Elle 121,070 Posted March 19, 2021 'It's dark but just a game' That's what he would say to me Their faces aren't the same But their stories all end tragically Sweet or whatever, baby & that's the price of fame A tale as old as time, you'd be Sweet or whatever, baby A pretty little fool To think exceptions to the rule Just walk around Like you and me this way But life is sweet or whatever, baby You gotta take them for what they've got & while the whole world is crazy We're getting high in the parking lot We keep changing all the time The best ones lost their minds So I'm not gonna change I'll stay the same No rose left on the vines Don't even want what's mine Much less the fame It's dark but just a game It's dark but just a game It's dark but just a game So play it like a symphony You know our love's the same They'll both go down in infamy I was a pretty little thing & God, I loved to sing, but Nothing came from either one but pain But fuck it Life is sweet or whatever, baby Don't ever think it's not While the whole world is crazy We're making out in the parking lot We keep changing all the time The best ones lost their minds So I'm not gonna change I'll stay the same No rose left on the vines Don't even want what's mine Much less the fame It's dark but just a game We keep changing all the time The best ones lost their minds So I'm not gonna change I'll stay the same No rose left on the vines Don't even want what's mine Much less the fame It's dark but just a game It's dark but just a game It's dark but just... 12 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
Say Yes to Heaven 27,435 Posted March 19, 2021 The verses are so "No Doubt - Don't Speak" ... and I adore anything No Doubt... a win in my book 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
American Whore 51,090 Posted March 19, 2021 The reference to Making Out in this one tho. "making out in parking lots with every little boy i spot baby you can't stop me" 3 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
Thunder Revenant 20,936 Posted March 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Elle said: A pretty little fool To think exceptions to the rule Just walk around Like you and me this way I love this section but I always hear "a pretty little thought" The lyrics on Instagram even say it's "a brave little fool", which is DEFINITLY wrong. 6 hours ago, Elle said: I was a pretty little thing Ain't got a lot to sing, but Nothing came from either one but pain But fuck it I think it is "And god I loved to sing", which makes much more sense, especially since she sings that nothing came from "either" (her being pretty and her loving to sing) Wanted to check the Instalyrics on this one too, but this whole section is missing there LOL. 0 Quote Just do it. Just do it - don't wait! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lustformoney 41,438 Posted March 19, 2021 one of her best songs 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barry 5,908 Posted March 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Say Yes to Heaven said: The verses are so "No Doubt - Don't Speak" ... and I adore anything No Doubt... a win in my book I thought when I first hear it I heard similarities to like 90s radio music and then was listening to it starting there when I read that and this is it. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
annedelrey 1,821 Posted March 19, 2021 This song blowed my mind when i first listened to it! Top 3 for me 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venice 6,933 Posted March 19, 2021 Top 3 for me too! So many elements to this song and it’s just so fun. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barry 5,908 Posted March 19, 2021 The part "we keep changing all the time" etc it reminds me of something i've heard before also but I can't think of what, is it like the Beatles or John Lennon or something. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saith 1,185 Posted March 19, 2021 Anyone else ear an interpolation of The Greatest during the Chorus ? After all they did sample How to disappear in Wild at heart. @Barry Isn't it the song you think about ? The Greatest sounded pretty much Beatle-y to me 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabbit 5,224 Posted March 19, 2021 Forcing myself to not over play this beauty :,) Instantly joined the ranks among her best songs 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chemtrailsovertrailerpark 214 Posted March 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Barry said: The part "we keep changing all the time" etc it reminds me of something i've heard before also but I can't think of what, is it like the Beatles or John Lennon or something. Yep I picked up on that too, definitely a Beatles vibe and I am here for it. Maybe it's how she does the kind of 'talking-singing' like in the Beatles lyrics "I read the news today, oh boy" 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prettywhenimhigh 49,294 Posted March 19, 2021 PERFECTION 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downtown Baby Doll 5,310 Posted March 20, 2021 I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but "pretty little fool" immediately made me think of this quote from The Great Gastby: "That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."- Daisy 3 Quote ♡ ♡ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honeybadger 40,619 Posted March 22, 2021 i hear all of the following: "sweet oh whatever baby", "sweet wha-whatever baby", "sweep ah whatever baby", "sweet why whatever baby" and "sweet poet of a baby" 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clementines 9,868 Posted March 22, 2021 i hear sweet or whatever baby 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emberisl 12 Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 2:27 AM, Downtown Baby Doll said: I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but "pretty little fool" immediately made me think of this quote from The Great Gastby: "That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."- Daisy I think it’s referencing the lyrics in an Elliot smith song called say yes, he committed suicide so his fate relates to the content of the song “And I could be another fool Or an exception to the rule” 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Churchome Rep 3,380 Posted March 31, 2021 I still can’t thinking about which singer/celebrity prompted her to write this, so I did a little digging https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-party-diary-inside-a-list-parties-events-1276442 (second section for the Guy Oseary party guest list). Not a lot of musicians in that list (The Weeknd, Adele, Miguel, HAIM, will.i.am, Elton John, Sean Combs) and while it does have Lana, it doesn’t list Jack Antonoff who according to Mojo was also at that party. We’ll never know for sure but it’s fun to whittle down the possibilities a bit. pls this can’t be another song about Kanye 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
americangothic 1,676 Posted April 2, 2021 The guitar on the chorus sounds SO Red Hot Chili Peppers, love it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creyk 11,677 Posted April 8, 2021 She's talking about fame here, how it ruins everyone who becomes famous and they end up tragically (overdosed, by suicide, car crash etc) without exception. The first verse is in particular is focused on it. When she says "pretty little fool, thinking exceptions to the rule", she's basically saying "a fool for thinking you can escape this 'rule' where all these celebs get their life ruined, destroyed and end up dead". "The best ones lost their minds", she's saying this happened even to the best ones. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites