Charlotte Martin In Parentheses lyrics

State of pain like mercury
Hearing pink illusion
Gorgeous at 85
Older at 23

I drink the water out of time
I said, "Has anybody seen
The whirlpool floating in my mind?"
I said, "Has anybody seen
This is the low that I could find"

And I'm on solitary sand
And I've been stepped on by a man
But I stood taller than I am
In parentheses

Beauty queens are very shy
More than lash that meets the eye
So she jumps then wants to fly

But it's too late now, I'm in denial

I'll get medieval on boy bands
I said, "Is anybody listening
The way life makes the nice girls fast?"
I said, "Is anybody listening
It isn't just unlucky chance?"

And I'm on solitary sand
And all that bullshit from a man
But found exactly who I am

I'll never be the vision of a girl who can write poetry
I'll never be the little black dress, we've seen on Natalie B.
I'll never be five foot ten, I'm barely five foot three
I'm on solitary sand, but in parentheses