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Marina and the Diamonds - "No Second Chances (feat. Havana Brown)"
This just in: Marina and the Diamonds has released the fourth single from her upcoming album, 'Broken', available everywhere on June 17th.
The song, which is a dutch house electronic song, is titled "No Second Chances" and features vocals from DJ & singer Havana Brown. The song is 3:36 in length, and is produced by Afrojack and Havana Brown.
Release Date: June 16, 2013
Length: 3:36
Genre: Dutch house, house, electronic, dance
Written by: Marina Diamandis, Nick van de Wall & Angelique Meunier
Produced by: Afrjoack & Havana Brown
"The song opens to a gentle piano. It's sort of upbeat, but it's not necessarily 'happy'. After a few seconds, there's a spoken intro with Marina and Havana, where the two sort of taunt some man. After the intro, the first verse begins with Marina singing; her voice is lower than usual, but still full of passion. There's a low rumbling sound, similar to low thunder, but it has a bit of rhythm to it. Havana continues the verse, singing about how she would like everything with the man to end. During Havana's part, a low kick drum is added to the song. In the pre-chorus, the two are still at it, singing some of their best vocals ever, and there's a brief moment of a super intense buildup. However, the buildup stops, and goes back to the piano over the rumbles and rums for the first half of the chorus, where Havana sings. There's a brief moment after her part where there's a ton of hand-claps in the song, but then it goes to Marina, but she's singing only over a buildup, with absolutely no drums. Her words are still completely heard, but the buildup, which gets higher and higher, is LOUD. She pauses, and so does the build up, and she says the line, 'Because there are no second chances', when the song erupts into a definite Afrojack beat: There's a high-pitched breakdown with a low, rumbling, pounding bassline over some of the heaviest drums we've ever heard from a Marina song. After around 13 seconds of the beat, Havana suddenly screams: 'NOW GO THE F**K TO HELL' over silence, and the song returns to the same instrumental for the second verse as there was in the first. The song repeats the same cycle, until it gets to the middle 8. The two singers sing their best vocals yet (It may seem like that has been said for each of Marina's singles, but they seriously seem to get better every single time she releases a new single) over complete silence. There's a brief moment of the high-pitched beat from the other two choruses, but it doesn't have the drums or bass at all. There's one brief silence, and then a drum beat that speeds up to build up rapidly, until the song explodes over a raving bass line as the two singers sing over each other in the final chorus. There's just the kick drum along with several layered basslines that just overlap each other in a perfect way. When the chorus is over, there's another drum build up with the two singers mentioning each other's name, and then when the buildup is over, there's a brief 'AA-OW!' from Havana, and the song ends..."
Full Lyrics
SPOKEN INTRO:
Havana
You messed up for the last damn time
Marina
I'm done with you
Both
Now listen to me...
Verse 1
Marina
When it began, I was dumb
And you didn't even pay attention to me
Why is it that this time
You finally took a look at me?
Havana
I've done this and that
And I've done it again
I'm not here to please you,
I'm here to let it end
Pre-Chorus
Marina
I threw myself in front of a train
I took my own life once again
I did all I could and you still failed
To just see me...
For once
Chorus
Havana
I told you once, I've told you twice
Look at me, just think of me
But you couldn't, you ran away
Now, I'm just going to let you be
Marina
Now, I'm all you want
I'm sick of all these crazy dances
You need to keep your word the first time
Because there are no second chances
Post-Chorus
Havana
NOW GO THE F**K TO HELL!
Verse 2
Marina
I've got a fire burning in me
And I'm not about to put it out
I've got some revenge out for you
And I'll get it, without a doubt
Havana
Why do I have to deal with you?
Why can't you just go away?
I tried to get your attention back then
Why do you give it today?
Pre-Chorus
Marina
I threw myself in front of a train
I took my own life once again
I did all I could and you still failed
To just see me...
For once
Chorus
Havana
I told you once, I've told you twice
Look at me, just think of me
But you couldn't, you ran away
Now, I'm just going to let you be
Marina
Now, I'm all you want
I'm sick of all these crazy dances
You need to keep your word the first time
Because there are no second chances
Middle 8
Marina
You're just a stupid little boy
With your stupid little games
You think I'm just gonna let you in?
I'm not that f**king lame
Havana
What brought you back this time?
Was it the money or the fame?
Do you think I'm an innocent little girl?
I'm far, far from tame...
Chorus
Havana
I told you once, I've told you twice
Marina
(You don't listen...)
Havana
Look at me, just think of me
Marina
(I was just invisible...)
Havana
But you couldn't, you ran away
Marina
(You pretty little coward...)
Havana
Now, I'm just going to let you be
Marina
Now, I'm all you want
Havana
(The Queen of everything...)
Marina
I'm sick of all these crazy dances
Havana
(This isn't a tango, bitch...)
Marina
You need to keep your word the first time
Havana
(I'm afraid I don't do liars...)
Havana
Because there are no second chances
OUTRO
Havana
Now, it's Marina...
Marina
And Havana...
Havana
AA-OW!