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I'm pretty sure that not every single British musician was 'inspired' by America. America is unquestionably a wonderful place, but it doesn't detract from the individuality of British artists. A lot of them were probably inspired by things other than America. Please stop suggesting that everything about the UK is directly related to America, because people here can stand on their own two feet and make their own music inspired by a huge variety of things. 

I'm gonna have to stick up for my country here.
 
The UK is an amazing place to live. Especially London. If you've ever been to central London, you will know what a magical, inspiring place it is to be. It's full of different cultures and ways of life, full of opportunities and full of beauty. I have no idea about Lana's personal reasons for moving to the UK, but I certainly don't think her career will suffer for it in the slightest. The UK has produced a lot of amazing musicians, as someone mentioned above, so I don't think it's fair to write it off just because it's not America. Lana obviously sees something in living here, she envisions some new life experiences or some new influences on her music, or something to that effect. London is a truly breathtaking place, and I think Lana will flourish here. 

I'm pretty sure that not every single British musician was 'inspired' by America. America is unquestionably a wonderful place, but it doesn't detract from the individuality of British artists. A lot of them were probably inspired by things other than America. Please stop suggesting that everything about the UK is directly related to America, because people here can stand on their own two feet and make their own music inspired by a huge variety of things. 

I'm pretty sure that not every single British musician was 'inspired' by America. America is unquestionably a wonderful place, but it doesn't detract from the individuality of British artists. A lot of them were probably inspired by things other than America. Please stop suggesting that everything about the UK is directly related to America, because people here can stand on their own two feet and make their own music inspired by a huge variety of things. 

I'm gonna have to stick up for my country here.
 
The UK is an amazing place to live. Especially London. If you've ever been to central London, you will know what a magical, inspiring place it is to be. It's full of different cultures and ways of life, full of opportunities and full of beauty. I have no idea about Lana's personal reasons for moving to the UK, but I certainly don't think her career will suffer for it in the slightest. The UK has produced a lot of amazing musicians, as someone mentioned above, so I don't think it's fair to write it off just because it's not America. Lana obviously sees something in living here, she envisions some new life experiences or some new influences on her music, or something to that effect. London is a truly breathtaking place, and I think Lana will flourish here. 

Doesn't all this apply more to America itself other than the United Kingdom? I really don't want to get into a cultural scientific discussion where people end up being offended because their patriotism kicks in, BUT the points you make sound very biased, and extremely typical of what the American stereotype thinks of the UK. Quick reminder: war time is over, rock'n'roll and chewing gum is now international and not exclusively American. Malicious tongues might even claim that the US is a little behind culturally... which is why it imports British music acts into their rather homogeneous and charmless repertoire of popstars. But only malicious tongues, you know...
 
When you say that "there's no creative energy in the UK" I can only shake my head. Forgive my bluntness but who are you to say that?
 
The overall sense I get from your posts is not the worry of a fan, but rather total misconception, prejudice misjudgment of and about three entire nations (four if you include Northern Ireland).

I'm gonna have to stick up for my country here.
 
The UK is an amazing place to live. Especially London. If you've ever been to central London, you will know what a magical, inspiring place it is to be. It's full of different cultures and ways of life, full of opportunities and full of beauty. I have no idea about Lana's personal reasons for moving to the UK, but I certainly don't think her career will suffer for it in the slightest. The UK has produced a lot of amazing musicians, as someone mentioned above, so I don't think it's fair to write it off just because it's not America. Lana obviously sees something in living here, she envisions some new life experiences or some new influences on her music, or something to that effect. London is a truly breathtaking place, and I think Lana will flourish here. 

I'm pretty sure that not every single British musician was 'inspired' by America. America is unquestionably a wonderful place, but it doesn't detract from the individuality of British artists. A lot of them were probably inspired by things other than America. Please stop suggesting that everything about the UK is directly related to America, because people here can stand on their own two feet and make their own music inspired by a huge variety of things. 

I'm pretty sure that not every single British musician was 'inspired' by America. America is unquestionably a wonderful place, but it doesn't detract from the individuality of British artists. A lot of them were probably inspired by things other than America. Please stop suggesting that everything about the UK is directly related to America, because people here can stand on their own two feet and make their own music inspired by a huge variety of things. 

This thread has pissed me off... I guess I'm more patriotic than what I thought.

I'm gonna have to stick up for my country here.
 
The UK is an amazing place to live. Especially London. If you've ever been to central London, you will know what a magical, inspiring place it is to be. It's full of different cultures and ways of life, full of opportunities and full of beauty. I have no idea about Lana's personal reasons for moving to the UK, but I certainly don't think her career will suffer for it in the slightest. The UK has produced a lot of amazing musicians, as someone mentioned above, so I don't think it's fair to write it off just because it's not America. Lana obviously sees something in living here, she envisions some new life experiences or some new influences on her music, or something to that effect. London is a truly breathtaking place, and I think Lana will flourish here. 

