Marienne

Soft skinned, thin legged, red lips and bony hips
Smoky eyed, wink each sin like a beat
I'll run if you tell me, I'll bite my lip harder
I'll drink until I'm on the floor
"My, she's an animal, she spits, she sips
From a beer,
Head tilted, coquettish and pursed pout"
Kiss me, miss me, mess up my hair
Mess up my head
I don't care if you leave
I won't miss you
Won't miss you even if you miss yourself
I don't care

All my life people have said
I'll amount to nothing
And here I am, nothing
But ruling the earth with
Pointed elbows, baring my skeleton
I'll never kneel,
I'll only yell
My eyes are so big, you say, so full of secrets,
Full of things you will never know,
And, I don't know: maybe you don't want to
But I'll still dance
I'll still shriek, make people cry
Colour my skin, because even when I'm naked
I want to be a show
A colour slide, held up to the light

I hate that I love this
I love to be wrong
I love to mess things up, and look around
And see devastating bursts of life
Being lived
All around me.
I am electric,
I will light you up,
Because we all need to
Glow in the night, bleeding with love
Fireflies, in my winter skies

I want to trip,
I want to fall,

Tell me to jump and I'll jump
Lets run
Lets fly
Lets die
Here on this bitter cold October night
Fresh and fierce
Baring our teeth like the youths we are
Misspent and wasted off our faces
Poor and lonely,
Fucked up in the head,
But instead
We are free,
We can be
Here on this bitter October night
Howling at the moon
With ripped clothes and
The energy of youth and love pumping round us
Energy, energy!
Sound the alarm!
Tonight we die a thousand deaths and
Wake up tomorrow,
Suited and booted
Paperwork and fag in hand
So tired we can barely stand
Sipping wine at ten to nine,
But I want spirits
I've got spirit, I've got soul,
I will never get that old

And you all say, Marianne, slow down!
As I go tumbling to the ground
Soaked in rain and choked with pain
You grab my face and hold it tight,
And I pause, we don't make a sound
With fresh realisation all around
Here on this bitter October night