In Parentheses Lyrics - Charlotte Martin

State of pain like mercury 

Hearing pink illusions 

Gorgeous at eighty five 

Older at twenty three 

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've stood taller than I am 

In parentheses 

Beauty queens are very shy 

More than lash than meets your eye 

So she jumps 

Then wants to fly 

Well 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 I've had 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