Let Me Love You Like a Woman (Single) - OUT NOW: October 16th, 2020

[evalionisameme 13,889]

Let me love you like a white woman 

let me hold you like blue lives on tv 
let me shine like a bald eagle 

let me march for trump like I’m meant to be

talk to me in jail and impeachment’s 

don’t vote for Biden 

Trumps on a streak 

Someone continue the song

[AngelHeadedHipster 2,835]

Had this nagging feeling since yesterday about the familiarity of LMLYLAW chorus. I was listening to this tune on Deezer and the next song that played was Blue Jeans and Lo and Behold I discovered that our Queen has once again recycled the melody of the chorus of Blue Jeans.

 

I will love you till the end of time

I would wait a million years

Promise you'll remember that you're mine

Baby can you see through the tears?

 

Let me love you like a woman

Let me hold you like a baby

Let me shine like a diamond

Let me be who I'm meant to be

[Dominikx4 25,404]

2 minutes ago, evalionisameme said:

Let me love you like a white woman 

let me hold you like blue lives on tv 
let me shine like a bald eagle 

let me march for trump like I’m meant to be

talk to me in jail and impeachment’s 

don’t vote for Biden 

Trumps on a streak 

Someone continue the song

 

[evalionisameme 13,889]

1 minute ago, Dominikx4 said:

 

Glad Bro 

[Yosemite 23,785]

This looks cute af

 

[Ultra Violet 18,922]

The song does get better with each listen. And it also sounds so familiar, like its something she wrote long ago and it's bridging the gap, but we know it's more recent. It's giving me hope again. 

[Violets in Your Eyes 313]

2 hours ago, HoneyViolence said:

Yes 

 

2 hours ago, Groupie Lover said:

yes and its probably her softest / most feminine bridge imo. only way I could describe it is like a soft psychedelia / ascending to heaven / dreamy

 

Thank the lord lol

[domandapiano 12,092]

So she’s talking about loving like a woman, right? After watching the video (which obviously isn’t a masterpiece but is very cute and suits the song) I feel like what she means by that is that she’s finally come to terms with what real love is. It’s not steeped in fatalistic tragedy and drama like the love she sings about on Born to Die and Paradise and UV. She sang about love like that when she was a girl because that’s what love feels like to someone who hasn’t been around the block more than once or twice. She’s grown now and sees love for what it truly is. It’s not end all, be all, die for you stuff and it doesn’t even have to be romantic; it’s about trust, and compassion, and recognizing annoying things your loved ones do that don’t matter because that won’t change how you feel and you just want to be around them. 
 

A few tidbits in the song that make me think this:

 

-She’s talks about leaving LA for somewhere smaller, and LA is a city of dreams, and stars, and grand notions. Romances in films and dreams are often larger than life and she’s coming to terms with love that is a bit more simple and natural. 
 

-She sings about wanting the subject of the song to join her in her journey but she knows she’ll be ok if they don’t. 
 

-The line “I want/need you to come” to me is like echoes of the younger version of herself that was super fatalistic and heavy hearted. That girl is still an important part of Lana’s story and will have ripple effects throughout the rest of her life, but that’s not the person calling the shots anymore. 
 

So yeah, ultimately loving someone like a woman has nothing to do with sex or even romance, it’s just loving someone with a firm grasp on what’s important. 
 

Also, to add one last thing, I’ve seen some folks refer to Lana as having “lost her fire” but I don’t think that’s true at all! Sure she’s not an all consuming wildfire anymore, burning down everything in her path, but she’s a more life sustaining fire now! One that provides warmth and comfort to her and others. It’s actually a mark of growth, I think. :3

 

anyways that what this song gives me 

[mkultraviolence 5,832]

beginning of song sounds incredibly similar to Hallucinogenics. 

[domandapiano 12,092]

Also, it’s nice to see the Pitchfork review is pretty positive! Not best new music (i didn’t expect that anyways) but it’s still actually pretty complimentary! We won! 

[Yosemite 23,785]

So babygirl hit #2 on iTunes.

We love to see it 

 

(really hope it reaches #1, not bc of numbers just bc that rat beaver is above her lmao)

 

EDIT: WW

[moonbeam monsoon 1,281]

Will we still love her? Can we allow her to change and grow and stay along with her for the ride? The song is beautifuuuuullll, the video radiates love and also heartbreak (not unlike Video Games, really). A Lana classic - it’s a thematic continuation of Young and Beautiful

[lamms 11,605]

On 10/16/2020 at 2:57 AM, VioletBunny said:

I don't think these two contradict each other at all. She's even saying how she's not forcing him to follow him out of LA ("I think I'd manage"), and I interpret the "I need you to come/want you to come" as her telling him she wants him to come but she'll manage without, and her inner dialogue saying she needs him but she's not going to pressure him. It's quite a comforting song imo, she's in love with him and needs him but she won't pressure him or force him to do anything.

 

BTD era would have her singing about how she'd literally die without him and she needs him to stay with her, now she's feeling the same but she doesn't tell him that because she's loving him like a woman, not a young girl.

I've been thinking about this a lot and you're absolutely right! It actually underlines the second paragraph of the Question for the culture™ and while maybe not a mindblowingly great song it still manages to convey her intentions in that case very well. Thanks for your explanation, makes me like the song a bit more.

 

[Make me your Dream Life 87,664]

mm chile lemme get some pink CHampagne *clink clink* 

[gatadelrey 4,617]

Help I can’t stop listening to it on repeat. I’m trying not to bc I don’t want it to be old before the album comes out but I can’t resist. 

[Rico25 7,881]

I really really love the song but it reminds me of my ex 

[Venice 6,933]

4 minutes ago, Rico25 said:

I really really love the song but it reminds me of my ex 

 

I'm still too traumatized to fully enjoy the NFR album because of an ex so I get it, ugh. BUT there will come a day, I'm sure, when they really won't matter or mean anything and then we can have fun with these songs 

[Rico25 7,881]

8 minutes ago, Venice said:

 

I'm still too traumatized to fully enjoy the NFR album because of an ex so I get it, ugh. BUT there will come a day, I'm sure, when they really won't matter or mean anything and then we can have fun with these songs 

That was the sweetest thing I did not expect to read 

[Venice 6,933]

7 minutes ago, Rico25 said:

That was the sweetest thing I did not expect to read 

 ♡♡

[Bettie Page 2,104]

i really love this song, it reminds me of Love song, which took a really long time to grow on me, but this hits hard