Valley Of The Dolls
Marina and the Diamonds Lyrics


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In the valley of the dolls we sleep, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me, of me

Born with a void, hard to destroy with love or hope
Built with a heart, broken from the start and now
I die slow

In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
In the valley
In the valley

Pick a personality for free
When you feel like nobody, body

Born with a void, hard to destroy with love or hope
Built with a heart, broken from the start and now
I die slow

In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
In the valley
In the valley

Back to zero, here we go again, again
Racing down into oblivion
Back to zero, here we go
I can feel it coming to the end
The end

In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
In the valley
In the valley




In the valley
In the valley

Overall Meaning

The song "Valley of the Dolls" by Marina and the Diamonds portrays the feeling of emptiness and the struggle to cope with it. The lyrics talk about the Valley of the Dolls, where people sleep with a hole inside of them. This could refer to a deep sense of emptiness or loneliness that they try to fill with different identities that do not belong to them. The metaphor of the "Dolls" could be interpreted as the different personalities or identities that people create to fill that void, but ultimately, they cannot escape the feeling of emptiness.


The chorus of the song highlights the struggle to find meaning in life and the desperation to accomplish something before it's too late. The line "In my life, I got this far, now I'm ready for the last hoorah, dying like a shooting star" portrays the urgency to achieve something great before time runs out. The song ends with the repetition of "In the valley," emphasizing the cycle of emptiness and searching for identity.


Overall, "Valley of the Dolls" explores the complexity of human identity and the universal struggle to find meaning in life.


Line by Line Meaning

In the valley of the dolls we sleep, we sleep
We live in a world where we’re not truly awake, going through life on autopilot.


Got a hole inside of me, of me
The emptiness within us, the feeling of something missing or not being whole.


Born with a void, hard to destroy with love or hope
From the moment we’re born, we face a sense of emptiness that seems impossible to fill with love or hope.


Built with a heart, broken from the start and now I die slow
Despite having a heart, we’re fragile from the beginning, and our pain chips away at us until we fade away slowly.


Living with identities That do not belong to me
We conform to identities that society imposes on us rather than embracing our true selves.


In my life, I got this far Now I'm ready for the last hoorah Dying like a shooting star
As we reach the end of our lives, we realize that we’re ready for our final hurrah, but it feels like a fleeting moment – like a shooting star that burns out quickly.


Pick a personality for free When you feel like nobody, body
We construct a persona as a way to fit in, especially when we feel like outsiders who don’t belong anywhere.


Back to zero, here we go again, again Racing down into oblivion
Our lives feel cyclical, and every time we hit ‘rock bottom,' it feels like we’re moving at high speed towards our inevitable end.


I can feel it coming to the end The end
In our final moments, we sense the end is near and embrace it.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MARINA DIAMANDIS, DEVRIM KARAOGLU, RICK NOWELS

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