Lana's diction and incomprehensible lyrics

[Elle 124,598]

23 minutes ago, itsTrigonometry said:

backing vocal in Cherry's bridge. 

 

Another lyrical mystery helped solved by live performances!

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool, yeah

 

Example here at 1:43 - 

 

 

[nope 1,315]

27 minutes ago, Elle said:

 

Another lyrical mystery helped solved by live performances!

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool, yeah

 

Example here at 1:43 - 

 

 

 

 

OMG, thank you Queen. an absolute legend. 

Me rn:

Spoiler

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool, yeah

 

[x VB 12,508]

1 hour ago, Elle said:

 

Another lyrical mystery helped solved by live performances!

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool, yeah

 

Example here at 1:43 - 

 

 

Uh I always thought it was 'Coco Cool' instead of 'Coca Cola' 

[Elle 124,598]

3 minutes ago, Redhydrangeas99 said:

Uh I always thought it was 'Coco Cool' instead of 'Coca Cola' 

 

Yep! Although it would be very LDR of her to feature Coca Cola in another song, this lyric feature Coco Cool, AKA this disgusting sht:

[x VB 12,508]

36 minutes ago, Aphrodite said:

In Salvatore, she sings "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Salvatore" or "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Cacciatore" or even "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Calciatore"?

Pretty sure it's 'Cacciatore', it means 'hunter'. 'Calciatore' means footballer/soccer player

[x VB 12,508]

Maybe she wanted to express how submissive her love for this man  Francesco   was and the fact that she felt like a prey next to him

[Lustformoney 41,592]

7 hours ago, americangothic said:

• 'Shades of Cool'

-I'm one of many:

• Bonnies blue

• One is blue

 

im pretty sure its im one of them, the one is blue

[Florida Dark 1,223]

5 hours ago, LemonadeHeavens said:

it's very commonly believed that she's saying "don't cry honey" but i honestly think she's saying "don't cry bunny" in gramma  it's "bunny" in the live performance, it's honestly hard to know for sure since we don't have any official lyrics for the aka album

 

 

omg i thought i was the only one who heard bunny and all the fan made lyrics say 'hunny' and i get confuseddd

[Mash Tragic 3,945]

As a non-English native speaker with terrible comprehension skills, most of her lyrics are indecipherable for me.  There's always that one lyric I can't understand but always manage to find some meaning to it even though it's nonsense (either in English or French ).

 

First time I heard Get Free, I thought she was saying "out of the blah, into the moo"  I don't have any explanation for that, it's just what I hear.
In Ultraviolence: "We could go back to Woodstock where I don't know who you are" which I've always interpreted as "She wishes she had never met him" 
In COCC: "Me and my sister just pay with Nico" like she sold her cat to pay a debt 
I still don't know if she's saying "Chance is in my veins" or "Drug is in my veins" in FIILY. I think it's the latter but... eh? 

[x VB 12,508]

4 hours ago, Chestnut Fox Sexy Jesus said:

There’s a bit at the end of fuck it I love you when I swear she doesn’t say fuck it but Robbie I love you or something like that 

It’s “dammit I love you”

[colacoven 250]

3 hours ago, Elle said:

 

Another lyrical mystery helped solved by live performances!

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been working on you like I'm back in school

Can I get a fucking hallelujah?

I've been sipping on you like a Coco Cool, yeah

 

I can't believe I use to sing it "you get fucking hard for me, sipping on you like a Coca Cola." and I swear at some part I though she said "looking at you like a magazine" or something. But, I was at that concert and I was SO glad to have that mystery finally uncovered so I could stop guessing the lyrics lol. 

[GeminiLanaFan 49,922]

1 hour ago, Glimmering Feelings said:

As a non-English native speaker with terrible comprehension skills, most of her lyrics are indecipherable for me.  There's always that one lyric I can't understand but always manage to find some meaning to it even though it's nonsense (either in English or French ).

 

First time I heard Get Free, I thought she was saying "out of the blah, into the moo"  I don't have any explanation for that, it's just what I hear.
In Ultraviolence: "We could go back to Woodstock where I don't know who you are" which I've always interpreted as "She wishes she had never met him" 
In COCC: "Me and my sister just pay with Nico" like she sold her cat to pay a debt 
I still don't know if she's saying "Chance is in my veins" or "Drug is in my veins" in FIILY. I think it's the latter but... eh? 

For FIILY, the most plausible lyric is « Jazz is in my veins ». On the non-single version of the song, which is more jazzy, production is a bit more

minimal and we can decipher the lyric better. 

[americangothic 1,729]

5 hours ago, Deadly Cruel Girl said:

A damn shame Lana's too lazy to have her lyrics printed in the album booklets. She only did it with Born to Die. It would be really helpful.

I thought it was money on the side too. lol

I always thought it was;

His Bonnie on the side
Bonnie on the side
And then
His money on the side
Money on the side

[americangothic 1,729]

4 hours ago, JehovahThikness said:

You are unfixable vs invincible 

which one of these options does make sense the most to y'all? For me it's the first one but idk

[colacoven 250]

I feel the need to point out some BTD lyrics I use to hear and sing incorrectly (and I think others did too.) 

 

Summertime Sadness: "Sizzling like a snail" always gave me a funny image, but now we know it's "like a snare."

also I only found out like a couple years ago the bridge says "even if you're gone I'm gonna drive (?)" instead of "try." I use to also think it said "rain is better than never" lmao "even if you're gone I'm gonna dry."

 

Carmen: I use to think it said "buy her tonight, she's still shining." but it's "audio-tune lies (??)"

 

I know for a fact there's more I use to mishear too, but most of them have been mentioned in this thread. It's good to know we all were confused on some of these together lol, instead of just one.

[Mash Tragic 3,945]

15 minutes ago, GeminiLanaFan said:

For FIILY, the most plausible lyric is « Jazz is in my veins ». On the non-single version of the song, which is more jazzy, production is a bit more

minimal and we can decipher the lyric better. 

 

... oh ok, so it's neither chance or drug  I'm kinda sad, I thought chance was so cool. 

[Fireffie 3,781]

2 hours ago, Aphrodite said:

In Salvatore, she sings "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Salvatore" or "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Cacciatore" or even "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Calciatore"?

I wanted to ask this one too because if I remember correctly in Milan or Rome when she sang it live she seemed to be kicking a ball and she clearly said "calciatore" 

Like for example here at 1.05

All the official lyrics say

"Cacciatore" though so we'll never know.. 

[x VB 12,508]

40 minutes ago, americangothic said:

I always thought it was;

His Bonnie on the side
Bonnie on the side
And then
His money on the side
Money on the side

Omg it’s not? 

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,223]

Still can't listen to Other Woman (the unreleased) without hearing her alternate in the choruses between "other woman, other woman" and "I don't want another woman," but she sounds hella congested on that track anyway so 

[past the bushes 30,940]

3 hours ago, Aphrodite said:

In Salvatore, she sings "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Salvatore" or "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Cacciatore" or even "Ah ah ah ah, Ah ah ah ah, Calciatore"?

I hear Cacciatore and that makes the most sense. Cacciatore means "hunter" and salvatore "savior" so it creates a nice contrast...soccer player/savior on the other hand