In this week’s pick for Sadcore Sundays, Sevdaliza delivers a strong message about being expected to put another’s well-being over your own all in the name of love. “Marilyn Monroe” follows the perspective of someone living in their own pain, yet feeling under pressure to be a support system for someone who won’t do the same for them.
Love is a complicated exchange of energy that we can all get lost. For me, this song is a reminder that while it’s easy for any of us to get caught up in being in love, or even the idea of it, that it doesn’t mean we have to extend ourselves in such a way that we don’t take our own wants and needs into consideration.
“Marilyn Monroe” Lyrics:
It’s true
In this life
I’ve never been the one
In your eyes
I’ve never been the truth
All you saw
Was a broken mirror
And they told
Me to care
When tryin’ to fix your heart
It’s unfair
I’m tryin’ to fix myself
And not care
Too much about you
It’s true
In this life
I’ve never been the one
In your eyes
I’ve never been the truth
All you saw
Was a broken mirror
And they told
Me to care
When tryin’ to fix your heart
It’s unfair
I’m tryin’ to fix myself
And not care
Too much about you
He never really wanted me to be his wife
I was nothing more than a trophy
It was incredibly suffocating
I’d find myself wanting him
Rather dead than alive…
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Georgia St. Jones is a California broke girl using music, art, and literature as a way to be universal and staff contributor for The Strange is Beautiful.
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Photo: Sevdeliza “ISON” album art.
