Girl Anachronism

SONG
Girl Anachronism
Artist	The Dresden Dolls
Written by	Amanda Palmer
Length	3:01
Album(s)	The Dresden Dolls EP The Dresden Dolls

Girl Anachronism is a song by The Dresden Dolls.

History

In Australia, the song was ranked #30 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.

In the Dresden Dolls Companion, Amanda Palmer (born in 1976) published the lyrics, sheet music, history, and creative process for this single. She also mentions how

I always felt like the twenties or the sixties would have made more sense [to be born into].}}

In 2003, the music video for 'Girl Anachronism' was released.

Meaning

The lyrics, alternately angry, apologetic, and whiny, deal with Amanda Palmer as a "problem child", a trait which she blames on the fact that she was born a few days premature, by Caesarean section. As the song grows, the lyrics split into various subplots, all of which are related to feeling out of place or out of time.

Lyrics

(One, two, three four!)

(Rahh!)

(Uhh...)

You can tell

From the scars on my arms

And cracks in my hips

And the dents in my car

And the blisters on my lips

That I'm not the carefullest of girls

You can tell

From the glass on the floor

And the strings that're breaking

And I keep on breaking more

And it looks like I am shaking

But it's just the temperature

Then again

If it were any colder I could disengage

If I were any older I would act my age

But I don't think that you'd believe me

It's

Not

The

Way

I'm

Meant

To

Be

It's just the way the operation made me

And you can tell

From the state of my room

That they let me out too soon

And the pills that I ate

Came a couple years too late

And ive got some issues to work through

There I go again

Pretending to be you

Make-believing

That I have a soul beneath the surface

Trying to convince you

It was accidentally on purpose

I am not so serious

This passion is a plagiarism

I might join your century

But only on a rare occasion

I was taken out

Before the labor pains set in and now

Behold the world's worst accident

I am the girl anachronism

And you can tell

By the red in my eyes

And the bruises on my thighs

And the knots in my hair

And the bathtub full of flies

That I'm not right now at all

There I go again

Pretending that I'll fall

Don't call the doctors

They've seen it all before

They'll say just

Let

Her

Crash

And

Burn

She'll learn

The attention just encourages her

And you can tell

From the full-body cast

That you're sorry that you asked

Though you did everything you could

Like any decent person would

But I might be catching so don't touch

You'll start believing you're immune to gravity and stuff

Don't get me wet

Because the bandages will all come off

And you can tell

From the smoke at the stake

That the current state is critical

Well, it is the little things, for instance

In the time it takes to break it she can make up ten excuses

Please excuse her for the day, its just the way the medication makes her...

Ah!

I don't necessarily believe there is a cure for this

So I might join your century, but only as a doubtful guest

I was too precarious, removed as a caesarian

Behold the world's worst accident!

I am the girl anachronism

I am the girl anachronism

I am the girl anachronism

I am the girl

I am the girl

I am the girl

I am the girl anachronism!

Release

• The Dresden Dolls EP - 2001
• The Dresden Dolls (album) - 2003
• Girl Anachronism (single) - 2003
• Live: In Paradise - 2005
• Live at the Roundhouse - 2007
• Weeds:Music from the Series Volume 3 - 2008

In Popular Culture

• This song was used at the end credits of Season Three Episode Five of the Showtime television series Weeds.
• The song title has been borrowed by many, including eBay-based vintage company Girl Anachronism Vintage.