Graveyard Girl is a brilliant song, as is your description of its meaning. Very well said.
i want to punch half of you in the face
I like you
I like you
i dont know if its just me but i really dont see the lyrics as pretentious, cliche or melodramatic
Are you serious? Just wait til the writer loses a grandfather from cancer, THEN HE CAN WHINE. wtf. you don't know what life's about man.
Do you people even know what pretentious means? I don´t think you do because you´re all using it in the wrong context.
Cliche, maybe. Not pretentious.
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epiphony11 said it best a couple comments above:
"I think a lot of you have got this song's meaning very wrong. Just by the sheer cliche attitude of the lyrics you can tell that that is their purpose. The song begs you to think of that girl that did just what the lyrics tell you. The over-dramatic monologue is purposely dramatized. This song is about that girl that wore the black t-shirts, smothered her face in dark eye-liner. That girl who you could see from miles away because the complete darkness of her hair created a void in the distance that one could not mistake for another. This song is about someone's secret love for that girl. Clearly the lover can see through her teenage facade. He knows she is a real "bubblegum" teenage girl at heart, and that is what influences his love, "for Graveyard Girl."
well said epiphony11
this song is awesome. the song is about reviving yourself.
Too many repetitions of the word "pretentious" here. :/
I think "melodramatic" fits better... cause the song is about a 15 year old... and most 15 year olds are melodramatic [hey, they have to be- that's how you learn by the time you're 'grown-up' what's worth your emotional effort and what's not.]
I can't help but picture Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice during the bridge... ha... reminds me of the scene where she writes her "suicide letter". But she was kinda cute, so why wouldn't the narrator of the song find someone like that kinda cute too?
And WHOOOAaaa... that comment about the grandfather and cancer up there... wow. If you think this is a whiny song, please don't listen to most radio songs. And also don't forget it's just a song.
the good thing about this song is that if you hate the lyrics, you can barely make them out. Except for the monologue, haha, that's kind of inescapable.
But I also agree with the last poster about how it's not pretentious or cliche at all. I used to be the "angsty rebel chick" and am unfortunately pretty much the opposite now, but that doesn't affect my opinion of this song. M83 didn't intend at all to seem original or poetic with this song- it is 100% from the perspective of the angsty rebel chick, who realizes she's a cliche. It makes her more upset and more indifferent. M83 is unembarrassed of their cheesiness for the sake of the sweet angsty rebel chick. Angsty rebel chicks are almost always very sweet.
nice lyrics ;)