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I refuse to hear Lana pronounce Arkansas like that so in my head its "our Kansas". 

I refuse to hear Lana pronounce Arkansas like that so in my head its "our Kansas". 

so you're telling me Lies is about a ugly white man, and here i was in 2016 using Lies as my break up song about a ugly white guy i dated? my mind 
 
 
 
Also this is one of her most iconic pieces of her career
 

Yall from Europe saying she's saying Arkansas is wrong. Kansas is pronounced how it's spelled, while Arkansas is pronounced Are-Kan-Saw
 
I know, it's stupid, but thought I'd point that out

I refuse to hear Lana pronounce Arkansas like that so in my head its "our Kansas". 

Loving this concept!

Hey everyone! The recent leaking of LIB really made my week, as I'm sure it did for many of you as well. It was so great to finally hear it in its entirety and for me it definitely didn't disappoint. That being said, I have listened to the fanmade version I've had in my iTunes so many times now that the song's structure felt off to me. Essentially the version I was using had, what we now know as the bridge as the chorus. I don't really like how the chorus is just one line repeated twice. So I decided to try my hand at splicing together a version with the bridge used twice as a chorus and then the song ending as it does. I also wanted to utilize both versions that leaked. So essentially my "rework" goes like this:
 
Verse 1 (2015 ver.) --> Prechorus (Alt ver.) --> Bridge --> Verse 2 (2015 ver.) --> Prechorus (Alt ver.) --> Bridge + Outro (2015 ver.)
 
 
I'm not great at audio editing. I don't do it often and all I had to do this was garageband. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out though and don't think any of the transitions are too jarring. So, I figured I'd share it with the community. Go easy on me haha! 
 
 
New Link: https://dbree.org/v/41620e

Yeah honestly, shit like that ^ is why I'm having a lot of trouble getting on board with Violet because, to me, it all comes across as a bit of a pity party.
 
I get that not everything is autobiographical, but that hits really close to home and she clearly believes that about herself.

that’s what i’ve been thinking too, because i’ve seen/listened to multiple posts/interviews including in her new poetry audiobook where she talks about how she didn’t come from money and was actually basically poor. i love her but it does frustrate me a bit because even if she struggled a lot, she still did come from money and privilege. she was even born in manhattan new york lol out of all places.
 
i think it just comes down to the way she thinks and sees the world. same with her current controversies. like, i’m sure she means well and has good intentions, but it doesn’t translate in the way she means and where she’s coming from in her mind

Either way, the fact that she's still going on about it irks me. Even if they didn't fund her career directly, I would argue that they still did so indirectly.
 
What I mean by that is, it's easier to pursue a career in music, or whatever you want, if you have well-off parents to fall back on, and she has always had that. It's clear that she hasn't always had the best relationship with them, but I also don't think they ever would've left her to live on the street or anything. They, and their money, were always there if she ever needed it.
 
A lot of people don't have the privilege of choosing what they want to do with their lives, and have to do whatever they can to pay bills. It's not her fault that her parents are well-off, but I also think she should stop whining about people pointing out that they were.
 
You know, and then there's "they say that I'm rich, and I am - but not in the way that they think". As several critics have already pointed out, she IS rich in precisely the way we think. She has millions of dollars. We all get what she means but she didn't communicate it well, so it's difficult to argue that this is "good" poetry. In some cases, it's difficult to argue that it's poetry at all.
 
It is what it is, and I'm glad people are enjoying it, but I don't think anyone should be acting as if she's the Next Best American Poet.

Perhaps referring to this? 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

This is one of my favorite of the new unreleased tracks. Its beautiful and sad and so.. real? I also always thought her living in Alabama was some fantasy bullshit but now I just don't know. Not that she couldn't have still made this up, but I feel like this gives the story more credibility. I don't know, I just really really love this. 

Perhaps referring to this? 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

Perhaps referring to this? 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

Perhaps referring to this? 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

This is one of my favorite of the new unreleased tracks. Its beautiful and sad and so.. real? I also always thought her living in Alabama was some fantasy bullshit but now I just don't know. Not that she couldn't have still made this up, but I feel like this gives the story more credibility. I don't know, I just really really love this. 

this would definitely make sense vis a vis many Bibles marking the words of Jesus in red (in case anyone didn't pick that up dkdfkfk sorry if i'm stating the obvious)

Perhaps referring to this? 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_edition

This would not bother me if they would just order them in a way that makes sense. It should be Born to Die, Born to Die (Deluxe), Paradise, Born to Die: The Paradise Edition, then Born to Die: The Paradise Edition (Special Version). Like the fact that Paradise comes first irritates me because that isn't how they were released. Also not me not knowing "Burning Desire" was on the special version  
 
Disagree about not packaging the two projects together. The death and ascent idea was extremely fascinating. 

This would not bother me if they would just order them in a way that makes sense. It should be Born to Die, Born to Die (Deluxe), Paradise, Born to Die: The Paradise Edition, then Born to Die: The Paradise Edition (Special Version). Like the fact that Paradise comes first irritates me because that isn't how they were released. Also not me not knowing "Burning Desire" was on the special version  
 
Disagree about not packaging the two projects together. The death and ascent idea was extremely fascinating. 

This would not bother me if they would just order them in a way that makes sense. It should be Born to Die, Born to Die (Deluxe), Paradise, Born to Die: The Paradise Edition, then Born to Die: The Paradise Edition (Special Version). Like the fact that Paradise comes first irritates me because that isn't how they were released. Also not me not knowing "Burning Desire" was on the special version  
 
Disagree about not packaging the two projects together. The death and ascent idea was extremely fascinating. 

I HATE that Blue Jeans and Video Games have "Album Version - Remastered" next to them 

"The earth shattered, the sky opened. The rain was fire but we were wooden" One of my favorite lyrics tbh

"I guess they really got the best of us, didn't they? They said that love was enough, but it wasn't."
 
My favourite lyrics by Lana. The idea that love is supposed to be the force that conquers all, but we actually exist under this divine prank that we cruelly only find out about when things fall apart.

Ask yourself if you would still stan if she actually was overweight (and to be clear, I don't think she is). If the answer is "no", then off you should fuck. 
 
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