Favourite lyrics from NFR

[Pink Champagne 9,441]

The whole album

[Ultradealerence 5,312]

Well:

 

• NFR: why wait for the best when I could have you?

• MAC: they mistook my kindness for weakness, I fucked up but Jesus

• VB: back in the garden, we’re getting high now because we are older

• FIILY: I used to shoot my veins in neon, shit even brighter, you’re gone

• DT: oh take this veil from off my eyes, my burning sun will some day rise

• LS: I believe that you see me for who I am

• CG: but if you hold me without hurting me, you’ll be the first who ever did

• HTD: all of the guys tell me lies, but you don’t, you just crack another beer

• C: I wanted to call you but I didn’t say a thing

• TBAR: I see you for who you really are, why the thousand of girls love the way that bill plays guitar

• TG: Don’t leave me I just need a wake up call

• B: but that cherry coke you serve is fine

• HIAB: I was one thing now I’m being another

• HOPE: maybe I’ll get less stressed if I was tested less like all of these debutantes

[Chicken Parmesan 316]

The "if he's a serial killer, then what's the worst that could happen to a girl who's already hurt?" line is I C O N I C

[MoonAgain 872]

- goddamn man child

- me myself i like diamonds, my baby crimson and clover

- kerosene in my hands, you make me mad, on fire again

- but i love that man, like nobody can

- you hate the heat, you got the blues, changing like the weather oh that's so like you

- i'll pick up all of your folks/vogues and all of your rolling stones

- that's something that i never knew i wanted, we play the eagles down in malibu

- sing it for my babies on the tourlyfe (i always found it adorable and i don't get the hate for this line)

[American Whore 51,130]

My favorite line from the whole album is

 

You hate the heat, you got the blues, changing like the weather oh, that’s so like you...

 

But I also really like the lines

 

Goddamn man-child, you act like a kid even though you stand 6’2

&

I’ll pick you up if you come back to America, just hit me up. Cause this is crazy love, I’ll catch you on the flipside... if you come back to California, you should just hit me up

[YUNGATA 14,955]

NFR - You make me ^{bluuuuuuuuueeeeeee}

 

MAC - 'Cause even in the dark, I feel your resistance/You can see my heart burning in the distance

 

VB - Back in the garden/We're getting high now because we're older/Me myself, I like diamonds baby, crimson and clover

 

FIILY - Turn the radio on, dancing to a pop song

 

LS - Is it safe, is it safe to just be who we are?

 

CG - Kerosene in my hands/You make me mad, on 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 - You hate the heat, you got the blues/Changing like the weather, oh, that's so like you/ The Santa Ana moves you

 

TNBAR - Whatever’s on tonight‚ I just wanna party with you

 

TG - I want shit to feel just like it used to/ When baby, I was doing nothin' the most of all

 

BT - Photo-free exits from baby's bedside

 

HIAB - If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst that could happen to a girl that's already hurt? I'm already hurt

 

HIADT - They write that I'm happy, they know that I'm not/But at best, you can see I'm not sad

[plastiscguy 63,430]

• 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 - "... As the summer fades away, nothing gold can stay" 

FIILY - "... If I wasn't so fucked up, I think I'd fuck you all the time"

DT - "She spreads her lovin' all over, and when she gets home, there's none left for me"

LS - "The taste, the touch, the way we love, It all comes down to make the sound of our love song"

CG - "If you hold me without hurting me, you'd be the first who ever did"

HTD - "I'm always going to be right here, no one's going anywhere"

C - "You're brighter than the brightest stars"

TNBAR - "He was '70s in spirit, '90s in his frame of mind"

TG - "Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call"

B - "... sometimes girls just want to have fun"

HIAB - "If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst that could happen to a girl who's already hurt?"

HIADTFAWLMTHBIHI - "Monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off"

[daphnedinkley 13,383]

NFR: "You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you" (so genius, I dated a guy exactly like this and omggg this line is so ACCURATE)

MAC: "You took my sadness out of context at the Mariner's Apartment Complex; I aint no candle in the wind"

VB: "Give me Hallmark: one dream, one life, one lover"

FIILY: "I moved to California but it's just a state of mind / It turns out everywhere you go you take yourself that's not a lie"

DT: "The tension, it's getting hotter / I'd like to hold her head underwater"

LS: "The taste, the touch, the way we love, it all comes down to make the sound of our love song"

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" (god I relate SO FUCKIN MUCH)

HTD: "I know he's in over his head but I love that man like nobody can / He moves mountains then pounds them to ground again"

California: "You don't ever have to be stronger than you really are when you're lying in my arms"

TNBAR: "My baby used to dance underneath my architecture / He was '70s in spirit, '90s in his frame of mind"

TG: "Hawaii just missed that fireball / L.A. is in flames, it's getting hot / Kanye West is blind and gone / Life on Mars aint just a song"

Bartender: "Baby, remember, I'm not drinking wine, but that cherry coke you serve is fine and our love's sweet enough on the vine" (currently recovering from alcohol addiction so this line hit me hard)

HIAB: "Happiness is a butterfly / Try to catch it like every night / It escapes from my hands into moonlight"

HIADTFAWLMTH: literally the entire song lmfao

[sad ho 44]

NFR: Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all. You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you. But I don't get bored, I just see you through.

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: Me myself, I like diamonds. My baby, crimson and clover.

FIILY: I met you on the boulevard, wind through my hair, you blew my mind. And if I wasn't so fucked up, I think I'd fuck you all the time.

