Marina and The Diamonds || Seventeen || (Lyrics)

Album | Mermaid vs. Sailor - EP / The Family Jewels
Year | 2007

Music belongs to Marina Diamandis

[imafreddyfazballer]

she AND this song needs more appreciation, attention, and publicity

[yumbunny]

It's rumoured that, even though Marina never explicitly said it, that this song was addressed to her conservative father based on an argument they had on her seventeenth birthday. I know we shouldn't assume things, but listening to the lyrics, I honestly don't know who else it could be for...

[annamaryibarra]

Since I’m seventeen now, this is going to be my favorite song ever.

[ruuumiiii]

The moment I heard the chorus somewhere online, I literally fell in love


no wonder it’s by marina, I love a lot of her songs from “The Family Jewels” album

[emiliejayne_st]

A week after I turned 17, there was literally the rise of a king and the fall of a queen! Queen Elizabeth II died and Charles III became king!

[nvrmre-wx]

0:58
i'm going to play this song 58 seconds before my 17th bday begins so the clock hits 12am right when this part comes WOOO

[inez]

"well you dont know fuck about my

[pxtrochiiles]

Lyrics:

Used to be a major scale
But the melody went stale
Musical cacophony let
Eensy Weensy spider free
You're a rich little boy
Who's had to work for his toys
You've got all the sensibilities
Of an upper class guy

No I'm not your little slave
No I don't twist and turn that way
Only got bad things to say
You're always asking what is up with me

Could never tell you what happened
The day I turned seventeen
The rise of a king and the fall of a queen
Seventeen, seventeen

Oh, you are embarrassed of me
‘Cos I use my tongue freely
Bet you wish I couldn't speak
‘Cos when I do, you know
I tell you why you're being weak
You want a hassle free life
Go get your upper class wife
Oh, she's got all the personality
Of a lemon that has been
Truly sucked dry

You teach me how to behave
I felt you question the way
I was brought up as a baby
Well you don't know fuck about my family

Could never tell you what happened
The day I turned seventeen
The rise of a king and the fall of a queen
Seventeen, seventeen

Never fell down like a princess
I used to kid myself in this stress
That it was just how things
Were meant to be

Oh, seventeen, seventeen.

[PrimadonnaDoll]

Okay I wasn't expecting to be exposed right now- So many of her songs remind me of my dad. I am 17 so I gotta listen to it while I can

[god-rjwf]

My only excuse for listening to this is that it's my seventeenth birthday today

that and i love matd

[etoile-diabolique]

i, in fact, did not get why i loved that song so much at seventeen. Now that i'm nineteen i know that it was because i related to it in my relationship lmao

[music-tmxh]

1:51 what comes after is one of my favourite bits of the song

[Hiiiiiii]

This is such a underrated song and most people don’t understand what this song means

[Devilyyy]

Definitely singing this on my 17th birthday

(I sang boys will be bugs when i was 14 lol, i'm now 16)

Edit: hi guys i just wanted to let yall know i sang this one my 17th bday <3

[ScarSpez]

Though I can’t relate to this specific song from marina, her music is comforting and honestly it gives me a reason to listen to music and gives me a reason to cope with my issues and allow myself to not be the victim or antagonist. Ik this comment is very “pick me” or corny but truly her music brings me pure joy no matter how old the music or how different it is from music society and even my classmates like because marina has also taught me to actually express my emotion. I may not relate to or even understand some of her songs or song lyrics but if her music puts my mind at ease and can even put me to sleep on restless nights, i dont even care how “weird” i am because now ik what people and interests i truly love. If you got to the end of this then thanks for your time and have a goodnight. 2:11 am and signing off for tonight. Night night

[Rimd]

I always thought she was raped or sexually assaulted the day she turned seventeen. Some people (the "you" she speaks of) try to dismiss her, while others pin the blame on her family, ("I felt you question the way I was brought up as a baby") when they couldn't be more wrong.("well, you don't know fuck about my family")

She can't help but express her contempt for the perpetrator, with "the rise of a king and the fall of a queen" being used.Also "no, I'm not your little slave" can be compared to this as well. The usage of "used to be a major scale, then the melody went stale" is referring to how the experience affected her mental health.

When she says "Musical cacophony set eensy weensy spider free", she talks about how she was noticed and then preyed on shortly after.
("Oh, you are embarrassed of me, 'cause I use my tongue freely, bet you wish I couldn't speak)" referencing her pleas for help, which were to no avail, and probably was ridiculed for causing a stir.

"You teach me how to behave" is when she gets accused of being too provocative, and forced to "cover up" or "be more modest". You see in
"that it was just how things were meant to be", that she blames herself, and thinks that her actions led to it, that her "immodest behavior" was inevitable, and this was bound to happen. She seems not to take her experience seriously ("I used to kid myself in this stress").

As a sexual assault survivor, this song resonates with me significantly, as it describes my experiences perfectly. This song helped me through hard times and I want to let you know, that if you were in a situation like mine, you're not alone.

[boomnessyaoi]

I love how the piano was played at the start for no reason

[marianthi]

This song is stuck in my head so hard and I can't do anything about it

[kkeennzziiee]

happy seventeenth birthday to twelve year old me who didnt think id make it past thirteen

[roziluxe]

Me right now enjoying every song and movie about 17 year olds before I turn 18 this May 17.