Text Book

[Flowerbomb 65,593]

1 hour ago, agecando said:

but who cares about that tho? i don’t get why some people bring that twitter negativity over here. it’s enough for the right people to get the message and see the bigger picture in lana’s lyricism, not everybody is going to understand it 

 

I wasn't being serious 

[Three White Butterflies 27,477]

honestly there are parts of text book that give me a lot of pretty when you cry vibes 

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,738]

Holy shit she samples the melody of Live OrDie on the chorus of text book

[Miss Doing Nothing 1,694]

5 hours ago, Elle said:

 

 

There we were

Screaming Black Lives Matter

In the crowd by the open river

& I saw you saw who I am

Kind of wish I wish with my father

He could see as a long last splinter

Of the things I couldn’t want for him

 

 

Idk what she says before splinter. I think she sings “this all as a splinter” but I don’t know logic when it comes to this

Edited May 20, 2021 by Wildflower

[Yosemite 23,786]

  

[annedauphine 35,879]

If you told me this was on UV I wouldn't bat an eye, I would say thank you instead

[BluebirdXO 7,679]

People commenting sad twerking or aesthetic twerking in the YT comments feels so disrespectful 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,329]

I enjoy the ocean sounds in text book a lot but whyyyy the melody of the chorus had to sound like demi lovato's song 

[strange weather 1,953]

2 hours ago, Poor Stacy said:

I don't think Lana's wrong for including it, and I understand why she did it, so I'm not throwing shade, but the BLM line in Text Book makes me cringe because it feels so awkwardly shoehorned in. It's a shame because I really like the song otherwise. Drag me etc, but I'm just being honest.

Yeah. This is what I'm feeling. She mentioned this album would respond to critics who were painting her as conservative so it feels like she put that in there to prove something, which kinda ruins the song for me.

But perhaps the BLM rallies were what ultimately came between her and Sean? There he was, with "shining stars" (makes me think of being patriotic) and "standing blue" (blue lives matter) and at the rally he really saw where she stood and that drove a wedge between them?

[lili 3,177]

After all the comments about the resemblance to a Demi Lovato song, I’m happy that I’ve never heard a Demi Lovato song in my life.

[prettywhenimhigh 49,329]

3 minutes ago, lili said:

After all the comments about the resemblance to a Demi Lovato song, I’m happy that I’ve never heard a Demi Lovato song in my life.

 

I wish I was you omg

unfortunately the song in question was a hit back then and it played on the radio all the time and I had to hear it everyday because I worked at a store that had the radio on all day

yeah that absolutely killed my vibe for text book, I wish I didn't know this stupid ass demi lovato song 

[lili 3,177]

2 minutes ago, prettywhenimhigh said:

 

I wish I was you omg

unfortunately the song in question was a hit back then and it played on the radio all the time and I had to hear it everyday because I worked at a store that had the radio on all day

yeah that absolutely killed my vibe for text book, I wish I didn't know this stupid ass demi lovato song 

But hey, the verses are so Amy Winehouse. There’s still hope! ?  

[Dark Angel 202,172]

18 minutes ago, BluebirdXO said:

People commenting sad twerking or aesthetic tweaking in the YT comments feels so disrespectful 

 

lana's youtube comment section is always filled with the dumbest shit

[Evergreen 8,363]

Imagine she will tour in 2022 and perform 'Text Book' and everyone will be singing 'And there we were, screaming "Black Lives Matter" in a crowd', so cool 

[lili 3,177]

19 minutes ago, BluebirdXO said:

People commenting sad twerking or aesthetic tweaking in the YT comments feels so disrespectful 

And redundant. Since twerking is sad by itself. 
 

(twerking fans, don’t come for me, I’m messing around. Kind of...) 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,329]

15 minutes ago, lili said:

But hey, the verses are so Amy Winehouse. There’s still hope! ?  

 

yesss I love all the rest of the song it's just demi lovato has no business in popping up in my head while I'm listening to lana 

 

[Churchome Rep 3,381]

I think this song was written and recorded around the same time as Summertime Gershwin Version because of the background vocals in the outro 

[uvbabe 4,730]

Screaming black lives matter in a crown... I just wanna know WHY 

[NikoGo 60,796]

1 minute ago, uvbabe said:

Screaming black lives matter in a crown... I just wanna know WHY 

“screaming Black Lives Matter in the crowd”

[uvbabe 4,730]

Just now, Nikogo said:

“screaming Black Lives Matter in the crowed”

 

Still a mess. Sis needs to stop trying to prove herself!