Goin' Down
07. The Pretty Reckless Lyrics

Hey there father I don't want to bother you,
The singer is apprehensive about confessing her sins to her father.

But I've got a sin to confess
The singer wants to reveal something sinful to her father.

I'm just sixteen if you know what I mean
The singer is young and inexperienced.

Do you mind if I take off my dress
The singer is trying to seduce her father into listening to her confess her sins.

I don't know where to start,
The singer is unsure how to begin confessing her sins.

So let me get to the good parts
The singer wants to get to the juicy details of her confession.

You might want to cross up your legs
The singer is going to share some scandalous information with her father.

I've got envy I've got greed,
The singer is admitting to having negative emotions that drive her actions.

Anything that you need and I'm not above having to beg
The singer is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants, even if it means begging.

There was this boy who
The singer is going to tell a story about a boy.

Tore my heart in two
The boy hurt the singer emotionally.

And I had to lay him eight feet under ground
The singer killed the boy and buried him.

Now all I need is someone to save me
The singer is in a desperate situation and needs help.

'Cause I am going down
The singer is in a downward spiral and needs assistance to get out.

Well hey there father there is just one other thing,
The singer has another request for her father.

I have a simple request,
The singer's request is straightforward and easy to fulfill.

I hear you know god could you give him a nod in my direction,
The singer is requesting divine intervention from her father.

I would be in your debt, perhaps
The singer is willing to offer something in return for her father's help.

There is something that we could work out,
The singer is suggesting that they could come to an agreement that benefits both parties.

I noticed your breathing has started to change,
The singer is seducing her father by drawing attention to his body language.

We could go in the back behind all
The singer is proposing a sexual encounter with her father.

These stacks of bibles and get out of this cage
The singer wants to escape from her religious upbringing and have a sexual experience with her father.

I didn't wanna do it father but I caught him
The singer is confessing to having killed someone.

With another woman in the bed I made
The person the singer killed was in bed with another woman.

And so I put him in the grave
The singer took the law into her own hands and buried the person she killed.

And now there's no one left around
The singer is alone and has no one to help her.

To get me off when I want its a drag
The singer is sexually frustrated and has no one to fulfill her needs.

The next day on the television they identified him
The singer's victim was found and identified in the media.

By the circumcision that I made
The singer left a mark on her victim that could be used to identify him.

And now I'm on the run but wait
The singer is a fugitive from the law.

Why did I have to go and kill him
The singer is questioning her decision to kill the person.

When he was the best I ever had
The singer had a sexual relationship with the person she killed and enjoyed it.

All I need is someone to save me
The singer is still in need of help to escape her current situation.

'Cause god I'm going down
The singer is reaching out to a higher power for assistance.

And what I need is something to save me
The singer is open to any kind of help to get out of her situation.

'Cause god I'm going down
The singer is acknowledging that she is in a dire situation.

All the way down
The singer has hit rock bottom and needs help to turn her life around.