Embach

"No one's gonna take my soul away" has the same energy as "I am my only god now"

The rumbling from distant shores sends me to sleep
But, the facts of life can sometimes make it hard to dream

Lana got so many High Honors/Honors in 8th grade (in 1999). If only she had known then that in 20 years, she will release one of the highest honored albums ever - NFR!

You also take pictures and you gave me one
Of a nun who was playing the drums
She was crazy, her name was Katie
I think you're so fun

 

noooo this is iconic 😭

All of Venice Bitch

You also take pictures and you gave me one
Of a nun who was playing the drums
She was crazy, her name was Katie
I think you're so fun

 

Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father
While he’s deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific
 
I don’t think I’ll ever forget how ridiculous I thought this line was the first time I read it. 

That makes sense, I think! I guess I was just thinking of her more recent songs, but aesthetics and the more pop sound she had with BTD can still interest new fans.

I think it’s innuendo because, you know, butter is made by churning it. 

“Regrettably also a white woman” 
 

Makes total sense. Thank you! 

Lana got so many High Honors/Honors in 8th grade (in 1999). If only she had known then that in 20 years, she will release one of the highest honored albums ever - NFR!

I'm now adult but I discovered Video Games when I wasn't even 10 yet (in 2011). I listened to a lot of radio and music channels and when Video Games played on TV, I just stopped whatever I was doing and my eyes were glued to TV and Video Games. There were 3 reasons why I was appealed to Lana and Video Games:
• I loved her low voice, I found it very unique when other songs on the radio or music channels were just screeching. Her voice felt very hypnotizing.
• I loved the music video and the aesthetics, at that time I was really fascinated in vintage Disney Princess cartoons (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White), I watched these movies all the time, so every time I saw those vintage clips in Video Games, it was appealing and very reminiscent of those Disney movies. Again, it looked very unique for me.
• I also listened to a lot of classical music because of the Disney movies, so when I heard the slow, dreamy, dramatic orchestra in Video Games, it reminded me of that classical music and also it was very different from the EDM mainstream music which was very popular then. So all the combination was so unique for me.
 
I may have been a weird kid but Video Games had all the elements I was drawn to.

Lana got so many High Honors/Honors in 8th grade (in 1999). If only she had known then that in 20 years, she will release one of the highest honored albums ever - NFR!

Lana got so many High Honors/Honors in 8th grade (in 1999). If only she had known then that in 20 years, she will release one of the highest honored albums ever - NFR!

Also a random fact I found: Chuck was a poet in her school 

The way how every answer is the right answer 
Omfg I misheard the lyrics all the time, I thought it was "my clothes" 
The way you're so right  every Lana song has a songwriting pearl that must be appreciated!

She graduated high school from Kent in 2003 when she was 17 a few weeks before her 18th birthday. I believe she was referencing a study abroad exchange program she did where she lived with a host family in Spain for awhile while continuing school there temporarily. These sorts of programs are quite common in private or highly-funded schools. She also could’ve just been there over the summer as she mentioned turning 16 when she was on the plane ride, and her birthday takes place during her school’s summer break after the school year concludes. So, it’s possible her parents didn’t want her to come home for the summer and instead sent her off to Spain until she returned to Connecticut to begin her next school year once summer break was over x

You also take pictures and you gave me one
Of a nun who was playing the drums
She was crazy, her name was Katie
I think you're so fun

 

Also a random fact I found: Chuck was a poet in her school 

I'll post the articles here tomorrow! Maybe it's interesting, because if does mention Ave Maria (that choir song) as one of the songs that the choir kids sang 

Naur yall already got one (the scandalous book which I believe had false claims and was AI generated? Idk maybe I'm wrong, the one which was promoted around this Spring as much as I remember from my lurking days)
 
I'm just dealing w a pseudoproblem - trying to find every new Lizzy/early Lana crumb possible from digital American/New York newspaper archives.

I just found a article from 2006 where Caroline Grant was Lake Placid High School senior and there was mentioned this same "Lake Placid Women's Ensemble" (which Caroline was member of) as the one from 2000 where was Elizabeth Grant mentioned as a member. It's just weird that possible Chuck and Lana were mentioned in the same context different years, just saying. But if I'm going too far and some of you are starting to find this strange then I'll just quit, I am actually kinda going too far now, I'll just stop sleuthing for now 

Tysm, queen 
 
Thank you to you all honestly, who has helped me

I can’t recall the source for this or if I’m mistaken, but I don’t think Lana went to Kent boarding school for her entire time in high school. I believe she started out at the local high school in Lake Placid and then had to be transferred to Kent in Connecticut after her alcohol issues where she then completed her schooling and graduated x