Favourite Lana Lyrics

[HEARTCORE 18,971]

All you need has such awesome lyrics. Very meaningful too.

I wish I could love it but I rarely listen to it

Sirens has some of Lana's most powerful lyrics in my opinion, and I think her delivery of them is superb.

[Hundred Dollar Bill 21,805]

How has no one mentioned her literal best song, melodically and lyrically and everythingally. 

 

IT'S LIKE A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE

THE BLACK & WHITE WAVES SPARKLIN TRULY

MY MAN LIKES TO WATCH ME WHILE I WATCH TV

WHILE HE'S T-T-TOUCHIN' ME

 

I REMEMBER VINTAGE GREEN WALLPAPER

YOUR CRIMINAL ARMS, I COULDN'T FEEL SAFER

 

BABY, YOU KNOW MOMMA NEVER HAD MUCH MONEY

BUT I PLAN ON USING THIS FACE TO PAY, HONEY

GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME, YOU'RE SO FUNNY

LOVE YOU TILL I DIE

 

BABY YOU NEVER KNOW TIL YOU TRY

BABY YOU NEVER LIVE TIL YOU DIE

BABY YOU NEVER LOVE TIL YOU'RE MINE

YOU'RE MINE, YOU'RE MINE

 

[Platinum Greenwich 13,847]

On a more serious note, given my last contribution to this thread...

 

Pick a song, any song from 2005 or 2006, tbh. Aviation is special. "Have a big degree in philosophy, but I don't know what I wanna be..."

 

"There's somethin' she doesn't know about -- a secret he doesn't show about... a sensitive sign on his arm. Oh, my. She got her skeletons as well; some secrets he knows she'd never tell..."

 

All of Wait and There's Nothing To Be Sorry About.

 

"Lord, watch over my love..." So much raw poetry, about subjects that are as childish as they are legitimate. Relatability at its finest.

 

#feels overload since i just listened to all of her may jailer shit for this

[Greenwich 1,052]

On a more serious note, given my last contribution to this thread...

 

Pick a song, any song from 2005 or 2006, tbh. Aviation is special. "Have a big degree in philosophy, but I don't know what I wanna be..."

 

"There's somethin' she doesn't know about -- a secret he doesn't show about... a sensitive sign on his arm. Oh, my. She got her skeletons as well; some secrets he knows she'd never tell..."

 

All of Wait and There's Nothing To Be Sorry About.

 

"Lord, watch over my love..." So much raw poetry, about subjects that are as childish as they are legitimate. Relatability at its finest.

 

#feels overload since i just listened to all of her may jailer shit for this

Sirens has been on repeat for so long. How Do You Know Me So Well is just so amazing, ugh crying

[Yoshi 219]

the young and beautiful bridge gives me life every damn time

[eternixy 300]

Seriously, I know it's not one of her best songs, but I just love the lyrics in Us Against the World~

 

WHAT DO U NEED 2 GET HIGH 4

WHEN UR BABY'S SO TO DIE FOR

QUIT UR JOB, LET'S MAKE A RIDE FOR 

IT'S US AGAINST THE WORLD

 

IF YOU WANT A COLA 

I CAN MAKE IT COLDER 

IF YOU WANT A BAD GIRL

NOBODY'S BOLDER

AND IF YOU WANT THE QUEEN OF NEW YORK 

THEN YOU BETTER CALL ME

[Lirazel 700]

I've just fallen in love with Butterflies (Part 2), and the chorus gets me every single time:

 

Sing a sad song."
My baby has an eye,
For pretty things, pretty things.
He thinks that little girls,
Are butterflies and cuts their wings.

Sicko, psycho, sicko,
But he's my beau.
Puts them on a rollercoaster,
Lures them in with Coca-Cola!

Boy, you've been, catchin' butterflies,
All the girls believe your lies, don't they?
Boy, you can pin, me up if you like,
A pin-up in a lonely sky, baby.
You give me butterflies,
You're catchin' butterflies.
You give me butterflies,
I'm fluttering, fluttering high.