LS: Dream a dream, here’s a scene. Touch me anywhere ’cause I'm your baby. Grab my waist, don’t waste any part. I believe that you see me for who I am. So spill my clothes on the floor of your new car. Is it safe, is it safe to just be who we are?

CG: Kerosene in my hands. You make me mad, on fire again.

HTD: I've got a kid and two cats in the yard. The California sun and 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.

CA: You hate the heat, you got the blues. Changing like the weather, oh, that's so like you.

TNBAR: My baby used to dance underneath my architecture. He was '70s in spirit‚ '90s in his frame of mind.

TG: The whole entire songs! It’s just so amazing.

BAR: Baby, remember, I'm not drinking wine. But that Cherry Coke you serve is fine and our love's sweet enough on the vine.

HIAB: Obviously the line Sing it for my babies on the tour life, ah Sitting in your sweatshirt, crying in the backseat, ooh. I just wanna dance with you. Hollywood and Vine, Black Rabbit in the alley. I just wanna hold you tight down the avenue. I just wanna dance with you.

HIADT: The whole bridge

[ilovetati 15,297]

I’ll try to keep it short

 

NFR: Why wait for the best when I could have you?

MAC: Cause even in the dark I feel your resistance/You can see my heart burning in the distance/Baby, I’m your man

VB: You’re beautiful and I’m insane - we’re American made

FIILY: Chances/Jazz is in my veins, running out of time.

LS: I believe that you see me for who I am, so spill my clothes on the floor of your new car. Is it safe to just be who we are?

CG: there’s things I want to say to you, but I’ll just let you live.

HTD: I watch the skies getting light as I write and I think about those years, as I whisper in your ear “No one’s going anywhere. I’ll always be right here.”

California: You’re scared to win, scared to lose. I heard the war was really over if you choose the one in and around you. You hate the heat, you’ve got the blues. Changing like the weather, oh, that’s so like you. The Santa Ana moves you.

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.

Bartender: Baby, remember, I’m not drinking wine, but that Cherry Coke you serve is fine.

HIAB: It escapes from my hands into moonlight.

HIADT: 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 thr keys on my nights off.

[Swan Song 289]

my taste is probably questionable but I'm obsessed with Bartender right now 

 

I bought me a truck in the middle of the night
It'll buy me a year if I play my cards right
Photo free exits from baby's bedside
'Cause they don't yet know what car I drive

 

 

[Shadowheart 3,797]

NFR:  You don't know the half of the shit that you put me through
MAC:  You took my sadness out of context
VB:  Fear fun, fear love, fresh out of fucks, forever
FIILY:  Fuck it, I love you (literally, this is so fucking simple yet so genius)
LS:  Would like to think that you would stick around
CG : Violet, blue, green, red to keep me at arm's length don't work
HTD: But I love that man like nobody can, he moves mountains and pounds them to ground again
California: I'll pick up all of your Vogues and all of your Rolling Stones, your favorite liquor off the top-shelf
TNBAR: It's true, all the roads lead to you, like the 405 I drive through
TG: The culture is lit and I had a ball
Bartender: Baby, remember, I’m not drinking wine, but that Cherry Coke you serve is fine (Bart-t-t-tender)
HIAB: Do you want me or do you not? I heard one thing, now I'm hearing another
HIADT: A modern day woman with a weak constitution ‘cause I’ve got monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off

 

most of em are my favs cause they relate to my life at one point or another, im a sad bitxh periodt

[hollywoodvine 70]

"Kanye West is blond and gone"

[Semafori 1,511]

“You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you”

 

[rightofjupiter 16,493]

"you fucked me so good that i almost said 'i love you;" (of course)

"the culture is lit, and if this is it, i had a ball"

"i'm your man"

"And if I wasn't so fucked up, I think I'd fuck you all the time"

"Like if you hold me without hurting me/You'll be the first who ever did"

"If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst/That can happen to a girl who's already hurt?"

all of HIADT

 

queen of lyrics

[Bonita 12,521]

All of it 

[Beautiful Loser 48,622]

8 minutes ago, rightofjupiter said:

"you fucked me so good that i almost said 'i love you;" (of course)

This, but especially with “goddamn, man child” 

[pin up galore 18,967]

honestly the entirety of MAC but especially "Think about it, the darkness the deepness, all the things that make me who I am" hit so hard for me as a longterm fan as she had never really been this introspective and self aware of her reputation on a song like that before and for this man to send her into a whole introspective spiral on the album is quite crazy  songs like sad girl or Brooklyn baby kinda addressed the same thing but it still came from within the LDR narrative where on MAC its like Elizabeth examining the LDR "persona" and how being the queen of sadcore effects her in her personal day to day life its just wow 

[The Sun Also Rises 5,514]

Great topic! 

 

I think "Like if you hold me without hurting me / You'll be the first who ever did" is probably the most famous, but it's not my favourite (although it's up there)

 

NFR! is full of some of her most QUOTABLE lyrics. I mean boom — right out of the gate she starts with "God damn man child / You fucked me so good I almost said "I love you"" It's not only a great first line but probably the best first line at encapsulating the lyrical style the rest of the album follows. 

I think the whole of NFR! is full of iconic lyrics and I honestly can't pick any .. maybe I could pick one (or two) from each song on the tracklist 

[rightofjupiter 16,493]

On 9/5/2019 at 12:13 PM, Swan Song said:

I bought me a truck in the middle of the night

 

def iconic