"Maria's Problem" lyrics
You're so tired Sunday Morning
Life has got you on your knees
Next door is playing gospel music
Get high on second hand release
You lean your head against the window
And you finally start to cry, you hear the empty metre
It's not upstairs, it's not outside
You're so tired Sunday Morning
Life has got you on your knees
Next door is playing gospel music
Get high on second hand release
You lean your head against the window
And you finally start to cry, you hear the empty metre
It's not upstairs, it's not outside
Later on, they're playing that same music
And they'll be playing it all night
Oh! Come on! Stretch you're arms out
Pretend that everything's alright!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
No, oh no!
You can still hear your father singing
Every nigga is a star!
But now it's something you're not sure of
So you go and sell your new guitar
And now! You know, you know he loved you
He just could not stay sane
You watched him lose his mind in public
While your cheeks burned up in shame
So tell me would you do it different?
Ha! It doesn't matter because you can't!
Don't bother changing up the music, just to do the same old dance!
They're still playing that same music
You like it more than you thought you would
Oh! Come on! Push your back out
Stop pretending you're only good!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
No, oh no!
Don't let them break you in half (don't you let them break you baby)
Divide you up and hand you out for fun
You're like a comet a gutter dwelling star
(Don't you let them make you cry)
We want to know what you would do down here
You've spent your whole life turning
Like a lost penny in a wheel
And no-one knows which way to point you
No-one can tell you how to feel
And I don't want to fight this feeling
I'd much rather fight with you
Because I am out of things to run from and I am out of things to prove
And I can do it, I can leave it I can give it up all night
I just want someone to believe it
Someone to believe in someone who'll keep me in their sights
They say Maria's got a problem
Well I've probably got 10
Be nice I'm lose lose lose losing but I might win again!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Don't let them break you in half (don't you let them break you baby)
Divide you up and hand you out for fun
You're like a comet a gutter dwelling star
(Don't you let them make you cry)
We want to know what you would do down here
Ooo and I'd like to try it, I'd really like to try it WINNING!
I'd like to lose it my mind, my eyes, I just don't want to see
Don't want to see it, that's a lie
And now I'm trying to hold on, on to it trying not to give it up!
I'd like to try it, I'd really like to try it WINNING!
I'd like to lose it my mind, my eyes, I just don't want to see
I've been crying, 7 weeks of crying and holding on to it
Hoping I might finally get home!
You're like a stranger in your skin, you
You just don't know your way around
And no-one knows which way to point you, oh
I got higher than I wanted, but Maria can meet me there
I just don't know if she'll still know me
With my blonde eyes and my brown hair!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Life has got you on your knees
Next door is playing gospel music
Get high on second hand release
You lean your head against the window
And you finally start to cry, you hear the empty metre
It's not upstairs, it's not outside
You're so tired Sunday Morning
Life has got you on your knees
Next door is playing gospel music
Get high on second hand release
You lean your head against the window
And you finally start to cry, you hear the empty metre
It's not upstairs, it's not outside
Later on, they're playing that same music
And they'll be playing it all night
Oh! Come on! Stretch you're arms out
Pretend that everything's alright!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
No, oh no!
You can still hear your father singing
Every nigga is a star!
But now it's something you're not sure of
So you go and sell your new guitar
And now! You know, you know he loved you
He just could not stay sane
You watched him lose his mind in public
While your cheeks burned up in shame
So tell me would you do it different?
Ha! It doesn't matter because you can't!
Don't bother changing up the music, just to do the same old dance!
They're still playing that same music
You like it more than you thought you would
Oh! Come on! Push your back out
Stop pretending you're only good!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
No, oh no!
Don't let them break you in half (don't you let them break you baby)
Divide you up and hand you out for fun
You're like a comet a gutter dwelling star
(Don't you let them make you cry)
We want to know what you would do down here
You've spent your whole life turning
Like a lost penny in a wheel
And no-one knows which way to point you
No-one can tell you how to feel
And I don't want to fight this feeling
I'd much rather fight with you
Because I am out of things to run from and I am out of things to prove
And I can do it, I can leave it I can give it up all night
I just want someone to believe it
Someone to believe in someone who'll keep me in their sights
They say Maria's got a problem
Well I've probably got 10
Be nice I'm lose lose lose losing but I might win again!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Don't let them break you in half (don't you let them break you baby)
Divide you up and hand you out for fun
You're like a comet a gutter dwelling star
(Don't you let them make you cry)
We want to know what you would do down here
Ooo and I'd like to try it, I'd really like to try it WINNING!
I'd like to lose it my mind, my eyes, I just don't want to see
Don't want to see it, that's a lie
And now I'm trying to hold on, on to it trying not to give it up!
I'd like to try it, I'd really like to try it WINNING!
I'd like to lose it my mind, my eyes, I just don't want to see
I've been crying, 7 weeks of crying and holding on to it
Hoping I might finally get home!
You're like a stranger in your skin, you
You just don't know your way around
And no-one knows which way to point you, oh
I got higher than I wanted, but Maria can meet me there
I just don't know if she'll still know me
With my blonde eyes and my brown hair!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Can I get what I want? Can I do it?
I'm trying oh!
Can you get what you want? And can you do it without lying?
NO!
Writer(s): Cosima Chris Ehni, Samuele Danieli
