Elle 121,074 Posted September 3, 2019 I saw this trend going around in the NFR thread, and I love it. Such a fun thing to share. Share your favourite lyrics from NFR below! Share as many as you like. I'm always a bit excessive, so I'm going to share my favourite lyrics from each track: NFR - Why wait for the best when I could have you? MAC - I fucked up, I know that, but Jesus - can't a girl just do the best she can? VB - You're beautiful and I'm insane // If you weren't mine I'd be jealous of your love FIILY - Drink lime green, stay up 'til dawn - maybe the way that I'm living is killing me // It turns out everywhere you go, you take yourself, it's not a lie LS - You know that I'd just die to make you proud CG - There's things I want to say to you, but I'll just let you live - like if you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did HTD - He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again // I watch the skies getting light as I write as I think about those years, as I whisper in your ear, I'm always going to be right here - no one's going anywhere CA - You're scared to win, scared to lose - I've heard the war is over if you really choose, the one in and around you // the entire pre-chorus TNBAR - You make me feel like there's something that I never knew I wanted TG - We didn't know that we had it all, but nobody warns you before the fall // I want shit to feel just like it used to, when baby I was doing nothing most of all // If this is it, I'm signing off // the entire first chorus BT - Baby, remember I'm not drinking wine, but that cherry coke you serve is fine HIAB - If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst that could happen to a girl that's already hurt? HIADT - 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 // I've been tearing up town in my fucking nightgown like a goddamn near sociopath // Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have, hope is a dangerous thing for a woman with my past // 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 6 Quote • 4.18.14 • 5.1.14 • 9.20.14 • 5.28.15 • 6.14.15 • 7.28.16 • 7.24.17 • 10.23.17 • 10.24.17 • 1.25.18 • 2.5.18 • 12.5.18 • 10.3.19 • 10.11.19 • 11.16.19 • SF • ATL • ATL • IND • ATL • CHI • LDN • NYC • NYC • DC • ATL • NYC • PDX • SAN • KS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beautiful Loser 48,622 Posted September 3, 2019 I’ll copy-paste my post from yesterday. :3 - Why wait for the best when I could have you? - You lose your way, just take my hand // You’re lost at sea, then I’ll command your boat to me again // Don’t look to far, right where you are, that’s where I am! // I’m your man (ok I’m aware that’s more than a line but it’s just too good!) - If you weren’t mine I’d be jealous of your love - It turns out everywhere you go, you take yourself, it’s not a lie - (I feel like skipping DT since the lyrics isn’t hers but oh well) Oh, take this veil from off my eyes // My burning sun will someday rise - Now I’m here with you and // I would like to think that you would stick around - There’s things I wanna say to you, but I’ll just let you live - I’m always going to be right here // No one’s going anywhere - I wanted to reach out, but I never said a thing - He was 70’s in spirit, 90’s in his frame of mind - L.A. is in flames, it’s getting hot // Kanye West is blond and gone // “Life on Mars” ain’t just a song // Oh, the livestream’s almost on - Playing games of levitation, meditating in the garden - I said, don’t be a jerk, don’t call me a taxi // Sitting in your sweatshirt, crying in the backseat - Don’t ask if I’m happy, you know that I’m not // But at best, I can say I’m not sad 1 Quote LANABOARDS DEMOGRAPHICS SURVEY 2024 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terrence Loves Me 72,645 Posted September 3, 2019 the second verse of love song "ur scared to win scared to lose, i heard the war is over if you really choose" and "changing like the weather oh thats so like you" "ur head in ur hand as u color me blue" 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trash Magic 28,278 Posted September 3, 2019 Spill my clothes on the floor of your new car. 0 Quote "It's 2011, and we should all be aware of exactly how fast technology is developing" - Lana Del Rey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pico Ocean Boulevard 41,024 Posted September 3, 2019 You know that I'd just die to make you proud There's things I want to say to you, but I'll just let you live Those two lines are so personal for me bc thtats what I'm feeling /doing currently 2 Quote "Swan Song. It’s on my album Honeymoon. It’s the antithesis of hopefulness. It’s about trying to find beauty in giving up. If I had my way, I would continue to persist in all areas of my life, but it can be quite challenging because I can be too trusting too soon." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
