Teen Idle - Marina & The Diamonds (LYRICS ON SCREEN)

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[theamvgirlx]

Tbh to me this goes out to all the kids who never had a rebellious stage or a chance to be a typical selfish teen and was a completely *perfect* teenager who grew up with really high expectations and went through their rebellious stage later (like 17-22 ) when all those other teens had grown up and started to get their lives together. After all their efforts to follow those "rules" and all it got them was hurt. So they wish they could go back and just be an airheaded NORMAL teen who rebelled and made mistakes before it was too late cause the adult world wouldn't be able to give them that time. Well, at least that's how it relates to me :(

[szasgf]

The song finds Marina looking back at her teenage years when she often felt suicidal and regretting not living them to the fullest. Marina explained to Amazon that this song is the "Story of my suicidal cheerleader youth! This song was like my last hurrah of adolescence." Teen idle = a girl going nowhere

[Adraria]

It’s my last 10 minutes of being a teenager, seems like a perfect time to listen to this song

Edit: It's now my birthday AGAIN, I can now get legally shitfaced!

[redhead]

Idk if I had a "rebellious" phase, all I know that I was quiet, get good grades, don't do drugs, asocial, read books and binge watching series but my family seems unsatisfied towards me. I did what they want and never talk back. Idk where I went wrong. I lived in jealousy watching kids my age seemed living their life and I had to keep my family's good reputation. Now those playful classmates be mature and get their shit together while I'm struggling with myself and regret about many things. I feel like I'm a wounded eagle.

[hehehehehehehehehehe]

I saw Marina on tour and when she sang “super super super...” the whole crowd would scream “sUiCiDaL!!”

[HeatherRogers-rdmd]

Everyone saying Billie Eilish is depressing has never heard of Marina and the Diamonds.

[ashthebandit]

Everyone says the teen years are supposed to be the best years of our lives? Man what happened to me then? I have gone through so much shit and trauma and I’m not even 18 yet. I can’t imagine what being an adult must be like. I sure hope it gets better. It hurts watching shows with happy, wild teens doing fun things and living life to the fullest while I’m over here alone and depressed lmao

[haventpickedanameyet]

Says in upbeat voice, "super! Super! Super suicidal!" Yay so fun lol

[darkchocolate]

'I want the world to go away'
Don't we all?

[newnerd]

"I wish I wasn't such a narcissist . Oh God I'm gonna die alone"

[darkimflamos]

"Adolescence didn't make sense"

So true...

[Kaffeeisresting]

" I wanna stay inside all day"
That's pretty much what anxiety is at some point.

[miaa]

"I want blood, guts, and angel cake; I'm gonna puke it anyway"
Dang, I never understood these lyrics but now that I have an eating disorder and I'm suicidal, it hits hard.

[nickanthony]

Here's my take on this song:

The character is literally in the process of committing suicide. She's overdosed on pills, and is lying on the floor waiting for death to take her. These are the thoughts that are floating around in her head; the regrets, the dissatisfaction, the "pretty lies" that she's been told all her life. She finds it ironic that as she's lying there, succumbing to death, that it's the first time since she lost her virginity that she's actually felt anything ("Only to find I've come alive"). The "Super, super, super!" motif highlights the euphoria that's slowly taking over as the pills work through her system (the final fade out, with nothing but "super", is her finally losing consciousness). 

As she's lying there, though, she realizes her biggest regret: that she's never felt connected to anyone; that she's going to die alone; that she was so invested in her own image (sometimes literally! She kissed her reflection!) that she foolishly alienated any meaningful relationships. Her focus on being "clean" and doing what was expected left no room for doing what she actually wanted -- which is, simply, to experience the pettiness of teen life without any judgment. 

Do I think this is a justified scenario? Absolutely not. But I do think it makes the song a poignant reminder that we only have one shot at this life, so be yourself, god damnit. 

[-valo]

mom: how are you?

me: super! super! super!

my mind: suicidal

[-marques-]

I wish I wasn't
such a narcissist
I wish I didn't
really kiss
the mirror when
im on my own
Oh God, Im gonna
die alone


I can't believe that there is a lyric that explains my life

[AuroraDashPteriforever]

I love how this song perfectly puts into words all of the confusing pressures teens deal with.

[meecreeky]

Since we're putting our opinions out there...

I feel like this song is about the teens who had deep emotional problems going through their teenage years. Depression, bulimia, suicidal tendencies, everything like that, which robbed them of their chance to just be normal teens. I'm one of those dysfunctional teenagers (I suffer from depression and it gets severe often) and I can relate to it; while you're in your own world trying to will the bad to go away, you look at these people who are living such charmed lives a broken nail is the worst thing they can imagine, and you really wish you could be one of them. Suffering during your childhood seems like such a waste of time compared to what these people get to live, and you really begin to resent your own darkened life.

Just my own look on it. I'd be biased from my own experience, of course, but that's what I hear.

[idagiorgis]

Marina is the icon of real music. I’m so glad she’s back but I hope she doesn’t go all mainstream... her music is so pure

[marlenes]

2:45 “Oh God, I’m gonna die alone”


Me: Yeah, same.