Hope is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have - But I Have It [Sylvia]

[Say Yes to Heaven 27,514]

I was reading Slim Arons and I got to thinking that I thought

Maybe I’d get less stressed if I was tested less like all of these debutantes

Smiling for miles in pink dresses and high heels on white yachts, but I’m not

Baby, I’m not

No, I'm not

That, I'm not

 

I’ve been tearing around in my fucking nightgown

24/7 Sylvia Plath

Writing in blood on my walls

‘Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad

Don't ask if I'm happy

You know that I'm not

But at best I can say I'm not sad

‘Cause hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

 

I had fifteen-year dances, church basement romances, yeah, I've got

Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums is the only love i've ever known

Except for the stage which I also call home when I'm not

Servin' up god in a burnt coffee pot for the triad

Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad

Calling from beyond the grave I just wanna say, "Hi, Dad"

 

I've been tearing up town in my fucking white gown

Like a goddamn near sociopath

Shaking my ass is the only thing that's got this black narcissist off my back

She couldn't care less, and I never cared more, so there's no more to say about that

Except hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman with my past

 

There's a new revolution, a loud evolution, that I saw

Born of confusion and quiet collusion of which mostly I've known

A modern day woman with a weak constitution cause I've got

Monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off

A gatekeeper carelessly dropping the keys on my nights off

 

I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown

24/7 Sylvia Plath

Writing in blood on your walls cause the ink my pen don't look good in my pad

They write that I'm happy

They know that I'm not

But at best you can see I'm not sad

But hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

 

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have

But I have it

Yeah, I have it

Yeah, I have it

I have

Edited May 21, 2021 by Elle
corrected lyrics x

[Dua Lipa 3,783]

Yawn

[ultrababy 3,445]

OH MY GOD SYLVIA IS ALIVE AND BREATHING

[LonelyLolitaMotel 1,088]

i love it and have been waiting for this to happen for so long 

 

 

 

 

GOD BLESS

[13bitches 6,176]

*less stressed

[Mind Melt 10,095]

feat. lil uzi vert

[summercummer 377]

i think this is my fav snippet so far 

[LonelyLolitaMotel 1,088]

feat. lil uzi vert

lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooo <3 bahahahaha

[Flowerbomb 65,593]

I've always been a huge fan of Slim Aaron's photography and I'm not surprised Lana is familiar. Paradise cover was pretty much a homage to his work imo. Also these lyrics are giving me BTD feels. Faith restored!

[LanaFlowers 8,752]

YES BITCHES

Sylvia and How To Disappear are going to save NFR for me

[annedauphine 35,879]

I really really really really like this, it's giving me Heroin / Elvis vibes, I LOVE when songs tell stories. And musically as I said it's the first song so far I immediately loved, I'm trying so hard to remain calm and composed rn omfg

[cherryblossoms 10,415]

‘Smiling for miles in pink dresses

And high heels on white yachts’

 

Reminds me of this line from the HM era

‘Living in the land of honeymoons and oil tycoons

God bless America, the land of pink champagne and purple rain’

[whitelungswhitepalms 10,090]

omg not only does she look flawless but this song is spooky and i love it, and i love the story telling AND I GLAD ITS BACK 

[NamiraWilhelm 5,043]

If i was tested less like how i perceive these debutants, even though it pisses me off when people assume I've had it easy because of my daddy and looks lalala

 

I'm sure it's great but I'm not digging the surname inclusion.

[cherryblossoms 10,415]

I see the ‘try to force as much words into the melody’ style from Coachella has also returned

[kitschesque 9,882]

An ungly pico

https://picosong.com/wVJuX/

[ilovetati 15,298]

This is stunning and I’m so excited to find out what else the production turns into

 

Love the reference to her BTD imagery

[PARADIXO 32,940]

yessss

[nationalxanthem 1,308]

this song sounds like such a snooze, im really hoping that the full song is better

[Beautiful Loser 48,798]

Reminds me of this line from the HM era

‘Living in the land of honeymoons and oil tycoons

God bless America, the land of pink champagne and purple rain’

Omg what is that, did she write those lines?? When?? I love them, they’re so descriptive!!