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the sexual lyrics would probably feel so cringy and out of place if anybody else sang them, but lana makes them sound emotive and heavy, she is really doing it with this new track!  

“Open me up, tell me you like me” that hits HARD

Wow this analysis is art itself 

No super deep analysis here, but to me, she's comparing herself to the forgotten tunnel. Her inner beauty/personality is like the "mosaic ceilings, painted tiles on the wall" of the tunnel, but no man has wanted to explore her inner beauty/personality. They suppress it instead, just like the walls that form the structure of the tunnel but are covered with the mosaic painted tiles on the inside ("Handmade beauty sealed up by two man-made walls"). 
 
No men have cared enough to actually get to know the real her. She wants to know when it's her turn for a man to actually love her for her ("When's it gonna be my turn?") The suppression and apathy around her true self causes her to lose confidence in herself, relying on sex and his supposed love to make her love herself again ("Fuck me to death, love me until I love myself").
 
The woman in the second verse feels like another metaphor for Lana and the tunnel. She sings Hotel California, not because she enjoys it, but because she thinks it's what men want from her and will lure them in enough to want to know her inner beauty. 

Queen of deciphering lyrics , I enjoy the "Don't forget me " part the most

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard?
Mosaic ceilings, painted tiles on the wall
I can't help but feel somewhat like my body marred my soul
Handmade beauty sealed up by two man-made walls
& I'm like

When's it gonna be my turn?
When's it gonna be my turn?
Open me up
Tell me you like it
Fuck me to death
Love me until I love myself
There's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard
Therе's a tunnel under Ocean Boulеvard

There's a girl that sings "Hotel California"
Not because she loves the notes or sounds that sound like Florida
It's because she's in a world preserved, only a few have found the door
It's like Camarillo, only silver mirrors running down the corridor
Oh man

When's it gonna be my turn?
Don't forget me
When's it gonna be my turn?
Open me up
Tell me you like me
Fuck me to death
Love me until I love myself
There's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard
Don't forget me
There's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard

Harry Nilsson has a song, his voice breaks at 2:05
Somethin' about the way he says "Don't forget me" makes me feel like
I just wish I had a friend like him, someone to give me five
Lennon in the back, whisperin' in my ear, "Come on, baby, you can thrive"
But I can't

When's it gonna be my turn?
Don't forget me
When's it gonna be my turn?
Open me up
Tell me you like it
Fuck me to death
Love me until I love myself
There's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard

Idk what’s happening as I’ve been out of this thread for a bit, but there seems to be some discourse about the single?
If so, I recommend continuing the conversation in the Single Release Thread to not completely fill the Pre-Release with the same back & forth discussion! (& in the case that the conversation diverges into off-topic discussion tangents, that way it won’t be taking up space in this thread either) x

𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵

 
𝙁𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝

 
𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓

 
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑩𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒅
 

 
DONT FORGET ME

 
𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑂𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑑 

sucking DYK and COCC

i just refer to it as tunnels or ocean blvd bc there's no way i'm calling it dykttatuob 

i just refer to it as tunnels or ocean blvd bc there's no way i'm calling it dykttatuob 

I honestly love the phrase Did you know? but I also like just saying Ocean Blvd. Honestly we will probably each call it something different but we'll know what we're referring to. 

If you have apple music, set your crossfade time to 12 seconds. Then play Ocean Boulevard and queue up Don't Forget Me by Harry Nilsson directly after.

 

Welcome to the Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Pre-Release Thread
Annual Discussion & Meltdown!
To be released March 24th, 2023
 
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Tracklist:
1. The Grants
2. Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 
3. Sweet
4. AW
5. Judah Smith Interlude
6. Candy Necklace
7. Jon Batiste Interlude
8. Kintsugi
9. Fingertips
10. Paris, Texas
11. Grandfather Please Stand On The Shoulders Of My Father While He’s Deep-Sea Fishing
12. Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)
13. Margaret (feat. Bleachers)
14. Fishtail
15. Peppers (feat. Tommy Genesis)
16. Taco Truck x VB
 
Merch & Media Thread
Single Release Thread
DYKTTATUOB Lyrics Thread
Album Photoshoot Thread
Album Artwork Thread
Read the Pre-Pre-Release Thread
 
 
 
Previous OP Information:
 
 
 
Note: in the event that any audio leak from the record occurs even in snippet form, anyone who posts a direct link to leak, gives hints on where to find it, offers a link through DMs, etc., will be permanently banned. No exceptions.
Those who request a link to an audio leak will be warned and put on mod queue.
Please do not begin the Post-Release Thread until the album is officially released. I will create one for you all.
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i just refer to it as tunnels or ocean blvd bc there's no way i'm calling it dykttatuob 

i just refer to it as tunnels or ocean blvd bc there's no way i'm calling it dykttatuob 

trying to read through these pages right now is trying to run up an escalator  

This thread is giving me a stroke it’s moving so quickly and I think Elle is moving posts to different threads in real-time cause the pages keep fucking up LMFAO 

I was so happy when my boyfriend told me he listened to the song on his own 
 
and he really liked it 

i just refer to it as tunnels or ocean blvd bc there's no way i'm calling it dykttatuob 

i don't have a boyfriend to share this song with but once i do i know he'll love it like i do  on the same wave-length, that's the vibe i need 

my brain cannot process what’s happening in the thread I feel like I leave it for 2 hours & I’ve missed a decade worth of lore. 
 

also unrelated but how are we abbreviating this album? Have we decided?

are these american whore lyrics?

Lana Del Rey has dropped physical pre-orders for Did you know there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd! Merch to follow.
 
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i hope she serves fall out boy length of titles
Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song so We Wouldn't Get Sued I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song) I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows) I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You) My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)