Murder Your Darlings

Murder your darlings

Just let them die

Throw out the trash

And keep the best ones alive

Pull out the wings

The strong will survive

The loss will be gone

But new darlings arrive

Murder your darlings

And murder them quick

Before you love 'em too much

And some of them stick

And you threw me out and you just let me fall

You once called me darling now nothing at all

How many murdered, how many gone

Somebody a loser wants somebody warm

Murder your darlings

It's not that profound

Like an unfinished song

They keep hanging around

Murder your darlings

Be cool to be kind

They'll always remind you

Should have left them behind

And you just threw me out, you just let me fall

You once called me darling now nothing at all

How many murdered, how many gone

Somebody a loser wants somebody warm

Murder your darlings

Just let them die

Throw out the trash

And keep the best ones alive

They'll tarnish the sparkle

Of the chosen few

So murder your darlings

Before they murder you

Murder your darlings

Before they murder you

So murder your darlings

Before they murder you