The Blackest Day

[frankestrella 25]

"It's not easy for me to talk about.

I have heavy heartstrings."

 

"Listen to our song."

 

And that bridge is totally near being 100% nailed.

[GangstaBoy 3,930]

I love it when she adds trivial things to her songs like the nailpolish line This song is so good

[Wryta Thinkpiece 3,345]

For some reason, I thought she said "It's all or nothing" in the outro instead of "it's not one of them."

[ZeroZero 2,225]

I GOTCHU I GOTCHU

[brooklynbaby91 1,386]

I feel like the "baby who went away" is Barrie. 

[QUEEN BITCH 25]

I half live in lost dreams or I have heavy heartstrings?????

[Intriguing Penguin 867]

I feel like the "baby who went away" is Barrie. 

That or maybe her alcoholism and having to get better and let it go.

[strange weather 1,954]

I half live in lost dreams or I have heavy heartstrings?????

 

heavy heartstrings, 100%

 

my favorite song 

[QUEEN BITCH 25]

heavy heartstrings, 100%

 

my favorite song 

 

I LOVE THIS LINE but I honestly hear both every listen is different. This is why we need lyric booklets Lana

[Hundred Dollar Bill 21,809]

y'all are so fucking deaf omg

I have heavy heartstrings.. duuuuuhhh

[Anthem 1,559]

I went listening loudly because I was 100% sure it was "half live in lost dreams" but its definitely "have heavy heartstrings" when you listen close.

 

Shame, I like the lost dreams line better.

[ILostMyself 171]

I went listening loudly because I was 100% sure it was "half live in lost dreams" but its definitely "have heavy heartstrings" when you listen close.

 

Shame, I like the lost dreams line better.

 

I have heavy heartstrings? What the actual fuck? I hear that too now, congratulations sisters... :/ I liked the dream line better.

[Divisive Princess 3,755]

I feel like the "baby who went away" is Barrie. 

 

Me too. I feel like she broke up with him, but that doesn't mean it's not hard for everyone involved

[longtimeman 9,011]

I swear this is a murder ballad

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_ballad

 

The 'it's trigonometry' phrase suggests that it's either about her murdering both of the men in a love triangle, or only one of them.

 

Any reading of this song as the narrator expressing pure tragedy has to ignore the second half of the song, or impose a structure that does not make sense (like the 'stages of grief' that genius.com attributes to it).

[Thunder Revenant 20,976]

I swear this is a murder ballad

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_ballad

 

The 'it's trigonometry' phrase suggests that it's either about her murdering both of the men in a love triangle, or only one of them.

 

Any reading of this song as the narrator expressing pure tragedy has to ignore the second half of the song, or impose a structure that does not make sense (like the 'stages of grief' that genius.com attributes to it).

 

Yeah, it would work out with the lyrics quite well ...

 

The plot revolves around her and two lovers.

 

The first one is the one that "ran away" from her, for whatever reason. Maybe he "just" left her, maybe it has something to do with a crime aswell. The "searching for love in all the wrong places" part most likely means she searches for him. However the fact that she needs to play "head games" with him hints that he knows she searches him and tries to avoid her finding him, so they play "cat and mouse".

She knows what's "yet to come" when she finally finds and kidnaps him  in her new car and then  drives to a place where "she gots him where she wants him". Most likely means she brought him to a place where she could just shoot him.´with her "new gun".

Maybe this lover is  the same guy from Honeymoon, the man with a history of violence.

 

 

The second lover is one she doesn't really seem to love that much, even though their relationship has it "going on" since she still things a lot about her old lover. Wether this may be because she still loves him or because she can't forget what he did to her.  Even if she may have light feeling for guy n°2, she most likely just uses him, as a way to distract her from her first lover or maybe just as a cover for what she's really planning. Maybe the "new car and the gun" are things she bought from lover n°2's money.  The "I'm on my own again" phrase  could mean she left him now that she got the runaway lover and fullfilled her plans. Or maybe she disposed of him aswell ...

[strange weather 1,954]

i keep hearing it as "you're not simple, it's trigonometry" rather than "i'm not simple"

[lanaaddict 32]

I'm pretty sure it's "I killed for love" (the deeper and deeper part)

[renaissance 8,330]

how do ppl hear give me all??? i clearly hear 'carry me home'

[Trash Magic 28,467]

Some of you are stupid af ctfuu. how do you hear these things

[Intriguing Penguin 867]

I get a Black Dahlia vibe from this in a way.