Sia Songs - Cellophane Lyrics

Sia - Cellophane

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Album: 1000 Forms of Fear
Released: 2014

Cellophane Lyrics

Look at me, I'm such a basket case
Delivered to you wrapped in Cellophane
Waiting on your doorstep every day
Delivery, a basket filled with pain

Patience is your virtue, saint o' mine
I'd have fallen through the cracks without your love tonight
I'm your groundhog and I'm skating on thin ice
But you see me at your feet and carry me inside

Can't you see I'm wrapped in cellophane
Watch the blood pump through my veins
Electricity floods my brain
Can't hide the pain, can't hide the pain
When you're wrapped in cellophane

Look at me, I'm such a basket case
While I fall apart you'll hide all my pills again
And all the things I need to hear you say
You'll watch as all my thoughts get right back on the train

Can't you see I'm wrapped in cellophane
Watch the blood pump through my veins
Electricity floods my brain
Can't hide the pain, can't hide the pain
When you're wrapped in cellophane

Can't you see I'm wrapped in cellophane
Watch the blood pump through my veins
Electricity floods my brain
Can't hide the pain, can't hide the pain
When you're wrapped in cellophane

Writer/s: FURLER, SIA / KURSTIN, GREGORY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Cellophane

Addicted to painkillers and alcohol and suffering from panic attacks because of the incessant cycle of having to promote her music, a depressed Sia Furler contemplated suicide, but was stopped by a friend. Sia began a twelve-step program and focused on writing songs for other artists. After success penning hit tunes for the likes of David Guetta ("Titanium") and Rihanna, ("Diamonds"), Sia signed a contract with RCA to record an album, which stipulated she doesn't have to tour or do press appearances to promote it. This song finds Sia referencing her inability to deal with the pressures of the music industry by calling herself a basket case and comparing herself to a basket wrapped in cellophane.

Cellophane is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged and then shaped into thin, flat, transparent sheets. Sia is saying that she's unable to hide herself away from her difficulties, while wrapped in something so crystal clear.