Belle & Sebastian - Women's Realm lyrics

They met in a karaoke bar

Jack was singing "Lola" in a long black wig

The TV screen with the lines from the song

Caught the reflection of a girl

He caught her eye and he went wrong

She laughed while he apologized.

So they started talking to each other

Mary's friends listening from beyond

And shaking their heads

She had on half a smile as she looked away from him

He was falling victim to her every whim

The barman sighed, a tear in his eye.

So they kissed that night and she took him home

Though they were strangers he held her so tenderly

But she thought it might be fun to string him along

She knew it wasn't right; she didn't think it was wrong

She'd stop before he was in love with her

She didn't stop to think she might fall in love with him.

Well it went on for a week, a month, a year

Mary somehow forgot to break it off

Now she felt so trapped and she didn't know why

She was so sure that she loved him though it started as a lie

When she realized she broke down and told him

He already knew -- he'd read it in her diary the day before.

It turned out that he was the same as her

Living a lie on automatic pilot

Now they didn't know what to do

They didn't know who they were

Mary tried to smile, Jack slipped his hand into hers

The barman would have been surprised