Choose a Lyric to Define Each Era

[PARADIXO 33,373]

Born To Die:

 

“Every time I close my eyes, it’s like a dark paradise, no one compares to you, I’m scared that you won’t be waiting on the other side”

 

Paradise:

 

“My pussy tastes like pepsi cola”

 

Ultraviolence:

 

“Maybe on the flipside you could catch me again”

 

Honeymoon:

 

“Baby if you wanna leave, come to California be a freak like me too”

 

Lust For Life:

 

“My cherries & wine, rosemary & thyme, all of my peaches are ruined”

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell!:

 

“Out back in the garden, we get high now, because we’re older. Me myself, I like diamonds, my baby crimson & clover”

 

Why do you think that line defines LFL?

[sweetie 6,629]

Born To Die

Gold and silver-lined my heart
But burned into my brain are these stolen images

 

Paradise

I don't really wanna know what's good for me
God's dead, I said, "Baby, that's alright with me"

 

Ultraviolence

Don't say you need me when
You leave and you leave again
I'm stronger than all my men
Except for you

 

Honeymoon

I've got nothing much to live for
Ever since I found my fame

 

Lust for Life

There's a change gonna come, I don't know where or when
But whenever it does, we'll be here for it

 

Norman fucking Rockwell

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

[American Whore 52,385]

Why do you think that line defines LFL?

I feel like a lot of the songs are about ruined relationships. G Eazy, etc. TNC, BPBP, White Mustang could all be defined by “my peaches are ruined” and then the flipped reverse, “and all of my beaches are ruined” going along with 13 Beaches

[Veinsineon 78,835]

Born To Die

 

“Feet don’t fail me now, take me to the finish line.

Oh my heart it breaks every step that I take, but I’m hoping at the gates, they’ll tell me that you’re mine.”

 

 

Paradise

 

“Elvis is my daddy, Marilyn’s my mother, jesus is my bestest friend.”

 

 

Ultraviolence

 

“Because you’re young, you’re wild, you’re free, you’re dancing circles around me. You’re fucking crazy.”

 

 

Honeymoon

 

“Catch me if you can, working on my tan, Salvatore. Dying by the hand of a foreign man, happily.”

 

 

Lust For Life

 

“This is my commitment, my modern manifesto. I’m doing it for all of us, who never got the chance. For Amy and for Whitney, and all my birds of paradise, who never got to fly at night, cus they were caught up in the dance.”

 

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell

 

“Catch a wave and take in the sweetness, are you ready for it?”

[Highway Noir 484]

Born To Die:

 

Not even they can stop me now
Boy, I'll be flying overhead
Their heavy words can't bring me down
Boy I've been raised from the dead

 

Paradise:

 

I fall asleep with an American flag

I wear my diamonds on skid row
I pledge allegiance to my dad
For teaching me everything he knows

 

Ultraviolence:

 

Well, my boyfriend's in the band

He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to Beat poetry

 

Honeymoon:

 

Marry me, marry me

Take a long vacation

Money and power and dresses

Big standing ovation

 

Lust For Life:

 

Look at you kids with your vintage music
Comin' through satellites while cruisin'
You're part of the past, but now you're the future
Signals crossing can get confusing

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell:

 

Catch a wave and take in the sweetness 

[AngelHeadedHipster 2,858]

Defining Lyrics For Each Era

 

AKA

 

 

 

~Raise Me Up~

 

It's the voodoo, mississippi south

69 million stars

Birds are flying out of my mouth

Spirits creeping in my yard

Hold my head, it's tilting back

Something dancing me around

Putting crystals on my neck

Lifting my feet off the ground

 

 

 

 

BORN TO DIE

 

 

 

~Carmen~

 

The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen

She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes

She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond

Audio tune lies, she's still shining

Like lightning, ohh, white lightning

 

 

 

 

PARADISE

 

 

 

~Bel Air~

 

Don't be afraid of me, don't be ashamed.

Walk in the way of my soft resurrection

Idol of roses, iconic soul. I know your name.

Lead me to war with your brilliant direction.

 

 

 

 

ULTRAVIOLENCE

 

 

 

~Brooklyn Baby~

 

I'm talking about my generation

Talking about that newer nation

And if you don't like it

You can beat it

Beat it, baby

You never liked the way I said it

If you don't get it, then forget it

So I don't have to fucking explain it

 

 

 

 

HONEYMOON

 

 

 

~The Blackest Day~

 

You should've known better

Than to have, to let her

Get you under her spell of the weather

I got you where I want you

You're deader than ever

And falling for forever

I'm playing head games with you

Got you where I want you

I got you, I got you

I got you where I want you now

 

 

 

 

LUST FOR LIFE

 

 

 

~Heroin~

 

It's fucking hot, hot

Winter in the city

Something 'bout this weather made these kids go crazy

It's hot, even for February

Something 'bout this sun has made these kids get scary

Oh, writing in blood on my walls and shit

Like Oh, oh my god

Dripping off from the walls into the ducts and shit

Oh, ho ho ho, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sick of it

 

 

 

 

NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL

 

 

 

~The Next Best American Record~

 

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

Like the 405 I drive through

Every night and every day

I see you for who you really are

Why the thousands of girls love

The way Bill plays guitar

 

 

 

 

Reasoning for Selection of Lyric for Each Era

 

 

 

AKA

 

In ~Raise Me Up~ Lizzy Grant has just begun to realize the enormity of embodying the essence of Lana Del Ray (her Higher Self) and how her life is never going to be the same. *Ray* is going to raise her up to the highest level spiritually and by doing so she will be able to access all the melodies floating in the ether and bring them down to earth to serenade us all with.