I feel like this could well be the longest reply I have ever written because there are so many Lana things I love in so many of her songs.
 
- I love pretty much every single lyrics in 'Pawn Shop Blues', but especially the line; In the name of higher consciousness, I let the best man I knew go. It's my favourite song, the tone and the lyrics just match so well, and I must have listened to it a thousand times when I broke up with my boyfriend. 
- I love the way she sings 'Think I'll miss you forever' is Summertime Sadness
- The little laugh in Motel 6 when she says 'Baby you can buy me Diet Mountain Dew and we'll get right down to it, me and you'
- The beginning of Dark Paradise; All my friends tell me I should move on, I'm lying in the ocean singing your song.
- Body Electric gives me shivers. I don't know what about it does, but it just does.
- For K makes me want to cry. It's beautiful and sad and I can't control my emotions when I listen to it. Especially the lyrics 'Is this what you wished? Did you wanna die?'
- The lyrics I know I wanted all this in the beginning, I really tried, I know I caught you at a not so happy time of your life in Junky Pride.
- The 'ray-ray's' in Raise Me Up, especially those at the end. 
- The feel of 'Trash Magic'. I don't know how else to explain it. Just the quiet, haunting, simplicity of it. 
- Video Games. It took me quite a long time to like this song, but now I adore it. I love her ability to turn the simple action of playing video games with someone you love into a song.
- Yayo. That song just defeats me. Hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night. 

I'm gonna have to stick up for my country here.
 
The UK is an amazing place to live. Especially London. If you've ever been to central London, you will know what a magical, inspiring place it is to be. It's full of different cultures and ways of life, full of opportunities and full of beauty. I have no idea about Lana's personal reasons for moving to the UK, but I certainly don't think her career will suffer for it in the slightest. The UK has produced a lot of amazing musicians, as someone mentioned above, so I don't think it's fair to write it off just because it's not America. Lana obviously sees something in living here, she envisions some new life experiences or some new influences on her music, or something to that effect. London is a truly breathtaking place, and I think Lana will flourish here. 

I'm gonna have to stick up for my country here.
 
The UK is an amazing place to live. Especially London. If you've ever been to central London, you will know what a magical, inspiring place it is to be. It's full of different cultures and ways of life, full of opportunities and full of beauty. I have no idea about Lana's personal reasons for moving to the UK, but I certainly don't think her career will suffer for it in the slightest. The UK has produced a lot of amazing musicians, as someone mentioned above, so I don't think it's fair to write it off just because it's not America. Lana obviously sees something in living here, she envisions some new life experiences or some new influences on her music, or something to that effect. London is a truly breathtaking place, and I think Lana will flourish here. 

This thread is amazing. The kind of analysis going on here rivals what I'm doing for my degree! 
 
It's incredibly interesting to read all the different interpretations. I guess one of the lovable things about Lana is that she is so open to interpretation. I have to admit, I find myself dying to be able to answer all the K questions and it's great to read all these theories.
 
Lana always did say that alcohol was the first love of her life, and to be honest I think that reflects in a lot of her music. It shows the love affair and the consequences that spiraled from it. It's not hard to make that connection so I love that you guys have pieced together all the other info, it's like reading a novel!

I'm really excited that she released a track name. I don't expect the album in the immediate future so it's great to at least have a track name to speculate about. There's something weirdly satisfying about it!

Well I don't track her every single quote, so I'm just excited to hear there's another album being made to be honest. 

I feel like this could well be the longest reply I have ever written because there are so many Lana things I love in so many of her songs.
 
- I love pretty much every single lyrics in 'Pawn Shop Blues', but especially the line; In the name of higher consciousness, I let the best man I knew go. It's my favourite song, the tone and the lyrics just match so well, and I must have listened to it a thousand times when I broke up with my boyfriend. 
- I love the way she sings 'Think I'll miss you forever' is Summertime Sadness
- The little laugh in Motel 6 when she says 'Baby you can buy me Diet Mountain Dew and we'll get right down to it, me and you'
- The beginning of Dark Paradise; All my friends tell me I should move on, I'm lying in the ocean singing your song.
- Body Electric gives me shivers. I don't know what about it does, but it just does.
- For K makes me want to cry. It's beautiful and sad and I can't control my emotions when I listen to it. Especially the lyrics 'Is this what you wished? Did you wanna die?'
- The lyrics I know I wanted all this in the beginning, I really tried, I know I caught you at a not so happy time of your life in Junky Pride.
- The 'ray-ray's' in Raise Me Up, especially those at the end. 
- The feel of 'Trash Magic'. I don't know how else to explain it. Just the quiet, haunting, simplicity of it. 
- Video Games. It took me quite a long time to like this song, but now I adore it. I love her ability to turn the simple action of playing video games with someone you love into a song.
- Yayo. That song just defeats me. Hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night. 

