Cursive - The Lament Of Pretty Baby lyrics

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I saw something I was not supposed to see

A ghostly memory that keeps on haunting me

(The kitchen door was open a crack,

So naively we peeked inside)

Oh, darling sister, have they hurt you, have they hurt you?

Oh, Pretty Baby, they won't touch you

They won't touch you again

We will fix this incident

I don't want to be seen as a pretty thing

'Cause it's the pretty things that we're always breaking...

(And now she whispers into the mirror:) I'm broken.

Oh doctor, doctor, can you fix me, can you fix me?

Oh Pretty Baby, you're so naive -- but it comes off so cute

We don't want to fix you

We love you just the way you are

The butterfly pinned to the page

The nightingale locked in the cage -- won't you sing for me?

Sing for me, uh-huh

Yeah, we love you just the way you are

Crushed 'neath fashion magazines

Trampled by circus pony dreams -- won't you kiss me?

Won't you kiss me, uh-huh

Oh please, mister, can't you fix me, can't you fix me? (uh-huh)

Someone, anyone, won't you fix me, won't you fix me? (uh-huh)

Oh, someone, please, the moon has raped me

I can feel it inside me

Oh, mama, please let someone fix me!

Let them fix me, uh-huh

Let them fix me, uh-huh

So cry yourself to sleep

Cry yourself to sleep 'cause I am strong and you are weak

Wait, you are strong, and I am weak

Fuck -- just cry yourself to sleep