Elle 119,296 Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) Written Version I saw you in the mirror you were wearing your hair differently carrying the air differently You said you want your hair long parted in the middle Long in solidarity just like all his women Long Beach Aimless your fingers wiping oil on the paper w precision w desicion like an artist never seen yet with a vision W a reason Started with venom at the ceiling not the grass but straight ahead Just At the skyline w precision laser vision time was stopping moving through u. U dictated by what moved u only moving never thinking Math the sun that’s slowly sinking at the height of the afternoon In the heat of the summer evening Like a phoenix like a chem trail like a wavelength one’s claiming Georgia or Keefe Georgia peaches Doing nothing but your painting For forever Forget teachers Forgive him for ever leaving love is rising No resisting cheeks are flushing Now you’re living Say goodbye now no resisting Live your life like no ones listening Be the art the life is breathing Be the soul the world is living. Do what you want For you only Not for giving Just for taking No ones listening at the end of the Lime and 10th street down the road that’s green and winding Past the bushes cypress thriving past the chain link fence and driving further down the road less travelled there u are athleisureware unraveled Now I see you clear Standing stoic blue and denim eyes not blue but clear like heaven you don’t want to be forgotten You just want to disappear --- Spoken Word Version I saw you in the mirror You were wearing your hair differently Carrying the air differently You say you wear your hair long parted in the middle Long in solidarity just like all his women In Long Beach Aimless Your fingers wiping oil on the paper with precision With desicion like an artist never seen yet with a vision With a reason Stared with venom at the ceiling Not the grass But straight ahead Just at the skyline With precision Laser vision Time was stopping Moving through you. You dictated By what moved you Only moving never thinking Matched the sun that’s slowly sinking At the height of afternooning In the heat of the summer evening Like a phoenix like a chem trail like a wavelength No one’s claiming Georgia or Keefe Georgia peaches Doing nothing but your painting For forever Forget teachers Forgive him for ever leaving Love is rising No resisting Cheeks are flushing Now you’re living Say goodbye now No resisting Live your life like No one's listening Be the art the life is breathing Be the soul the world is living For you only Not for giving Just for taking No one's listening At the end of Rose and Ridgely down the street that’s green and winding Past the bushes cypress thriving Past the chain link fence and driving Further down the road less travelled There you are athleisureware unraveled Now I see you clear Standing stoic blue and denim Eyes not blue but clear like Heaven You don’t want to be forgotten You just want to disappear Edited July 28, 2020 by Elle updated with spoken word version 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
evilentity 13,321 Posted April 11, 2020 Chemtrails? Seriously Lana? 2 Quote Stalking you has sorta become like my occupation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxthehitman 1,727 Posted April 11, 2020 I liked this poem Chemtrails? Seriously Lana? I believe in this line she is talking about the airline jet-engine contrails which we often see when a jet aircraft is flying above our heads a few miles up in the sky. Some people have been calling them "chemtrails" but in fact , its really called contrails. Here is a little scientific explanation... It is not just the jet-engines that leave these vapour contrail lines in the sky, even old propeller engines did the same. In this World War 2 film you can see the same thing in B-17 bombers.... 2 Quote - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnarKissed 278 Posted April 14, 2020 Chemtrails? Seriously Lana? I've been wondering about L.D.R.'s use of the term "chemtrail" for some time now. In my opinion, she is specifically and deliberately using this term. [The only other, possible, reference to this subject in L.D.R.'s work that I am aware of is in the 3-Part NFR music video, where trails appear in the sky during Part 2 of the video.] What, if anything, is L.D.R. trying to tell us by referencing such a controversial subject? Is she an adherent of absurd conspiracy stories? Has she discovered, or have access to, reliable science-based information regarding this subject? Or is Lana merely being the same vivid story-teller that we all know and love? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilentity 13,321 Posted April 14, 2020 Is she an adherent of absurd conspiracy stories? Yes. Or at least she has been. 0 Quote Stalking you has sorta become like my occupation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rorman Nockwell 55,534 Posted April 14, 2020 Has anyone else noticed how pretty much every single poem contains lines about flowers and plants 'n' shit? Her botanist era 0 Quote ur legit gonna look the same stop buying oil of Olay face cream Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxthehitman 1,727 Posted April 14, 2020 I've been wondering about L.D.R.'s use of the term "chemtrail" for some time now. In my opinion, she is specifically and deliberately using this term. [The only other, possible, reference to this subject in L.D.R.'s work that I am aware of is in the 3-Part NFR music video, where trails appear in the sky during Part 2 of the video.] What, if anything, is L.D.R. trying to tell us by referencing such a controversial subject? Is she an adherent of absurd conspiracy stories? Has