Mermaids Lyrics – Florence + the Machine

[Intro: Florence Welch]
I thought that I was hungry for love
Maybe I was just hungry for blood
Sea foam woman on the shore
Your prairie ghost, I'm a cottage whore
All the mermaids have sharp teeth
Razor blades all in your feet

[Verse 1: Florence Welch]
England is only ever grey or green
The girls glitter striding glorious
And coatless in the rain
I remember falling through these streets
Somewhat out of place
If not for the drunkenness

[Pre-Chorus: Florence Welch]
It makes my chest hurt to think of it
Not of regret, but of missing that

[Chorus: Florence Welch]
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion

[Verse 2: Florence Welch]
It was not all pain and pavements sl!ck with rain
And shining under lights from sh!tty clubs
And doing sh!tty drugs
And hugging girls that smelt like
Britney Spears and coconuts

[Verse 3: Florence Welch]
And with your mermaid hair and your teeth so sharp
You crawled from the sea to break that sailor's heart
You only get one night upon the shore
So dance like you've never danced before
And the dance floor is filling up with blood
But, oh, Lord, you've never been so in love

[Chorus: Florence Welch]
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion

[Bridge: Florence Welch]
And the mermaids, they come once a year
They climb the struts of Brighton Pier
They come to drink, they come to dance
To sacrifice a human heart
And the world is so much wilder than you think
You haven't seen nothing
Till you seen an English girl drink

[Chorus: Florence Welch]
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion
Cheerful oblivion