house of balloons 12,792 Posted September 3, 2019 NFR - Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all MAC - You're lost at sea, then i'll command your boat to me again. VB - As the summer fades away, nothing gold can stay. FIILY - Chances in my veins, running out of time. LS - in the cock in the co- it all comes down to make the sound of our love song CG - You made me mad, I'm fire again. HTD - I watched the guys getting high as they fight for the things that they hold dear to forget the things they fear CA - I've heard the war is over if you really choose, the one in and around you TNBAR - It's you‚ all the roads lead to you, everything I want and do, all the things that I say TG - Life on Mars ain't just a song BT - I bought me a truck in the middle of the night, it'll buy me a year if I play my cards right HIAB - If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst that could happen to a girl that's already hurt? HIADT - A modern day woman with a weak constitution, 'cause I've got monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VeniceBiatch 1,703 Posted September 3, 2019 the entirety of The Greatest and Hope 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elle 121,074 Posted September 3, 2019 the entirety of The Greatest and Hope Taste. In my opinion, those are the two tracks with the strongest lyrical content x 4 Quote • 4.18.14 • 5.1.14 • 9.20.14 • 5.28.15 • 6.14.15 • 7.28.16 • 7.24.17 • 10.23.17 • 10.24.17 • 1.25.18 • 2.5.18 • 12.5.18 • 10.3.19 • 10.11.19 • 11.16.19 • SF • ATL • ATL • IND • ATL • CHI • LDN • NYC • NYC • DC • ATL • NYC • PDX • SAN • KS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fulltimedaddyy 245 Posted September 3, 2019 NFR: "you talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you / but I don't get bored, I just see through" MAC: "they took my sadness out of context" & "kinda girl who's gonna make you wonder / who you are and who you been" VB: "baby's back in town now / you should come-a come over" & "back in the garden / we're getting high now / because we're older..."FIILY: "turns out everywhere you go / you take yourself" LS: "I believe that you see me for who I am [...] is it safe, is it safe to just be who we are?" & "would like to think that you will stick around" CG: "hold me, love me, touch me, help me / be the first who ever did" HTD: "you just crack another beer / and pretend that you're still here / this is how to disappear" & "I watch the skies getting light as I write / as I think about those years [...] no one's going anywhere" CA: "heard the war was over if you really choose / the one in and around you" & "we'll do whatever you want / travel wherever, how far / we'll hit up all the old places / we'll have a party / we'll dance til dawn" TNBAR: "my baby used to dance underneath my architecture / we lost track of space / we lost track of time" TG: "we didn't know that we had it all / but nobody warns you before the fall" & "I want shit to feel just like it used to / I miss doing nothing the most of all" BT: "they don't know yet where I reside / sixty miles from the last place I hide" HIAB: "happiness is a butterfly / we should catch it while dancing / I lose myself in the music baby" HIADT: "writing in blood on the walls / 'cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad" & "I have it, I have it, I have it" 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hundred Dollar Bill 21,803 Posted September 3, 2019 John met me down on the boulevard Cry on his shoulder ‘cuz life is hard The waves came in over my head... Whatcha been up to, my baby? Haven’t seen you ‘round here lately All of the guys tell me lies But you don’t, you just crack another beer And pretend that you’re still here... This is how to disappear This is how to disappear /// I watch the guys getting high as they fight for the things that they hold dear To forget the things they fear /// The California sun & the movie stars... I watch the skies getting light as I write As I think about those years As I whisper in your ear, “I’m always going to be right here. No one’s going anywhere.” I typed nearly the entire song.. HTD is my favorite Lana song in years. I just adore the lyrics, they take me back to BTD days - the storytelling in this song is just out of this world. & the WAY SHE SINGS THIS SONG..... it is TRANSCENDENT. The way she sings the words “how” & “disappear” in the chorus is so beautiful and sad. It gives me chills. