Story Behind The Song
A brief affair with someone dressed like Marie Antionette.
Song Description
Dance-pop about femme fatales and doomed love.
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Enchanting, Poignant |
Subject |
Heartbreak, General |
| Similar Artists |
David Bowie, Roxy Music |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Marie
by Benji Barton and Boulevard
You were dancing alone. Strangely, your lover just sat there, burning holes in me.
You were dressed as Marie, with electrical tape you wrapped your chest up so secretly.
I never once expected you to show me.
Stylishly this will end. By this time tomorrow, my continental love leaves again. But the way that you move and the language you use: it's holding my mind together.
The next day at your house you laughed at the way I faked a crisis just to stay in bed. So you made us some tea.
Wasting the day with listless loveplay, you turned to ask: is this the last day that we'll ever get?
Stylishly this will end. By this time tomorrow my continental love leaves again. But the way that you move and the language you use: it's holding my mind together.
Stay love, all this will end. By this time tomorrow, you'll return to the sweetlife with your friend. But the way that you move and the voice that you use: it's holding my mind together.
Now that you're going away, it's the expression you gave, it's turning me on again. Coffee in the warm afternoon is all we'll share together. I know. I know.