MargaretThatcher 1,331 Posted July 28, 2020 “LA, who am I to need you when I have needed so much, asked for so much, but what I have been given, I'm not sure yet I may never know that either until I'm dead“ Been thinking about this part. So many people come to LA expecting magic to happen. The thing is you make your own luck in LA. So many people move to LA thinking the city will solve all their personal problems that they bring with them. Lana says that she won’t know her true legacy until she is dead. No artist ever finds out their true legacy because your legacy isn’t written when your alive. So this is very powerful. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mer 61,764 Posted July 28, 2020 “LA, who am I to need you when I have needed so much, asked for so much, but what I have been given, I'm not sure yet I may never know that either until I'm dead“ it's a poetic way of saying "Do you think I have time for imbeciles like you all? All you do is pay me dust" 2 Quote ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ 𓊔 I took the miracle move on drug 𓊔 ⚕️ The effects were temporary ⚕️ ⊹ (:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅) ⊹ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COLACNT 5,178 Posted July 28, 2020 i'm honestly in love with the instrumental, and the way her cadence swings from sweetness to fucking schizophrenia. the audio companion was a genius move https://vimeo.com/442223554 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MargaretThatcher 1,331 Posted July 28, 2020 it's a poetic way of saying "Do you think I have time for imbeciles like you all? All you do is pay me dust" You could also interpret it like that too; as a rebuttal to the entertainment industry establishment where corporate greed rips off the creator. Being an artist is not an easy job. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
American Whore 51,335 Posted July 28, 2020 this is such a beautiful track. just wish the album was on apple music dammit. 0 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
landeath 598 Posted July 28, 2020 this is so beautiful omg 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnarKissed 278 Posted July 28, 2020 Excellent poem. Alas, only L.D.R. holds the key to deciphering its mysteries; but that won't stop us from trying...to de-code the enigmas... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Log Lana 911 Posted July 28, 2020 Oh Lana, you brilliant b*tch, constantly trying to get me emotional! Well, you have succeeded. I've only listened to 6 poems from Violet, so I still don't have the full vision, as we can say, but out of the six this one was truly special and made me cry. The way she is fully committed to the words... God, I'm speechless! Still need to process, though, because A LOT is going on down here 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elle 121,283 Posted July 28, 2020 Lana uploaded a video of her reciting the poem - 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
Trash Magic 28,381 Posted July 28, 2020 Alternate ending I'm yours if you'll have me Quietly or loudly Sincerely, your daughter and regardless you are mine 3 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
How2Disappear 976 Posted July 30, 2020 I'm from the Sacramento area and we call it Sac. I hear "I love Sac so why did I...." 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MargaretThatcher 1,331 Posted July 30, 2020 I'm from the Sacramento area and we call it Sac. I hear "I love Sac so why did I...." My cousin who lives there calls it that! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How2Disappear 976 Posted July 30, 2020 My cousin who lives there calls it that! She said it was her first show in Sac, but not that it was her first time there in general if I'm remembering correctly. I think she said it was a very special city to her . I guess we'll see when the physical book comes 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
99centlips 8,520 Posted August 1, 2020 what happened between her and the new york post? yeah what's her beef with new york post? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venice 6,933 Posted August 1, 2020 Unquestionably one of the best (on par w SportCruiser imo or just is). I'm impressed with how she personified a city and compared her life, wants and needs to those of LA. All kinds of lines stand out. Sometimes I'll play it just to have it in the background, or if I see it floating around in a playlist and am reminded of how beautiful it is - I think it's because it's spoken word that I don't exactly have to be in a certain mood to listen like I do with a song. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the bootleg queen 12 Posted August 2, 2020 I really like how Lana is using an extended metaphor to describe her feelings for L.A by comparing it to a past lover a lover who was probably prosperous, came from money, successful and her lover is a somebody in life which is what L.A at the surface level embodies. This is very reminiscent of the idea of the american dream which is prevalent through a lot of her music e.g the song Hollywood where she dreams of becoming that somebody and becoming prosperous in that way mentally and spiritually yet in this poem she questions who is she to dream when she is only a dreamer and has nothing else which creates a sense of self-deprecation and almost calling herself a burden in which she idolises L.A and thus idolises this lover especially in comparison to San Francisco and N.Y which are most likely her long lost exes. In the later part of the poem she is also reiterating the idea that she is the other woman who belongs to no-one etc. which she has expressed in songs such as Ride and she describes herself as being an other woman to all these places and because of this realises that she can only belong in this lover's hands because 1.A lover in New York or New York itself has treated her so badly leading her to hate it and San Francisco or the lover there probably does not attend to her needs and makes her feel even more lost and more than anything it seems like Lana needs a sense of belonging and commonality which only L.A or that lover can give her. Because she is that way being what she describes an orphan, belonging to no-one she says she must love L.A/him the most and she says to this lover/place that they do not have to offer anything more than what they are and in return she will love him/L.A deeper than the surface level which most people do and love deep and eternally. In this poem she allows us to she her complex relationship between L.A/her lover and lets us visualise it in a highly memorable and tangible way making us visualise her lover, the way she loves and their general relationship as striking and very heartfelt and allowing the readers to thoroughly feel the sense of vulnerability we feel in love. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drugsdesire 9,869 Posted August 4, 2020 this poem is so heartbreaking that i can't listen to it often because it hurts so bad 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PARADIXO 32,940 Posted August 5, 2020 I usually don't get too inspired by LDR or add elements of her music into my own art, but this one inspired me to write a song for my favorite city, about how much I want to live there, how much I feel like I belong there. I'll see how it turns out! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteHydrangea 4,216 Posted August 7, 2020 A masterpiece 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rorman Nockwell 56,714 Posted September 29, 2020 The book version is slightly different to the spoken version (again, spoiler, because I know most people don't have it yet) Spoiler Instead of: The city not quite awake, the city not quite asleep The city that's still deciding how good it can be It's: The city not quite awake The city not quite asleep The city that's something else - something in between The city that's still deciding How good it should be And instead of: Not you at your worst Totally on fire, unlivable, unbreathable, I need you You see, I have no mother It's: Not you at your worst- Totally on fire, unlivable, unbreathable I don't deserve you at all You see - you have a mother 2 Quote ur legit gonna look the same stop buying oil of Olay face cream Share this post Link to post Share on other sites