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Formation 4,175 Posted September 3, 2019 NFR: "You f$#%@d me so good that I almost said I love you" MAC: "CATCH A WAVE AND TAKE IN THE SWEETNESS, TAKE IN THE SWEETNESS, YOU WANT THIS, YOU NEED THIS" VB: "Oh god, love him on my lips"FIILY: "If I wasn't so f$#@%d up, I think I'd f^#k you all the time" LS: "I would like to think that you will stick aaarroouuunddd" CG: "Hold me, love me, touch me, honey be the first who ever did" HTD: "Cried on his shoulder 'cause life is hard" CA: "We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever, how far" TNBAR: "I see you for who you really are, why the thousands of girls love the way Bill plays guitar" TG: "Those nights were on fire, we couldn't get higher, we didn't know that we had it all" BT: "Bart-t-tender, keep love alive" HIAB: "Do you want me or do you not? I heard one thing, now I'm hearing another" HIADT: "Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not but at best I can say I'm not sad" 1 Quote ✨ God bless America—and all the beautiful people in it ✨ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creyk 11,677 Posted September 3, 2019 Cinnamon has the best lyrics on the record for me. The "there are things I wanna say to you but i'll just let you live" line is genius and reveals so much in a short period of time. It's everything. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cacciatore 19,347 Posted September 3, 2019 Reposting mine: 1. Norman Fucking Rockwell: "God damn man child you act like a kid even though you stand six foot two" 2. Mariner's Apartment Complex: "I'm the board the lightning the thunder Kind of girl who's gonna make you wonder Who you are and who you've been" 3. Venice Bitch:"You're in the yard I light the fire And as the summer fades away Nothing gold can stay You write I tour we make it work You're beautiful and I'm insane We're american made" 4. Fuck It I Love You:"I like to light up the stage with a song Do shit to keep me turned on But one day I woke up like Maybe I'll do it differently" 5. Doin' Time: "Evil we've come to tell you that she's evil most definetely Evil ornery scandalous and evil most definetely" 6. Love Song:"Oh be my once in a lifetime Lying on your chest in my party dress I'm a fucking mess but I Oh thanks for the high life Baby it's the best passed the test and yes Now I'm here with you and I" 7. Cinnamon Girl:"There's things I wanna say to you but I'll just let you live Like if you hold me without hurting me You'll be the first who ever did" 8. How To Disappear: "But I love that man like nobody can He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again" 9. California:"You're scared to win scared to lose I've heard the war was over if you really choose The one in and around you You hate the heat you got the blues Changing like the weather oh that's so like you The Santa Ana moves you" 10. The Next Best American Record:"My baby used to dance underneath my architecture He was '70s in spirit '90s in his frame of mind" (I DID AN ART INSPIRED BY THESE LYRICS: https://www.instagra...p/B16rNdwgmva/) 11. The Greatest:"And I'm wasted Don't leave I just need a wake-up call I'm facing the greatest The greatest loss of them all The culture is lit and I had a ball I guess I'm signing off after all" 12. Bartender:"All the ladies of the canyon Wearing white for their tea parties Playing games of levitation Meditating in the garden" 13. Happiness Is A Butterfly:"Happiness is a butterfly We should catch it while dancing I lose myself in the music baby Every day is a lullaby Try to catch it like lightning I sing it into my music I'm crazy" 14. Hope: "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" 3 Quote into your eyes my face remains Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArtDecoDelRey 15,281 Posted September 3, 2019 NFR: Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all, you talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you MAC: Catch a wave and take in the sweetness, think about it, the darkness, the deepness, all the things that make me who I am VB: Fear fun, fear love, fresh out of fucks, forever FIILY: I used to shoot up my veins in neon, and shit's even brighter; you're gone DT: So what am I gonna be doin' for a while? Said, "I'm gonna play with myself" LS: and I...would like to think that you would stick around, you know that I just die to make you proud CG: There's things I wanna say to you, but I'll just let you live, like if you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did HTD: And I watched the skies getting light, as I write, as I think about those years and I whisper in your ear, no one's going anywhere California: You're scared to win, scared to lose, I heard the war is over if you really choose, the one in and around you TNBAR: It's you, all the roads lead to you, everything I want and do, and everything that I say Bartender: Photo-free exits from baby's bedside 'cause they don't yet know what car I drive, i'm just tryna keep my love alive, with my bartender HIAB: If he's as bad as they say, then I guess I'm cursed, looking into his eyes I see he's already hurt, he's already hurt HIADTFALMTH-BIHI: A modern day woman, with a weak constitution cause I've got, monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiunzhan 1,475 Posted September 3, 2019 THE CULTURE IS LIT