Marina & the Diamonds - Rootless [WITH LYRICS]

I'm a cloud drifting by
Dripping tears from the sky
I'm a snail without a shell
A leper with a golden bell
I've got nowhere to go
I'm a stray cat on the roam
Choking on a chicken bone
For a home sweet, no sweet home

For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something, somebody
That reminded them of me
Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love

I'm rootless (x2)

Work your fingers to the bone
Building castles out of snow
I'm a nomad walking on
Humming to the same old song
Lower case society
In touch with no community
A kingdom without a king
With no sense of belonging

For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree
For something, somebody
That reminded them of me

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless (x2)

Running with my roots pulled up
So they could cut me free of love

Running with my roots pulled up
Caught me cold so they could cut
What there was left of love
I'm rootless (x2)

Dragging my roots through the snow
For a home sweet and no sweet home
I've got nowhere to go
I'm rootless (x2)

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• nme

[citadel12]

The lyrics are wrong though. It's "For something, somebody that reminded them of me."

[Barney4000]

You're right, sorry about that. I've ammended them now. :)

[xxegrahamxx123]

This is definately one of the best songs. I absolutely love it. <3

[keysaar]

Finally, a woman who doesn't always sing about love(ew lol).In fact, most of her songs are about self discovery. She realizes that there are more important things than companionship, like being independent, going off on some whirlwind adventure & dealing with issues & obstacles that affect everyone on a whole other level. Finally feel like songs actually convey what I'm really feeling,what I should be pursuing. I wish there were more inspiring singers like her. Can't stand this love obsession.

[antifascistas68]

can anyone else hear the elephants?

[DistilledtoIndieRock]

Thanks for the upload. Beautiful song. I shared it a while back.

[MasterMorty]

Lol, your tooth is rootless.

[LOLWUTAPPLESAUCE101]

@Becky23ification That's quite funny you said the 22nd a year ago, and now she's releasing Radioactive on the 22nd in August. O.o

[ailsamairi]

@keysaar i agree , losing yourself is so much worse than losing someone else. marina sings about things worth singing about :)

[carnage1277]

cant you all just fuck off ...arguing about whether her songs are about the same thing..who gives a shit..she sings them with emotion,feeling and harmony ..wich is way more than sum shitty arsed artists do..gaga and katy i'm speaking to you...i actually like her lyrics..there pretty funky..and i normally listen to korn!!!!

[jonikq]

it's beautifull song but depresing me :/

[DaCucumber]

I love this song