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A thread of Lana del rey lyrics that I personally resonate with:
“I’m tired of feeling like I’m fucking crazy
I’m tired of driving till I see stars in my eyes
All I’ve got to keep myself sane baby, so I just ride”
- Ride
I’m tired of driving till I see stars in my eyes
All I’ve got to keep myself sane baby, so I just ride”
- Ride
“They said that love was enough but it wasn’t”
- Fine China
- Fine China
“There’s things I wanna say to you but I’ll just let you live like if you hold me without hurting me you’ll be the first who ever did”
- Cinnamon girl
- Cinnamon girl
“My father's love was always strong
My mother's glamour lives on and on
Yet still inside, I felt alone
For reasons unknown to me”
- Old money
My mother's glamour lives on and on
Yet still inside, I felt alone
For reasons unknown to me”
- Old money
“Maybe my contribution
Could be as small as hoping
That words could turn to birds and birds would send my thoughts your way”
Could be as small as hoping
That words could turn to birds and birds would send my thoughts your way”
“Winin' and dinin', drinkin' and drivin', excessive buyin'
Overdose and dyin' on our drugs and our love and our dreams and our rage
Blurrin' the lines between real and the fake
God can only, I need somebody to hold me”
- National anthem
Overdose and dyin' on our drugs and our love and our dreams and our rage
Blurrin' the lines between real and the fake
God can only, I need somebody to hold me”
- National anthem
“She says, "You don't want to be like me
Don't wanna see all the things I've seen"
I'm dying, I'm dying”
- Carmen
Don't wanna see all the things I've seen"
I'm dying, I'm dying”
- Carmen
“My pussy tastes like pepsi cola
My eyes are wide like cherry pies”
- Cola
My eyes are wide like cherry pies”
- Cola
“I watch the skies getting light as I write
As I think about those years
As I whisper in your ear
I'm always going to be right here
No one's going anywhere”
- How to disappear
As I think about those years
As I whisper in your ear
I'm always going to be right here
No one's going anywhere”
- How to disappear
“They were the only friends I ever had
We got into trouble, and when stuff got bad
I got sent away, I was waving on the train platform
Crying 'cause I know I'm never coming back”
- This is what makes us girls
We got into trouble, and when stuff got bad
I got sent away, I was waving on the train platform
Crying 'cause I know I'm never coming back”
- This is what makes us girls
“Think I'll miss you forever
Like the stars miss the sun in the mornin' sky
Later's better than never
Even if you're gone, I'm gonna drive”
- Summertime sadness
Like the stars miss the sun in the mornin' sky
Later's better than never
Even if you're gone, I'm gonna drive”
- Summertime sadness
“I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get, scared that I couldn't find, all the answers I need”
- Born to die
Tried to take what I could get, scared that I couldn't find, all the answers I need”
- Born to die
“But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please, don't let me be misunderstood”
- Don’t let me be misunderstood
Oh Lord, please, don't let me be misunderstood”
- Don’t let me be misunderstood
“If you love me hardcore, then don't walk away”
- Never let me go
- Never let me go
“Would you kill for me?
Would you die for me?
Put your hands where I can see them
Put them in the air”
- Live or die
Would you die for me?
Put your hands where I can see them
Put them in the air”
- Live or die
“I waited for you
In the spot you said to wait
In the city, on a park bench
In the middle of the pouring rain
'Cause I adored you”
- Tomorrow never came
In the spot you said to wait
In the city, on a park bench
In the middle of the pouring rain
'Cause I adored you”
- Tomorrow never came
“When you talk, it's like a movie and you're makin' me crazy
'Cause life imitates art
If I get a little prettier, can I be your baby?
You tell me life isn't that hard”
- Gods and monsters
'Cause life imitates art
If I get a little prettier, can I be your baby?
You tell me life isn't that hard”
- Gods and monsters
“You said if you could have your way
You'd make it nighttime all today
So it'd suit the mood of your soul”
- Black beauty
You'd make it nighttime all today
So it'd suit the mood of your soul”
- Black beauty
“It's you‚ all the roads lead to you
Everything I want and do, all the things that I say
It's true, all the roads lead to you
Like the 405 I drive through
Every night and every day
I see you for who you really are
Why the thousands of girls love
The way Bill plays guitar”
Everything I want and do, all the things that I say
It's true, all the roads lead to you
Like the 405 I drive through
Every night and every day
I see you for who you really are
Why the thousands of girls love
The way Bill plays guitar”
“Who's doper than this bitch? Who's freer than me?
You wanna make the switch? Be my guest, baby
I'm feelin' all my fuckin' feelings”
You wanna make the switch? Be my guest, baby
I'm feelin' all my fuckin' feelings”
“I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown
24/7 Sylvia Plath
Writing in blood on my walls
'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad
Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not
But at best, I can say I'm not sad”
24/7 Sylvia Plath
Writing in blood on my walls
'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad
Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not
But at best, I can say I'm not sad”
“I'm flyin' to the moon again, dreamin' about marzipan
Taking all my medicine to take my thoughts away
I'm getting on that aeroplane, leavin' my old man again
I hope that I come back one day
To tell you that I really changed, baby”
Taking all my medicine to take my thoughts away
I'm getting on that aeroplane, leavin' my old man again
I hope that I come back one day
To tell you that I really changed, baby”
“And I'm wasted
Don't leave‚ I just need a wake-up call
I'm facing the greatest
The greatest loss of them all”
Don't leave‚ I just need a wake-up call
I'm facing the greatest
The greatest loss of them all”
“No one even knows how hard life was
I don't even think about it now because
I've finally found you”
I don't even think about it now because
I've finally found you”
“I had a dream that I was fine
I wasn't crazy, I was divine”
I wasn't crazy, I was divine”
“Prison isn't nothing to me if you'll be by my side”
“He used to call me poison
Like I was Poison Ivy
I could have died right there
'Cause he was right beside me”
Like I was Poison Ivy
I could have died right there
'Cause he was right beside me”
“We get down every Friday night
Dancing and grinding in the pale moonlight
Grand Ole Opry
We're feeling alright
Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind”
Dancing and grinding in the pale moonlight
Grand Ole Opry
We're feeling alright
Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind”
“We get so tired and we complain
'Bout how it's hard to live
It's more than just a video game”
'Bout how it's hard to live
It's more than just a video game”
“You lose your way, just take my hand
You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again
Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am
I'm your man
I'm your man”
You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again
Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am
I'm your man
I'm your man”
“You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better
I wanted to reach out, but I never said a thing
I shouldn't have done it, but I read it in your letter
You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better
I wanted to call you, but I didn't say a thing”
I wanted to reach out, but I never said a thing
I shouldn't have done it, but I read it in your letter
You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better
I wanted to call you, but I didn't say a thing”
“I shared my body and my mind with you
That's all over now
I did what I had to do
I found another, anyhow
Shared my body and my mind with you
That's all over now
I did what I had to do
I could see you leaving now”
That's all over now
I did what I had to do
I found another, anyhow
Shared my body and my mind with you
That's all over now
I did what I had to do
I could see you leaving now”
“The sun also rises on those who fail the call
My life, it comprises of losses and wins and fails and falls”
My life, it comprises of losses and wins and fails and falls”
“You're falling hard, I push away, I'm feelin' hot to the touch
You say you miss me and I wanna say I miss you so much
But something keeps me really quiet, I'm alive, I'm a lush
Your love, your love, my love”
You say you miss me and I wanna say I miss you so much
But something keeps me really quiet, I'm alive, I'm a lush
Your love, your love, my love”
“All those special times I spent with you, my love
They don't mean shit compared to all your drugs
But I don't really mind, I've got much more than that
Like my memories, I don't need that”
They don't mean shit compared to all your drugs
But I don't really mind, I've got much more than that
Like my memories, I don't need that”
“I drive fast, wind in my hair
I push it to the limits 'cause I just don't care
You ask me where I've been; I been everywhere
But I don't want to be nowhere but here”
I push it to the limits 'cause I just don't care
You ask me where I've been; I been everywhere
But I don't want to be nowhere but here”
“Don't be afraid of me
Don't be ashamed
Walk in the way of my soft resurrection
Idol of roses, iconic soul
I know your name
Lead me to war with your brilliant direction”
Don't be ashamed
Walk in the way of my soft resurrection
Idol of roses, iconic soul
I know your name
Lead me to war with your brilliant direction”
“They say I'm too young to love you
They say I'm too dumb to sing
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors, like they forgot to read”
They say I'm too dumb to sing
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors, like they forgot to read”
“Happiness is a butterfly
Try to catch it, like, every night
It escapes from my hands into moonlight”
Try to catch it, like, every night
It escapes from my hands into moonlight”
“All my friends tell me I should move on
I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song
That's how you sang it
Loving you forever can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, won't move on”
I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song
That's how you sang it
Loving you forever can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, won't move on”
“Cause I love you so much, I fall to pieces
My cherries and wine, rosemary and thyme
And all of my peaches are ruined,
Are ruined, are ruined”
My cherries and wine, rosemary and thyme
And all of my peaches are ruined,
Are ruined, are ruined”
“Dream a little dream of me
Make me into something sweet
Turn the radio on, dancing to a pop song
Fuck it, I love you
I really do”
Make me into something sweet
Turn the radio on, dancing to a pop song
Fuck it, I love you
I really do”
“Is the sun in your eyes, easy rider?
Do the flame-colored skies light your fire?
We are heavy metal lions
They will never understand
The kind of people you or I am
Bow your heads and take your hands”
Do the flame-colored skies light your fire?
We are heavy metal lions
They will never understand
The kind of people you or I am
Bow your heads and take your hands”