AND I HAD A BALL 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amostori 780 Posted September 3, 2019 this is a cute topic idea 1. "your poetry's bad and you blame the news, but i can't change that and i can't change your mood" 2. "and who i am is a big time believer that people can change but you don't have to leave her" 3. "you're in the yard, i light the fire and as the summer fades away, nothing gold can stay" 4. "dream a little dream of me, turn this into something sweet" 5. THE ENTIRE SONG i couldn't possibly narrow it down love song is so beautiful 6. "there's things i wanna talk about but better not to give" 7. "i watch the skies getting light as i write, as i think about those years, as i whisper in you ear * i'm always going to be right here, no one's going anywhere" 8. "you're scared to win, scared to lose * i've heard the war was over if you really choose, the one in and around you" 9. "you make me feel like there's something that i never knew i wanted" 10. "i want shit to feel just like it used to, when baby i was doing nothing the most of all" 11. "baby remember i'm not drinking wine but the (?) cherry coke you serve is fine and our love's sweet enough on the vine" 12. "happiness is a butterfly, try to catch it like every night * it escapes from my hands into moonlight" 13. "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" literally gives me shivers i adore a relatable song 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
love deluxe 8,860 Posted September 3, 2019 my fav lyrics: NFR: you make me blue, oooh. MAC: even in the dark, i feel your resistance. you can see my heart burning in the distance. baby, babe. baby, I'm your man. yeah. VB: back in the garden, we're getting high now. because we're older. FIILY: if i wasn't so fucked up, i think I'd fuck you all the time. DT: evil, I've come to tell you that she's evil. most definitely. evil, ornery, scandalous and evil, most definitely. LS: i believe that you see me for who i am. CG: if you hold without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did. HTD: i've gotta kid and two cats in the yard California: I'll pick up all of your vogues and all of your rolling stones; your favourite liquor off the top shelf. TNBAR: he was seventies in spirit, nineties in his frame of mind. TG: the culture is lit, and if this is it, I've had a ball. i guess that im burnt out after all. Bartender: and i love the little games that we play, from the valley to the beach. and when at last, the day is done, i grab my keys. HIAB: Don't be a jerk. don't call me a taxi. sittin in your sweatshirt, cryin in the backseat. oooh, i just wanna dance with you. hope: 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... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WilshireBoulevard 5,420 Posted September 3, 2019 Do you want me or do you not? I heard one thing, now I'm hearing another / I was one thing, now I'm being another? Are my favourite lines from HiaB 2 Quote locals only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken Parmesan 316 Posted September 3, 2019 Why wait for the best when I could have you? So kiss the sky and whisper to Jesus, My, my, my, you found this, you need this If you weren't mine I'd be jealous of your love If you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edelgard 1,819 Posted September 3, 2019 NFR: 'cause you're just a man / it's just what you do / your head in your hands as you color me blue MAC: Catch a wave and take in the sweetness / think about it, the darkness, the deepness / all the things that make me who i am Venice Bitch: Me myself I like diamonds / my baby crimson and clover FILY: It turns out everywhere you go you take yourself, that's not a lie Love Song: Oh, be my once in a lifetime / lying on your chest in my party dress / I'm a fucking mess Cinnamon Girl: Kerosene in my hands / you make me mad, on fire again (ITH vibes) HTD: I'm always going to be right here / no one's going anywhere California: You're scared to win, scared to lose / I've heard the war was over if you really choose / the one in and around you / You hate the heat, you got the blues / changing like the weather, that's so you / the Santa Ana moves you TNBAR: It's you, all the roads lead to you / everything i want and do, all the things that I say / it's true, all the roads lead to you The Greatest: "Nobody warns you before the fall" // I want shit to feel like it used to / when baby i was doing nothing the most of all Bartender: Baby remember I'm not drinking wine / but that Cherry Coke you serve is fine HIAB: If he's as bad as they say, then I guess i'm cursed / Looking into his eyes, I think he's already hurt / he's already hurt Hope: Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that i'm not / but at best i can say i'm not sad 2 Quote All the roses are red, and Jupiter too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites