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Sounds Great When You're Dead Lyrics
Your mother is a journalist; your father is a creep
They make it in your bedroom when they think you're fast asleep
The scenes that they're enacting now beside your little bed
Are never in your consciousness but always in your head
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
But it sounds great when you're dead
it sounds great when you're--
Your sister is a butterfly; your brother is a drunk
You gaze at him reclining in formaldehyde, a trunk
He lives and breathes on systems that nobody can supply
And you're immune to everything, except the butterfly
Yes
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
But it sounds great when you're dead
it sounds great when you're dead
Baby you're incredible; I think that you're the most
I've searched around for everything like you from coast to coast
Your name, engraved in diamond, is written on my heart
We're at our most together when we're at our most apart
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
But it sounds great when you're dead
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
But baby
Let me show you
it sounds great when you're dead
They make it in your bedroom when they think you're fast asleep
The scenes that they're enacting now beside your little bed
Are never in your consciousness but always in your head
But it sounds great when you're dead
it sounds great when you're--
You gaze at him reclining in formaldehyde, a trunk
He lives and breathes on systems that nobody can supply
And you're immune to everything, except the butterfly
Yes
But it sounds great when you're dead
it sounds great when you're dead
I've searched around for everything like you from coast to coast
Your name, engraved in diamond, is written on my heart
We're at our most together when we're at our most apart
But it sounds great when you're dead
Baby, it might sound dodgy now
But baby
Let me show you
it sounds great when you're dead
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The whole third verse is a wonder. Lyrically, the deeply-unsettling mega-dysfunctionality has been left behind. Or seems to have been: except for the bit about "searched for everything like you," which expertly unravels the apparent loving devotion. Also the piano part is nearly the same, but Robyn inserts some barely-noticeable atonality, giving it an unbalanced effect.
If you listen to the song, he sings: "But baby, let me show you" ...which is absolutely crucial to the song's tone of slowly-creeping insanity.
Yes, the other phrase can be found by searching on Google. Having typed mostly from memory (but also playing the song, to confirm subtleties of wording I might accidentally miss)? I listened to the track once again to verify. It's a single syllable, and the word is "show."
Why even bother asking people to submit lyrics, if those running the site will then simply substitute the Google Play version? The participants here are fans, passionate about music. Not data-entry employees "adding value" to cellphone features.