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Artist: Hate In The Box
Canonical path: /hate-in-the-box/little-matchgirl
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Little Matchgirl
Read Little Matchgirl lyrics by Hate In The Box on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Little Matchgirl
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Light a match, but the cold never stops hurting,
She'll never stop yearning for something better.
She'll never be sorry, they sure didn't ever
Give a damn for poor little matchgirl.
Mr. Scatch is waiting, he pays her well.
She sells them her secrets and won't ever tell.
Better than the cold, better than the cold.
Better vengence than pity and being alone.
How's a girl s'posed to live?
There's no business in matches.
How's a girl s'posed to eat when bread isn't free?
Though they look their noses down, they're not better.
Though they look their noses down, they're not better.
They want her to be, their object of pity.
They want her to die, so they can feel "sorry".
They think that their "empathy" makes them better.
They only start caring once it doesn't matter.
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Hate In The Box performs "Little Matchgirl", and this lyric page sits inside the Hate In The Box catalog on LyroVerse.
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