Mariella Lyrics

I'm heavy handed
To say the least
My mother thinks I'll be an awful clutcher
Cause I spill things from stirring 'em too quickly
I'm far too loud
It's like, as soon as I've got an opinion it just has to come out
I laugh at stupid things
Just cause they tickle me

And
Sometimes I wish
Sometimes I wish I was like Mariella
She got some Pritt Stick
And she glued her lips together

So she never had to speak
Never had to speak
Never had to speak
People used to say she's as quiet as a mouse
She just doesn't make a peep


She marched to her wardrobe
And threw away the color
Because wearing black looks mysterious

But it didn't impress her mother
She wanted to dress her baby
In patterns and flowers
But Mariella just crossed her arms
And so she cried for hours
Mariella, Mariella
My pretty baby girl
Unglue your lips from being together and
And wear some pink and pearls
You can have your friends 'round
And they can stay for tea
Won't you just try to fit in please
Do this for me

But Mariella just crossed her arms
As she walked up the stairs
And she went into her bedroom
And she sat on her bed
And she looked in the mirror
And she thought to herself
"If I wanna play, I can play with me
If I wanna think, I'll think in my head"

At school, Mariella didn't have many friends
Yeah, the girls they all looked at her
And they thought she was quite strange
And the boys they're not really into girls at that age
And the teachers, they thought Mariella was just going through a phase
But Mariella just smiled as she skipped down the road
Because she knew all the secrets in her world
Yes, she always got the crossword puzzles right everyday
And she could do the alphabet backwards
Without making any mistakes

Mariella, Mariella
The pretty, pretty girl
Mariella, Mariella
Happy in her own little world
Happy in her own little world

And she said
Yeah I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
Yeah I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
Yeah I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
Gonna unglue my lips from being together

She said I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
Yeah I'm never ever ever ever ever ever
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
Gonna unglue my lips from being together
Ha ha ha ha

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Genius Annotation

“Mariella” is a song from Kate’s debut album Made of Bricks. Kate told MusicOMH she wrote the song about a girl who was very silent and mysterious – the opposite of herself.

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What did Kate Nash say about "Mariella"?
Genius Answer

Kate told MusicOMH about the song’s subject.

I really like Tim Burton loads. I watched Vincent ages ago. It’s a short film about a boy and it’s narrated by Vincent Price… I babysit these six kids and they’re so free and imaginative and a lot cleverer than you think. This one little girl really liked pink but also really liked football. She reminded me of Vincent, and I wanted to make a short film about a girl like her who glued her lips together. Memoirs of a Geisha was out and sometimes I wish I could be like that, just elegant and never speak. I’m always getting myself into trouble coz I’m so loud and clumsy and scatty and annoying sometimes, and I want to start all over again and glue my lips together, never speak and everyone would be like, ‘Oh, she’s so mysterious’. This little girl didn’t have any friends but she didn’t care – she was in her own little world…

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