Studio version lyrics:
 

I really love this album and I probably listen to it more than I listen to BTD now. 
 
It's so vulnerable and honest and the lyrics are really beautiful. I've always thought her an amazing lyricist, but some of her later song lyrics (mostly in Paradise to be honest) are a bit of a stretch in my opinion, even though I still adore all her songs ("don't treat me rough, treat me really nicies" comes to mind). I also think it's possibly one of the most autobiographical albums she's ever done, 'For K' is one of my absolute favourite songs, and it tells us more about 'K' than any of the later music she made. It obviously touches upon drugs and alcoholism, (Pride, Bad Disease, etc) but in a way that's different from how she addresses it at later points. I just think it's a thoroughly beautiful and telling album. 

I'm a big fan of Lana's tattoos. Although the 'Nabokov Whitman' one isn't really to my taste, I appreciate that she is probably honouring those who inspire her. I have 3 myself and I understand the need to either give yourself a permanent reminder, or to remember someone, or just any personal reason, really. Tattoos are a weirdly personal thing. Some people can't understand why on earth I'd have got what I've got (the way we don't really know why Lana has all these tattoos on her, although we can make a good guess) written on me, but to me that's the point. It's a personal thing.

It's probably been brought up, but whoever 'K' was, he was a musician?
receipts:
 
For K Part 2: "I like your music and you like the way I walk"
Westbound: "You like to write about all of your problems, put them in songs because you think it would solve them"
 
now on to my lanalysis 
 
"Why did you go? I guess I know, maybe my question is, why must it come to this?"
She is just questioning why this had to happen, although she knows what led to it.. RE: "a drive-by sunday night" "Is this what you wished to commit a crime, to be serving time?" 
 
I feel like the whole of Westbound is about her usual "Honouring love lost", she knows he is gone and isn't coming back but she can't give him up. (Gangsta boy: "I don't care if you're going to prison, I wouldn't said I love love you if I didn't.") 
 
This also links to Dark Paradise, in Westbound she says "you and your melody" and proceeds to hum it, the same melody that is haunting her in Dark Paradise. The melody is a part of him that still possesses her.
 
"They're tryna teach me about new ways of living, they're tryna teach me 'bout way of forgiving"
Lizzi attending one of her famous self help groups 
 
"you're such a bad bad boy, I love you anyway" - The dedication to him is still strong as ever, this lizzy chick is way too clingy 
 
"You would not approve, but you are on the move"
Lana has previously said that she has been in " a whole lot of trouble" and that more than religious, she is very spiritual. I think that being "on the move" is his transition to the afterlife, AKA "the other side" something she talks about in Bel Air, Born To Die and Dark Paradise.
 
I think this is probably the most interesting, I did some researching about the significance of being westbound and this definitely explains the songs, supposed, title.
 
"Some Native Americans of the Southeast say that the souls of the dead dwell either in the heavens or in the west.
The west has often been associated with the afterlife of the spirits. Polynesian islanders locate their ancestral island in the west and believe that spirits of the dead can return there. The Celtic people pictured an otherworld that was sometimes underground or under the sea and sometimes an island in the west."

YES. I am an English Lit student and it drives me absolutely mad. 

I think Lana let's her imagination flow a lot Sitar. She is the one that likes mafia style a Dangerous girl. She said in a interview herself that the American Dream is dead. That the mafia and politics and everything is mixed up to the point that is a new american dream. I think he probably was a paper boy, a guy who sold drugs around the area he lived.  For some reason something went wrong for him. Can happen. In the moment you start selling them you gonna be out with several cuckoo's nest people around you. He didn't necessarily need to be in the mafia or a real drug dealer to get cought up in the game. I think that he probably did some drugs but was not an addicted. I also think he wasn't  old he was just a couple years older than her. In Gangsta Boy and some other songs you can see a connection that she probably knew him since her teens. I also think Lana writes a lot about other people stories, she mix those stories in her songs. People she end meeting among her life. I take everything Lana says with a bit of salt but she said that she ends up writing about the same guy and that her songs are about people in her life. You are a writer yourself do you think is possible not to write about other people experiences as well? Specially someone like her that end up in rehab. During her time there she probably got close to many people, hear their stories and some probably didn't have pretty stories to tell. The way she talks about the place she went doesn't seem like those fantasy places celebrities go to that look more like spas. Seems to be a real Rehab with people from the real world that end up there for reasons that are not really funny fairy tales. I think Lana writes a lot about herself but I also think she writes about her own time, her generation, like an outsider looking what is happening around her. After all Jimmy, Reeve and Barrie look far away from being a gangstar don't they? I also think she writes a lot about alcohol, her love for alcohol and the fact that she can't have it anymore. like a lost love or lover