Fixer Upper Famous

(whispered, distorted)

Pretty girl, I’ll make you famous

Bitter pill, I’ll make it painless

La-la-la…

Yeah, I see the cracks already

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Are you havin’ fun? Do you like the fame?

Pretty garden growin’ full of snakes

Taste the fruit, yeah, it’s sweet at first

Take a bite, let me quench your thirst

Lost in the logic, it’s psychotic

How I fall in love with every project

You’re already dead behind the eyes

But I swear I can bring you back to life

They love the quiet, love the weak

Love a mouth that doesn’t speak

Shut your lips, just play your part

Everything’s black and white till it tears you apart

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Sirens wearin’ suits and ties, ah

You can never trust the nice guy

Smile for the cameras, baby, say it right

While I’m breakin’ you to feel alive

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Pretty girl, I’ll make you famous

Bitter pill, I’ll make it painless

Show you how the stars are made

Promise they’ll remember your name

Get you high, then drag you under

Love you just enough to wonder

Why I’m always savin’ you

When I’m the one you’re losin’ to

Pretty girl, I’ll make you famous

Pretty girl, I’ll make you—

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They strip you down to skin and bone

Call it love, but you’re alone

Make you fit a “perfect size”

Breakfast lies and bedtime crimes

Why aren’t you smilin’?

I put your name up in the lights

Thought you’d like it

I gave you a voice, now rewrite it

I chase jokers, broken hearts

Emotionally deprived from the start

Warn me once, I’ll stay anyway

I love the mess more than the pain

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Sirens in a suit and tie, ah

Say they’ll save you every time

I wonder if I break my heart

Just to keep these songs alive

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Pretty girl, I’ll make you famous

Bitter pill, I’ll make it painless

Show you how the stars are made

Promise they’ll remember your name

I like fixer uppers, but they never fix me back

Give me love, then make me crack

Givin’ everything to someone else

Forgettin’ how to save myself

Pretty girl, I’ll make you famous

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Pull me apart, sell me in pieces

Turn my pain into your thesis

Make me art, keep it secret

Pretty girls stay quiet on set

Deep down I think it’s sick, it’s fun

How it feels to be the needed one

La-la-la, I never learn

Watch me burn just to feel important

(drop instrumental / whispered)

Fix you up… lose myself…

Fix you up… lose myself…

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Pretty girl, I’ll make you famous

Bitter pill, I’ll make it painless

Show you how the stars decay

Promise they’ll forget your pain

I like fixer uppers, but they never fix me back

Get me high, then fade to black

Wish I wasn’t such a sucker

For a fuckin’ fixer upper

Pretty girl…

I’ll make you famous

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(soft, broken)

La-la-la…

Pretty girl, stay quiet on set