 

BORN TO DIE

 

In ~Carmen~ Lizzy Grant has completely embraced Lana Del Rey and turned into an Immortal Legend. Anyone who comes across her gets mesmerized and becomes unable to accept the fact that a Goddess now lives among them. Lana Del Rey has an Aura that shines like White Lightning that blinds and dazzles everyone.

 

PARADISE

 

In ~Bel Air~ Lana Del Rey doesn't want her fans to be overwhelmed and intimidated of the Goddess she has become. She can still come off the stage and get to know her fans by name. In other words she is capable of establishing a personal relationship with her fans through her music and guide us all through difficult times. She's calling us all *Iconic Souls* for recognizing the beauty of her ethereal soul and asking us to lead her through this Earthly Realm.

 

ULTRAVIOLENCE

 

In ~Brooklyn Baby~ Lana Del Rey has now become the voice of a generation and has followers all around the world who completely embrace the Ethereal Soundscape that she has created through her Poetry and Melodies. She also calls out her critics who always find a way to diminish her contribution to the world of music. She commands them to leave her alone and that she doesn't have to justify her choices in life to them.

 

HONEYMOON

 

In ~The Blackest Day~ even her harshest critics have now begun to embrace the idea of Lana Del Rey and are completely Mesmerized, Hypnotized and Enchanted by the haunting depths of the musical landscape that she has created and are falling down the rabbit hole of the vast amount of music she has recorded ( Released, Unreleased and Demos). Now the whole world has recognized the Goddess that lives among us.

 

LUST FOR LIFE

 

In ~Heroin~ some of her fans have become so Enchanted by her music that they are acting crazy, stalking her and breaking into her house and invading her privacy. There is mass hysteria among her fans who have fallen so completely under her spell that her music has become like a Drug ie Heroin to them.

 

NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL

 

~The Next Best American Record~ is about the unconventional path that she has chosen in life to serenade the world with her mellifluous voice. Her career has come full circle from when she sang "It's you, it's you, it's all for you...Everything I do" in ~Video Games~ to "It's you, all the roads lead to you...Everything I want and do, all the things that I say" in ~TNBAR~. The *You* in both songs refers to her fans. Whatever choices in life she makes are for the fans. She sees us all for who we really are and continues to share her gift of music selflessly and generously.

 

 

 

[Rain Over London 1,108]

born to die - "big dreams, gangster, said you had to leave to start your life over. i was like, no please, stay here, we don't need no money, we can make it all work."

 

paradise - "play house, put my favorite record on. get down, get your crystal method on."

 

ultraviolence - "you have no room for light; love is lost on you."

 

honeymoon - "If you lie down with dogs, then you'll get fleas; be careful of the company you keep."

 

lust for life - "finally, i'm crossing the threshold from the ordinary world."

 

norman fucking rockwell - "...you know everyone adores you, you can't feel it, and you're tired."

[Macintosh Manhattan 6,513]

A.K.A -

The headlights from passing cars

They illuminate my face then leave me the dark

The voice of Nirvana says, "Come as you are"

And I will

The night time is almost ours

 

BTD -

Think I'll miss you forever

Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky

 

PD -

In the land of gods and monsters

I was an angel, lookin' to get fucked hard

Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer

Life imitates art

 

UV -

Don't say you need me when

You're leaving, you leave again

I'm stronger than all my men

Except for you

Don't say you need me then

You live last, you're leaving

I can't do it, I can't do it

But you do it best

 

HM -

Flames so hot that they turn blue

Palms reflecting in your eyes, like an endless summer

That's the way I feel for you

If time stood still I'd take this moment

Make it last forever

 

L4L -

But I still get lonely

And baby only then

Do I let myself recline?

Can I let go?

And let your memory dance

In the ballroom of my mind

Across the county line

 

NFR -

So 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

Wish that you would hold me or just say that you were mine

It's killing me slowly

[lanacutie 0]

AKA:  

You have to take me right now

         From this dark trailer park life now 

 

Born to die:

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon

Like a fucking dream I'm living in

 

Ultraviolance:

And as the years go by the other woman

Will spend her life alone

 

Honeymoon:

Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me

Why work so hard when you could just be free?

 

Lust for life:

FinallyI'm crossing the threshold

From the ordinary world

To the reveal of my heart 

 

NFR!:

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

But I have it- it

 

 

[ShadesOfFool 20,393]

I will love you till the end of time

I would wait a million years

 

Singing blues has been getting old

 

You are unfixable

I can’t break through your world

 

I’ve had nothing much to live for ever since I found my fame

 

I never really noticed that I had to decide

To play someone’s game or live my own life

But now I do

 

I guess I’m burned out after all

[electra 20,648]

Born To Die

Is it by mistake or design?

 

Paradise

I've been out on that open road.

 

Ultraviolence

He hit me and it felt like a kiss

 

Honeymoon

Dreaming away your life.

 

Lust for Life

Out of the black, into the blue.

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell

Signing off, bang bang, kiss kiss.

[Dominikx4 25,506]

AKA

"The headlights of passing cars

They illuminate my face then leave me in the dark"

 

Born To Die

"I love you forever, not maybe

You are my one true love, 

you are my one true love"

 

Paradise

"Palm trees in the light,

I can see late at night

Darling I'm waiting to greet you

Come to me, baby"

 

Ultraviolence

"We could go back to New York

Loving's you been really hard

We could go back to Woodstock

Where they don't know who you are"

 

Honeymoon

"Dreaming away your life"

 

Lust For Life

"Out of the black

Into the blue"

 

Norman Fucking Rockwell

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

I'm facing the greatest loss of them all"