she discovered, or have access to, reliable science-based information regarding this subject? Or is Lana merely being the same vivid story-teller that we all know and love? I believe she is just writing (or singing) about what is happening with the general public at the moment. It does not mean that the writer/artist is actually a believer of such things. For example, if I was to write a book about "Demons and Witchcraft", it does not mean I am a follower of such crafts or worship the dark-one. Writers and poetry writers need to dig in into the human mind and psychology of what is happening at the moment. Trends. They need a theme to start writing about. To pick out a particular word and write that "word" , which people can understand, because culture at the moment understands what this "word" means. Stuff like "Urban legends" The world at the moment, for the past couple of years , with internet going wild with bizarre stories and videos, there have been a huge amount of conspiracy theories and crazy stories. Stuff you would not think of 10 to 20 years ago. The theory of "chemtrails" is just one of them. If it was so deadly to humans, they would have stopped flying jets years ago. for example, If we both were living in 1985-1995 era and you would ask me about Chemtrails, I would not know what you were talking about, I probably think you were a little crazy... and I am very well aware of many books and stuff dealing with conspiracy theories tales, UFOs and other world mysteries. I have been reading about such stuff since I was a kid, it is interesting stuff to talk about at a dinner table with friends, but I dont take the stories to heart. You have to keep yourself from going "insane". A story-teller writer (or poetry writer) will always dig into the human mind and write about what is happening with culture at the moment. If you read some books written back in the 1950s or 1960s, they had a totally diferent view towards life and the world around them. Their culture (and underground culture) was totally diferent from ours now. Read Jack Kerouack (On the Road 1957 and his other poetry), crazy-cool writers like William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, Douglas Coupland (Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture 1991). Read some Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Arthur C. Clarke, Bob Dylan, Ernest Hemingway, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Stephen King. I am sure Lana Del Rey is also an avid reader of such other writers and feeds a little off of their writing style too. She is probably reading this post. 0 Quote - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChicaCherryCola 1,393 Posted July 28, 2020 at the end of the Lime and 10th street down the road that’s green She changed this bit to "at the end of Rose and Richeley's (?), down the street that's green" 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MargaretThatcher 1,330 Posted July 28, 2020 Chemtrails!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hallo Heaven 1,119 Posted July 28, 2020 Omg I can't wait to listen to this. I love Georgia O'Keeffe 2 Quote She's a gorgeous narcissist and she knows it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MargaretThatcher 1,330 Posted July 28, 2020 Omg I can't wait to listen to this. I love Georgia O'Keeffe I’ve been wanting to see her museum in New Mexico! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilovetati 15,296 Posted July 28, 2020 Chemtrails? Seriously Lana? IfOnlyYouKnew.mp3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShadesOfFool 19,994 Posted July 28, 2020 Chemtrails? Seriously Lana? this aged well 9 Quote let's be real, all you bitches wanna look like me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
American Whore 50,273 Posted July 28, 2020 that Georgia O’Keeffe reference and also chemtrails here wow 1 Quote if i fuck this model and she just bleached her asshole and i get bleach on my t-shirt, imma feel like an asshole Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hallo Heaven 1,119 Posted July 28, 2020 Wow, I totally loved the rhythm and the crazy rhyming here... so hypnotic it feels as if she was praying. The instrumentals are flawless too. 2 Quote She's a gorgeous narcissist and she knows it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trash Magic 27,973 Posted July 28, 2020 Georgia O'Keeffe namecheck adds weight to my theory about her being a springboard of inspiration for The Next Best American Record Has anyone ever brought this up? Whilst I was reading Joan Didion's White Album, a quote from Georgia O'Keeffe instantly struck me as being the potential inspiration for this song. "As I was working I thought of the city men I had been seeing in the East. They talked so often of writing the Great American Novel - the Great American Play - The Great American Poetry." https://uk.phaidon.c...riotic-palette/ 2 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
AnarKissed 278 Posted July 29, 2020 https://archive.org/details/ChemtrailsManualChemistry131ManualUSAFAcademyFall1990_201810/page/n200/mode/2up Quote: "The "Chemtrails Manual" is an Air Force Academy chemistry manual published by the Department of Defense for 1990 Air Force cadet training. The word "chemtrails" became a popular name applied to aircraft contrails that appeared unnatural." 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PARADIXO 32,668 Posted August 3, 2020 This one reminds me of this painting <3 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ep11 122 Posted December 1, 2023 Quote love is rising No resisting cheeks are flushing Now you’re living Beautiful. 1 Quote threadbare tapestry unwinding slow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites