Blue Velvet – English Lyrics

• By: Princess Nokia
• Album: GIRLS

Lyrics & Translation

For those looking to learn English through music, Princess Nokia's “Blue Velvet” offers a powerful and emotionally charged experience. The song's raw and direct lyrics provide a compelling way to engage with complex themes of social justice and personal resilience. Its rich use of cultural references, from mythology to cult cinema, also presents a unique opportunity to explore deeper layers of meaning within the language.

[English]

Girlhood is a spectrum, pretty is destruction

I just fell from grace, then I made it into something

Fight you fair the first time, then I called my cousins

Buzzards get the buzz in, Tim burton my button

Tattered frilly dresses, bloody covered knuckles

Rotting from my insides, glitter, bones and honey (heavy)

Daughter of thy Lilith, sister of thy Eve

Men are violent liars, Adam's apples proves there thieves

I am so disgusting, I am so salacious

I am purest evil, with the sweetest bit of fragrance

I am not your sister, I am not your friend

I am full of anger, full of violence, and then

Look at how you made me, look at how I'm behaving

Look at what it gave me, alchemist my aching

Carrie when she went to prom, stop and give me back my crown

Pigs blood when I hit the stage, b- kiss the floor I walk on

I'm David lynch babe, I'm smoking blue velvet

Hit the twin peaks, now I'm f- up and I'm bended

If only I could understand the reason for my crying

If only I could stop the fear of dreaming that I'm dying

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee

Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb

I'm drinking blood in the mountain, I got the fountain of youth

I'm scaring men off with rumours, can't tell the lies from the truth

I am convicted of witchcraft, and now I burn at the stake

I light a s- by the fire and let my destiny fade

I am the lamb and the lion, the sacrifice of the blood

The Mary Magdalene, body and spirit, love from above

I dance around in my darkness, and pull my shadow up close

I'm fornicating with spirits and making love to the ghosts

I paint a mask on my face and let the underworld know

I have Persephone blood, and pomegranates at my door

I came from Hades in a Mercedes, in all tinted fours

I cocked the stick back to sit back and raise the suicide doors

I'm mixed with royalty and mystery, sorcery and history

Black magic on my opps, 'cause they tried to cause me misery

I'm not 7:30, I'm quarter to f- nine

My daughters in my closet but they are not mine

My shoes are sky high, my boots is thigh high

My style is doll-ette, my mind is sci-fi

You got the update, its been my high time

I'm in my house, my pretty d-doll house

I pull the string, marionettes is all out

I spill the tea, no Boston tea party

There's only one queen, Nicki, The Queen Barbie

I'm David lynch babe, I'm smoking blue velvet

Hit the twin peaks, now I'm f- up and I'm bended

If only I could understand the reason for my crying

If only I could stop the fear of dreaming that I'm dying

I'm David lynch babe, I'm smoking blue velvet

Hit the twin peaks, now I'm f- up and I'm bended

If only I could understand the reason for my crying

If only I could stop the fear of dreaming that I'm dying

This is for my rapist, and all of my abusers

You may have the world fooled, but I see right through you

I'm broken inside darlin', I don't wanna be bothered

I've been through too much babe, I feel like Laura palmer

I've been a statistic, and everyone ignored me

If I was a man, they would have coddled me adored me

But I am a girl, so they hate my f- guts

They tell me I ain't s- and that I f- suck

If I was man, I could get away with murder

But I am girl, so I have mental disorder

If I was a man, they would laugh and call me cute

If I was man, they would bat there eyes and swoon

If I was a man, they would give me second chances

But I am a girl, got everyone here in a panic

They like to judge my antic, they're all obsessed fanatic

No where, fast, and your not coming

The only way you know how to treat women, is by treating them like whores

I'm David lynch babe, I'm smoking blue velvet

Hit the twin peaks, now I'm f- up and I'm bended

If only I could understand the reason for my crying

If only I could stop the fear of dreaming that I'm dying

I'm David lynch babe, I'm smoking blue velvet

Hit the twin peaks, now I'm f- up and I'm bended

If only I could understand the reason for my crying

If only I could stop the fear of dreaming that I'm dying

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
spectrum /ˈspektrəm/ B2	noun - a range of colors, sounds, or other qualities
destruction /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/ B1	noun - the act of destroying something
violence /ˈvaɪələns/ B1	noun - extreme force or aggression
glitter /ˈɡlɪtər/ A2	noun - sparkling particles
alchemist /ˈælkəmɪst/ C1	noun - a person who practices alchemy
fornicating /ˈfɔrnɪkeɪtɪŋ/ C2	verb - engaging in sexual intercourse, often in a negative context
Persephone /pərˈsɛfəni/ C1	noun - a goddess in Greek mythology
sorcery /ˈsɔrsəri/ B2	noun - the use of magic or supernatural powers
marionettes /ˌmærɪəˈnɛts/ B2	noun - puppets controlled by strings
obsessed /əbˈsɛst/ B1	adjective - preoccupied with a feeling or idea
statistic /stəˈtɪstɪk/ B2	noun - a fact or piece of data from a study
coddled /ˈkɒdld/ B2	verb - to treat with great care and attention
whores /wɔrz/ B1	noun - a derogatory term for a person who engages in sexual activity for money
bothered /ˈbɒðərd/ A2	adjective - annoyed or troubled
ignored /ɪɡˈnɔrd/ A2	verb - to refuse to acknowledge or notice
judged /dʒʌdʒd/ A2	verb - to form an opinion about something