Melanie (pardon me)

Melanie, please pardon me
if my words were too harsh
Melanie, please pardon me
if I struck you too hard

Melanie, you see
if it wasn't for your intransigence
I'd never have lost control

Melanie, please pardon me
if I have made you cry
Melanie, please pardon me
if I caused your black eye

Melanie, you see
if it wasn't for your intransigence
I'd never have lost control

Melanie, please pardon me
if I have stained your rug
Melanie, please pardon me
if I have spilled your blood

Melanie, you see
if it wasn't for your intransigence
I'd never have lost control

Melanie, please pardon me
if I have smashed your head
Melanie, please pardon me
if I have caused your death

Melanie, you see
if it wasn't for your intransigence
I'd never have lost control

[spoken]
now I gotta wrap you up real nicely
add some more weight to the package
and find me some place to dump it
fuck, what a mess
see, what you're doin' to me

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I was not quite happy with "stubbornness", neither with "pigheadedness", so I looked up synonyms and found "intransigence". I'd never heard that word before. Normally, I would avoid words or phrases that I'm not comfortable with. But I'm happy with "intransigence" because it is rather formal. The lyrics live from the contrast of educated speech ("pardon me") and rather rude behaviour - well, homicide, actually. I had a nice simple tune in mind when writing it that would add to the contrast.