Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#OnlyOneOf #doramaar

Full Lyrics;

Oh dear my fifth subject

Your eyes pale blue like the tears you wept

Truth is painted with lies what are you masking

I notice you waning and I think no way, girl

What if all the strokes I’ve painted so far

Don’t stay truthful to you Dora Maar

I want to open you like you’re Pandora’s box, girl yeah

Last night I dreamt of your moon eyes

The ones that seem so dark, baby

Ohohoh Won’t you show yourself to me baby

Ohohoh Sorry that I made you weep baby

Your dark room eclipsing darling

You’re just my grieving model

Dora Maar

Oh the two of us flow like a storm

As I submerge you even deeper than before, yeah

Oh my Dora, blossom like Flora

While I just stand in front of the sunlight, bebe

Stretch a little more, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh my Dora, where is your honour

Don’t try to hide your tears from me anymore babe

I’ll immortalise you, yeah, yeah, yeah

Forget your monotone if you stay then I’ll paint you every melancholy shade of green and blue, yeah

Dali’s clock melts like our time together, so for now I’ll stain you with the pleasure of each hue, yeah

Am I suffocating you?

Baby you are just a weeping woman

Dora Maar

Oh how this dreamy canvas of you dazes me, yeah

Last night I dreamt of your moon eyes

The ones that seem so dark, baby

Ohohoh Won’t you show yourself to me baby

Ohohoh Sorry that I made you weep baby

Your red room eclipsing darling

You’re just my grieving model

Dora Maar

Oh let me keep you like your blood-stained roses

Let me keep your colours so close, yeah

Oh my Dora, blossom like Flora

While I just stand in front of the sunlight, bebe

Stretch a little more, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh my Dora, where is your honour

Don’t try to hide your tears from me anymore babe

I’ll immortalise you, yeah, yeah, yeah

You could say, that I’m reflecting you

Just like a glass prism of light, oh

Draw you by and I hold you by night, yeah oh

Now, all that’s left is the carcass of our love

An our futures undreamt of

I don’t want to end this tragic affair

Because you’re my masterpiece, yeah

Oh my Dora, blossom like Flora

While I just stand in front of the sunlight, bebe

Stretch a little more, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh my Dora, where is your honour

Don’t try to hide your tears from me anymore babe

I’ll immortalise you, yeah, yeah, yeah


Sang by:

Rachel Mishkin


Lyrics Credits;

Laine

Seren

Rory Burrows

Eleanor Barlow

Maya Mishkin


Country: England



The lyric writing process;

Through writing the lyrics, we wanted to portray the relationship that is told by history but also the emotions we thought Dora would have experienced.

We first started writing on the basis of OnlyOneOf’s lyrics and we tried to stay with the themes and contents that is shown in their song. However, we also wanted to add a women’s perspective as femininity is an integral part of the song and we wanted to stay to true to Dora.

Throughout the song, we reference both Picasso and Dora’s profession/their artistry. We did this in order to display their dark emotions and the relationship they had. We implemented this through similes and metaphors that are seen in the song. For example, “Your dark/red room eclipsing darling” demonstrates Dora’s profession while working in a photography dark room and the imagery and colours connotes with an eclipse. Furthermore, lyrics like “forget your monotone” also display her monochromatic style which is seen throughout her photography and the pessimistic ‘monotone’ emotions.

Majorly, we wanted to depict an unstable relationship with the passion of their art, while focusing majorly on Dora Maar.