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Friday 4:25pm thoughts:
 
1. The cover is black and white which gives me hope for Wizard of Oz themes
2. The song is very emotive and for me, that's what's most impressive about it. You can't learn how to do that; it's inherent. 
3. I think the opening line is possibly "small talk" from when she met the subject. "I come from a small town, how 'bout you?"
4. The repetition of "let me" makes me think that this ties into the toxic masculinity she talked about experiencing, which incidentally was in the same interview in which she mentioned LMLYLAW, iirc. The wording suggests that the subject perhaps withheld his affection and/or rejected hers. "Let me hold you like a baby" - in other words, she wants him to allow himself to be vulnerable. 
5. "Doesn't mean songs and poems" perhaps the relationship was heavily impacted by her fame and career, so she's telling him she's more than just her work and if they move away she can have a life that isn't dominated by it. 
6. I feel like the echoes and layering reflect the vastness of the distances she's singing about, that she feels both in the relationship and geographically. 
7. In closing,

Talk to me in songs and poems, Sylvia

I don't think these two contradict each other at all. She's even saying how she's not forcing him to follow him out of LA ("I think I'd manage"), and I interpret the "I need you to come/want you to come" as her telling him she wants him to come but she'll manage without, and her inner dialogue saying she needs him but she's not going to pressure him. It's quite a comforting song imo, she's in love with him and needs him but she won't pressure him or force him to do anything.
 
BTD era would have her singing about how she'd literally die without him and she needs him to stay with her, now she's feeling the same but she doesn't tell him that because she's loving him like a woman, not a young girl.

me at 12:00 est refreshing the spotify  page as if I havent listened to the leak 923921 times already

does anyone else hear the jingle bells in the backround? christmas album comfirmed!

she’s too visually intelligent to do this kind of cover off the cuff. it had to have been done like this intentionally; down to earth, and glaringly unpretentious, possibly to match that new midwest sound she’s going for or whatever. i mean honestly this looks like a cover for any run of the mill coffee shop singer in the early 2000’s but maybe that’s exactly what she was going for. doesn’t mean it isn’t ugly as fuck, i’d just like to think there was some thought behind it ?

anyone notice how at 1:39 she sings "need you to come", but in the background you can hear her say "want"

The lnk.to we found the other day now works like a normal lnk.to and doesn’t just randomly open up Spotify!!
 
here’s to hoping she says something about it!

the strength of perspective. the patience. the nobility of her care. lemme love u like a woman no slander no slander 

the song says, it's ok. ur safe here.  lemme hold u like a bb. there there  and u know what? we all loved that 

This! I feel like people have normalized collectively critiquing someone’s art in a way that’s masked as sympathetic by saying things like “honey...” but really it’s just backhanded and kinda rude for no reason.

Well, do I think the disproportionate amount of attention and instagram comments she's getting off this cover is rude? Yeah. But I agree with the sentiment. It's not good, the cropping is bad, the font is hideous, the selfie is kinda off, kinda dig the little roses though... but the whole thing is just DIY through and through. 

idk if this is going to come across as over offended but that's so unnecessary??? like, leave her alone, no it's not great but it's really not that big of a deal.  

Skkkk even a designer from Interview Magazine who worked on Lana's issue took a shot at the cover
 

the replay value. classic and phresh simultaneously like do u even know, do u know. do u. do u know 

Twitter announcement & a note about the cover - 
 

she said "fuck it" but not "I love you" 

What is she doing 
She doesn’t seem excited at all. That’s why I’m not excited at all. She’s killing the album before it’s even out. I’m so sad 

The lnk.to we found the other day now works like a normal lnk.to and doesn’t just randomly open up Spotify!!
 
here’s to hoping she says something about it!

Me while listening: 
 
Me seeing the cover art: 
 
EDIT:
Seeing all these negative comments on her Instagram post + Paradise Live leaking (putting me in the best mood ever), I want to take a step back from what I said.
I love you, Lana. The cover art isn't my cup of tea but you're the artist and I respect your artistic decisions. 
The song is beautiful and I don't mind the cover art at all. <3

[Verse 1]
I come from a small town, how 'bout you?
I only mention it 'cause I'm ready to leave LA
And I want you to come
Eighty miles North or South will do
I don't care where as long as you're with me
And I'm with you and you let me

[Chorus]
Let me love you like a woman
Let me hold you like a baby
Let me shine like a diamond
Let me be who I'm meant to be
Talk to me in poems and songs
Don't make me be bittersweet
Let me love you like a woman
Let me hold you like a baby
Let me hold you like a baby

[Verse 2]
I come from a small town far away
I only mention it 'cause I'm ready to leave LA
And I want you to come
I guess I could manage if you stay
It's just if you do I can't see myself having any fun, so

[Chorus]
Let me love you like a woman
Let me hold you like a baby
Let me shine like a diamond
Let me be who I'm meant to be
Talk to me in songs and poems
Don't make me be bittersweet
Let me love you like a woman
Take you to infinity
Let me love/hold you like a woman/baby
Take you to infinity
Let me love/hold you like a woman/baby
Take you to infinity

[Bridge]
We could get lost in the purple rain
Talk about the good ol' days
We could get high on some pink champagne
Baby, let me count the waves

[Chorus]
Let me love you like a woman
Let me hold you like a baby
Let me shine like a diamond
Let me be who I'm meant to be
Doesn't mean songs and poems
Don't make me be bittersweet
Let me love you like a woman

The lnk.to we found the other day now works like a normal lnk.to and doesn’t just randomly open up Spotify!!
 
here’s to hoping she says something about it!