[Intro: Charlotte Gainsbourg]
Can you really tell?
It should be easy, passing
And yet, it's like walking through mud

[Verse 1]
Did you hear it smells like rot in the backstage?
Imagine if someone hid, died in the crawlspace
My head really hurts, I think I’m about to fall
She cut her hand open, got a fright, there was nothing but straw

[Pre-Chorus]
I got Prada, new furs, what about your birthday?
Bummer, maybe wait for your next anniversary?
Not everyone’s a swan, nested in Babylon
Lipstick on a pig, as your body’s starting to rot

[Chorus]
I hope that you make it, home in time for Christmas
I hope that you got past the worst part of your sickness
Your face looks sore, I hope you can still smile
Smeared red stains on the bathroom tiles
Do you hear the bells of the reindeers' reins?
Hung up like a marionette, strung up by the veins
An inch from the fire, yet there’s no sign of thaw
I forgot my scarf, my neck snapped, head tumbled off
[Verse 2]
If it’s making you bored, you can just turn the page
There’s something under the floors, tiptoe just in case
Did something happen last summer? Your demeanor took a shift
I see it’s hung on the wall, was it a birthday gift?

[Pre-Chorus]
I got Prada, new furs, what about your birthday?
Bummer, maybe wait for your next anniversary?
Not everyone’s a swan, nested in Babylon
Lipstick on a pig, as your body’s starting to rot

[Chorus]
I hope that you make it, home in time for Christmas
I hope that you got past the worst part of your sickness
Your face looks sore, I hope you can still smile
Smeared red stains on the bathroom tiles
Do you hear the bells of the reindeers' reins?
Hung up like a marionette, strung up by the veins
An inch from the fire, yet there’s no sign of thaw
I forgot my scarf, my neck snapped, head tumbled off