This song is said by Marina to be about Marilyn Monroe and how she sees the world now and while living. So I will break my interpretation down to each lyric.
Millions of girls float on their one quote (here she speaks of Marilyn's several quotes such as : "It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone")
Living on their last hope, on their last hope (Here I am not entirely sure what she meant but I think it's how most girls are insecure about themselves and depressed as well)
I live my life inside a dream
Only waking when I sleep (Here she "lives" as if she were in heaven and when she sleeps all the bad memories/thoughts and nightmares returns, because lets face it she was a troubled woman)
I would sell my sorry soul, if I could have it all (she didn't have it all as in she didn't have all the emotional possessions she wished to have)
My life is a play, is a play, is a play
My life is a play, is a play, is a play (All of her actions and feelings that she displayed were all false and she acted as she was completely fine when she wasn't)
Yeah I’ve been living in the state of dreaming
living in a make-believe land
living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming (She lives as if she were in a dream and nothing of the outside world interfered)
All I really want is to be wonderful (I think here she meant the she didn't really feel wonderful from all the troubles in her life)
People in this town they, they can be so cruel (I really wouldn't know what this means maybe harsh judgement from men/press, she was alive in a time where women were objectified -although to this day they still are- )
I live my life inside a dream,
only waking when I sleep
If I could sell my sorry soul, I would have it all
My life is a play, is a play, is a play
My life is a play, is a play, is a play
Yeah I’ve been living in the state of dreaming
living in a make-believe land
living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming(I already covered this)
If only you knew my dear,
How I live my life in fear
(Right here I think she is talking to someone she loved/or a family member of how she is fearing the judgement and how she is fearing the objectification and if people did find out it was a play. After all she was a major sex symbol)
If only you knew my dear,
How I know my time is near (She was planning her suicide and already knew when it was going to happen -even though some rumor her death was because of a overdose-)
Yeah I’ve been living in the state of dreaming
living in a make-believe land
living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming
living in the state of dreaming
living in a make-believe land
living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming
My life is a play, is a play, is a play (Already Covered that)
What do I know though, I think this would be wrong but hey this is just me and my thoughts. Still this is another masterpiece by Marina Lambrini Diamindis
This song is said by Marina to be about Marilyn Monroe and how she sees the world now and while living. So I will break my interpretation down to each lyric.
Millions of girls float on their one quote (here she speaks of Marilyn's several quotes such as : "It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone")
Living on their last hope, on their last hope (Here I am not entirely sure what she meant but I think it's how most girls are insecure about themselves and depressed as well)
I live my life inside a dream Only waking when I sleep (Here she "lives" as if she were in heaven and when she sleeps all the bad memories/thoughts and nightmares returns, because lets face it she was a troubled woman)
I would sell my sorry soul, if I could have it all (she didn't have it all as in she didn't have all the emotional possessions she wished to have)
My life is a play, is a play, is a play My life is a play, is a play, is a play (All of her actions and feelings that she displayed were all false and she acted as she was completely fine when she wasn't)
Yeah I’ve been living in the state of dreaming living in a make-believe land living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming (She lives as if she were in a dream and nothing of the outside world interfered)
All I really want is to be wonderful (I think here she meant the she didn't really feel wonderful from all the troubles in her life)
People in this town they, they can be so cruel (I really wouldn't know what this means maybe harsh judgement from men/press, she was alive in a time where women were objectified -although to this day they still are- )
I live my life inside a dream, only waking when I sleep If I could sell my sorry soul, I would have it all My life is a play, is a play, is a play My life is a play, is a play, is a play Yeah I’ve been living in the state of dreaming living in a make-believe land living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming(I already covered this)
If only you knew my dear, How I live my life in fear (Right here I think she is talking to someone she loved/or a family member of how she is fearing the judgement and how she is fearing the objectification and if people did find out it was a play. After all she was a major sex symbol)
If only you knew my dear, How I know my time is near (She was planning her suicide and already knew when it was going to happen -even though some rumor her death was because of a overdose-)
Yeah I’ve been living in the state of dreaming living in a make-believe land living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming living in the state of dreaming living in a make-believe land living in the state of dreaming, of dreaming, of dreaming
My life is a play, is a play, is a play (Already Covered that)
What do I know though, I think this would be wrong but hey this is just me and my thoughts. Still this is another masterpiece by Marina Lambrini Diamindis