Lyrics of Song 'Oh No!'

'Oh No!'

Don't do love, don't do friends
I'm only after success
Don't need a relationship
I'll never soften my grip

Don't want cash, don't want car
Want it fast, want it hard
Don't need money, don't need fame
I just want to make a change
I just wanna change (x4)

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no

One track mind, one track heart
If I fail, I'll fall apart
Maybe it is all a test
Cause I feel like I'm the worst
So I always act like I'm the best

If you are not very careful
Your possessions will possess you
TV taught me how to feel
Now real life has no appeal
It has no appeal (x4)

(Chorus x2)

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly,
I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna die,
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly
I'm gonna fail, gonna die, die, die, die

(Chorus x2)

Da-da-dum...
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no


Here are the lyrics of our song choice 'Oh No!' originally sung by Indie Pop band - Marina and the Diamonds. I have colour coded the lyrics; red - verse, blue - chorus and green - bridge. This makes it clear of the different sections of the song. As we cannot ask the band what the lyrics represent to them or what emotions should be expressed in the song, I have gathered some ideas of what I think the lyrics mean.


In the first two verses, there seem to be references to being successful and independent. Also there is a repeated line ‘I just wanna change’ which suggests that whoever is singing this song wants to change their life regardless of whether they have love, friends or money. They just want to be successful for them self.

In the chorus, the lyrics look much more reassured. The artist knows what they want in life and why they want it. As well as this there is the repeated lyric ‘Oh No’ at the end of each chorus. This made me think that because the artist is so confident about the reach of their success, that they need to calm down and not turn into a completely different person altogether.

The third and forth verse carries on from the chorus. The lyrics here imply that the artist has gained all their wanted success but is starting to understand that there are also affects that come attached. For example the lyric, ‘If I fail, I’ll fall apart’ which makes me feel like because the artist has all their success if they lose it all again, they won’t know what to do. There is also a line which says ‘TV taught me how to feel Now real life has no appeal’ which indicates that the artist has become so familiarised with their life of success that she has no interest in ‘real’ ‘normal’ life.

The lyrics in this song have given us a lot of things to work with, and a variety of ideas for our music video. I was inspired by the ongoing theme of needing or wanting success throughout this song, and I believe this can really help characterise our artist and give her personality and individuality.