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Pick four Lana songs that best represent the meaning and symbolism of each element and tell me why you think what you think! Obviously it’s hard to pick just one song each but I think this could be a fun discussion. I had the idea listening to Gods and Monsters thinking wow this is such a hot song. So my list is:
 
Earth: "Blue Banisters"
The whole album is pretty earthy to me, but BB is very much Lana lamenting about the loss of love, stability and a potential home, to build on, fix up and decorate with paint and babies. This is a very elemental song actually referencing a lot of weather phenomena all coming to crash down upon the house she’s left to try and salvage alone. 
 
Air: “Fingertips"
This is ultimate air to me…words streaming from her mind with total clarity, no filtration, completely honest. And it also really showcases her amazing intellect, making metaphors on the fly and indulging her vocabulary. The song is formless like air too, it just swells and recedes and transforms along with the words.
 
Fire: "Gods and Monsters"
It’s a very fiery song about yearning for a kind of power plus destruction, transformation, raw energy. Burning away innocence to achieve the burning desire of the ego, in a highly volatile place.
 
Water: “Mariners Apartment Complex"
She is like an ocean - sadness, darkness, deepness. Emotional tides, crashing waves. She’s both in command of it all but essentially one with it too. It’s all about fluctuation, of character and circumstance. And there is such a purity to this song, even with the cover art she’s so bare-faced and beautiful, I remember thinking that it was like a rebirth after LFL.
 
 
I actually asked chatgpt what it thought and it said: 
 
Earth: "American"
"American" embodies the essence of the earth element through its thematic focus on nostalgia, Americana imagery, and rootedness. The song evokes a sense of place and belonging, celebrating the landscapes, traditions, and myths of America. Its references to nature, small towns, and highways evoke a connection to the earth and its enduring presence in the American psyche.
 
Air: "High by the Beach"
"High by the Beach" captures the airy quality of the element through its dreamy atmosphere, ethereal vocals, and evocative lyrics. The song's imagery of vast horizons, ocean breezes, and soaring melodies evoke a sense of freedom, escapism, and weightlessness. It reflects the ephemeral nature of air and the desire for transcendence and liberation.
 
Fire: "Burning Desire"
"Burning Desire" embodies the fiery energy and passion associated with the element through its sultry vocals, intense beats, and seductive lyrics. The song's themes of desire, lust, and longing ignite a sense of urgency and intensity, mirroring the transformative power of fire. It evokes the heat of passion and the drive to embrace life's pleasures and risks.
 
Water: "Dark Paradise"
"Dark Paradise" represents the element of water through its haunting melodies, melancholic undertones, and introspective lyrics. The song's imagery of turbulent seas, drowning emotions, and submerged desires evoke a sense of depth, fluidity, and emotional turmoil. It reflects the profound and mysterious aspects of water, symbolizing the depths of the human psyche and the currents of love and loss.

I loved your analysis!

Earth : Yosemite
Air : Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Fire : Cruel World
Water : Fuck It, I Love You
 
 
Love : Old Money

You ate so hard with this I loved reading this might do my own interpretation 

Earth : Beautiful 
 
Air : Salvatore 
 
Fire : Guns And Roses  
 
Water : God Bless America 

Black Bathing Suit is mixing all of elements
anger, stability, melancholia and freedom in one song. either sonically and musically.

going to do this slightly diff but I love this topic  
 
earth
songs: wildflower wildfire (also kinda fire), cherry blossom, when the world was at war, Yosemite albums: blue banisters, chemtrails air
songs: Terrence loves you, happiness is a butterfly, say yes to heaven, bel air, honeymoon, get free albums: honeymoon, lust for life  
fire
songs: burning desire, Florida kilos, Tulsa Jesus freak albums: ultraviolence, BTD water
songs: fishtail, grandfather please stand, lost at sea, shades of cool, west coast, fingertips, MAC albums: Ocean Blvd, NFR

I cringed at the last line 

I’d love to see The Tortured Poets Department Tour but …….  well we all know 
The Puth line? Girl was making fun of him anyways 😭😭😭😭

Why is she getting dragged for like 2 lines from this album when there’s godly songwriting all over it. The world just really hates her that much?

But wouldn’t she want the TVs out before the end of the tour 

well it’s a deluxe technically but i have it separated from the standard because of how long it is 

i dont think that any rerecord will be out this year. shes using a pattern
album(2020) 2 rerecords(2021) album(2022) 2 rerecords(2023) album(2024) 

ts11 and ts11 deluxe
Ur mind 

I count them as 11 and 12 tbh

i have a question, do we count ttpd and the anthology as one album(ts11) or two different albums(ts11 and ts12)

I wonder if it’s because we aren’t getting the other 2 tvs this year

31 songs?! She's insane...
 

I’m just mad as hell cuz I loved this place but,
So long, London 
Had a good run 
A moment of warm sun 
But I’m not the one. 
 
the lyrics are starting to lyric and I’m not ok. 

I feel like Peter is basically Betty with different lyrics

im  so sorry i dont know. im from europe and i didnt buy  anything 

To those who don’t like So Long, London 🚪
 
Edit- it’s an Aaron track as well. 

Is it possible to buy this outside US? Only saw it on her official US site, available only to US customers. (Sorry if this has been asked before - so many posts 😅) 

Taylor and Florence ate so hard. LOVE IT!!!1

idk how anout you but i like the anthology tracks better than the standard ones