[ZeroZero 2,225]

[GangstaBoy 3,930]

We're gonna party like it's 1949, we're in the Chevrolet from July to July - Every Man Has His Wish (one of my favourite lines, idk why)

 

I fall asleep on an American flag,

I wear my diamonds on Skid Row,

I pledge allegiance to my dad,

for teaching me everything he knows... - Cola (looove this one)

 

Not even they can stop me now...

Boy, I'll be flying overhead.

Their heavy words can't bring me down... - Radio (Story of my life lol)

 

Remember how we used to party up all night,

sneaking out looking for a taste of real life - TIWMUG

 

...They think I'm really bad,

I'm just making up for what I never had - Driving in Cars

 

All the photographs say we're still young - BE

 

'Springsteen is the king, don't you think?'

'I was like, hell yeah, that guy can sing'... - American

 

 

Those are the ones that I can think of now... there's even more

[dreamer 34]

Dark paradise is so deep!!! one of her best lyrics! 

Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But that there's no you, except in my dreams tonight

     

[cashcomesquick 5,381]

They're disgusting

I'm delicious

They disgust me

I'm delicious

Let's discuss this

I'm delicious

Delicious

 

These are the most poetic and heartbreaking lyrics Lana has ever written. I can feel the pain she went through, poor baby.

[larisalars 37]

Don't fuck with me,You're not a gangsta like I am

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

"I can see my baby swinging, his Parliaments on fire and his hands are up, on the balcony and singing ooh baby, ooh baby I'm in love". -West Coast

 

"I fall asleep in an American flag, I wear my diamonds on Skid Row, I pledge allegiance to my dad, for teachin' me everything he knows." - Cola

 

"Darling, darling doesn't have a problem, lying to herself, cause her liquor's top shelf." - Carmen

 

And many more

[AkaLizzy 85]

I drop it like it’s hot in the pale moonlight.
Grand Ole Opry, feelin' all right
Mary's swayin’ softly, to her heart's delight.

 

- Body Electric

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

Sirens:

 

Bad Disease

How Do You Know Me So Well

Out With A Bang

Peace

Try Tonight

(And many more the lyrics on this album is flawless!!!)

 

Aka:

 

Pawn Shop Blues

Mermaid Motel

Yayo

 

Born To Die:

 

Carmen

Off To The Races

Video Games

Born To Die

 

Paradise:

 

Bel Air

Gods And Monsters

 

Ultraviolence:

 

Is This Happiness

Old Money

Black Beauty

Shades Of Cool (It took me some time to SE how great it actually is)

Brooklyn Baby

Money Power Glory

 

Unreleased

 

Disco

Get Drunk

Every Man Gets His Wish

Daytona Meth

I Don't Wanna Go

Hollywood

And there are so many more...

[Thunder Revenant 20,945]

Last Girl On Earth is very good, all those metaphors etc.

I also love the lyrics for Off To The Races, Shades Of Cool, Blue Jeans, Without You, Is This Happiness, Black Beauty, National Anthem and Money Power Glory alot. And lots of Sirens songs have good lyrics (however they lack interesting sound in return)

[Trinity 1,224]

Let's be real, OTTR is just one big lyrical masterpiece but my favorite line is: Glass room, perfume, cognac, lilac fumes / Says it feels like heaven to him

Also Old Money is becoming one of my favorites, lyrically: The power of youth is on my mind / Sun set, small town, I'm out of time / Will you still love me when I shine from words but not from beauty

[LifeisBeautiful 152]

Every word of "Black Beauty" and "Is This Happiness," mostly because all of those emotions are true to reality (based on my experience).

 

Also, the sadness is just fucking beautiful.  I plan on getting BB quotes tattooed on me for my next birthday.

[kitschqueen 580]

Flame-colored paradise for you darling

But death doesn't come with a warning

 

Velvet Crowbar

[Macintosh Manhattan 6,511]

 

Oh, say can you see my stars

The night time is almost ours

To wander through alleys and look at the bars

Night time is almost ours

 

The headlights from passing cars

They illuminate my face then leave me the dark

The voice of Nirvana says, "Come as you are"

And I will

The night time is almost ours

 

The sway of the hips and arms

Will cradle you from afar

They swing till you're tired and send you to Mars

Night time is almost ours

 

The whole of Oh say can you see is beautiful. Its poetry tbh and Lana's most moving and confessional song to to date...