Marlon - SHADOW - I Am Not Your Princess

from SpinTunes #15 Round 2 by Spintunes

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about

I realize this idea was already done by the Mountain Goats, but hey, it's not like I can get eliminated twice, right? Right?? Anyway I did my best not to retread the material they did (except in the bridge). But anyway, this is my favorite Mario character and two people who took the time to notice him and rescue him from a dungeon when they could have easily warped past. So he's grateful to them the way I'm grateful to the two people who didn't put me in last place last round

lyrics

I know your journey
Hasn't been a
Slow walk in the park
I know this wasn't
What you hoped to
find here in the dark

I know you're hanging
By your very
Last disheveled string
You hoped to see your
quest come to an end
And you only got me

It's been a while since
Anything but
Screams of pain left my mouth
All I can think to say is
what you've no doubt figured out

I am not your princess
I am just a toad
I know that you only
Saved me by mistake
But thank you Mario

I know that I
Can't imagine
Just how hard you've tried
You must have died
A hundred times
To end up here by her side
And the guy in the green
seems to have seen some bad things
So I know it can't be easy to hear me say

I am not your princess
I am just a toad
I know that you only
Saved me by mistake
But thank you Mario

I've been
Captured for weeks
Trapped here with
All of these freaks
Witches and monsters and ghosts
I knew at once I was toast
But oh my gosh there you are
A hero dropped from the stars
And I mean these things with
Every single spore in my heart

I am not your princess
I am just a toad
I know that you only
Saved me by mistake
But thank you Mario

credits

from SpinTunes #15 Round 2, released November 18, 2018

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