Favourite Lana Lyrics

[neon palms sway 1,301]

All of Off to the Races, Video Games, Daytona Meth, Elvis, Heartshaped Chevrolet and Axl Rose Husband, Jump, Brite Lites, Little Girls

And Scarface obviously haha. But, the best lyric in my opinion is

 

Palm trees in black and white, last thing I saw before I died

And Your Band is All the Rage. Simple, sad, sweet. "I'm gonna love you forever and if you come back, I'll take you back in."

"Heaven is my baby, suicide's her father, opulence is the end."

 

Okay I'll stop now

[Constantine 4,070]

Platinum and vale acrylics
Skim the paper for the critics
Babys breathin' Elvis lyrics
on the cover bar

Late, an' Motel lounge is singin'
Spotlight on the band is swingin'
Chateau Marmont memories fading
hope is very far

 

He said he come to welcome warn me
Gesture diamond to adorn me
Come to be and see the one and only
For my final year
well thank you

 

 

I am sleeping with your best friend. How do you like me now?

 

Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Maybe I could sing you to sleep
God bless the universe, god bless the ocean

 

I'm in love with a dying man. / All our love is flying in the sand.

 

Cliches find a home inside of him
When he enters all of the lights go dim
He's so sure he's got a tragic lifestyle
And I'm so sure I can make that man smile

 

Cheap trailer trash and,
Everyone knows it,
But she got a great ass,
And she knows how to show it

 

There's some reason why
I can't sit still
Every waking moment
I feel so unfulfilled
I try to lie down
But I don't know how
Baby when I'm sleeping
It feels less like I am dreaming
Oh my god
I got a bad disease

 

Come on you know you like little girls.

 

 

[elllipsis 1,441]

Like I said before, I find the lyrics of G&M super clichéd and occasionally even a bit a cringeworthy, but I do love this part:

 

If I get a little prettier, can I be your baby? / You tell me, "Life isn't that hard."

 

So much truth in such a simple line tbh.

[cinnamon 224]

"I'm in love with a dying man"

"Heaven is a place on earth with you"

"Heaven is my baby, suicide's her father, opulence is the end"

"Everything is fine, but I wish I was dead"

"It's nice to be love, and be loved, but I'd rather know what god knows"

"If I get a little prettier can I be your baby?"

"I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight"

"You'd make it night time all the day, so it'd set the mood of your soul"

[HighLikeABitch 138]

Ok I have to say lyrics from Yayo and Bel Air kill me!

 

"Hello Heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night"

 

And the lines

"Gargoyles, standing at the front of your gate. Trying to tell me to wait but I can't wait to see you, so I run like I'm mad to heavens door. I don't wanna be bad I won't cheat you no more"

 

"Don't be afraid of me, don't me ashamed.."

[cinnamon 224]

"Didn't anyone ever tell you it's okay to shine?"

"Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue"

"You like your girls insane"

"Your soul is haunting me and telling me that everything is fine, but I wish I was dead"

"My battle lines look like paradise next to you"

[Chocolate Eyes 548]

I hope you remember me like this, sneaking cigarettes in my sundress, glamorous and gangsta oh yeah.

My battle lines look like paradise next to you.

[Summersault 822]

"Heaven is place on earth with you" is probably my all time favourite line, even though she didn't come up with it. There's just something about the way she uses it that makes it hers.

 

Same with "Take a walk on the wild side" and "Light of my life, fire of my loins". Who else could get away with using those iconic lines and still make them sound like they belong in their song? She just owns her lyrics so much, I guess that why it's weird to hear someone like Cheryl Cole sing Lana lyrics. 

 

In terms of original Lanaisms: 

 

"Sometimes love is not enough when the road gets tough I don't know why / Keep making me laugh, let's go get high" 

 

"He's bleeding from his brain and his wallet / He's sick and he's taken but honest"

 

"Well I pawned the earrings that you gave me/ Gold and made of flowers dangling, and I almost cried as I sold them"

 

"Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night /Darling, I’m waiting to greet you"

 

"Everything I want I have / Money, notoriety and rivieras"

 

"I'm feeling electric tonight" 

 

"Hello Heaven"

 

"Hold me  in your arms, love me like your best friends did/ Promise I wont hurt you kid"

 

"All that's real to me is Marilyn and Jesus"

 

Argh so many to choose from

[rubytuesday 222]

cigarettes, Robitussin, will i ever get to heaven? It's not looking good now

I'm a wild child, bright child, knocking on your door

I'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazy, I'm tired of driving till I see stars in my eyes

that's because i have a bad mind and i have gold in my veins, but he says that i got the purest heart that he's ever seen

Pinup in a lonely sky

Caesar said he'd fall in love with me if I was older

and just the way she sings "Oh my god, I feel it in the air"

 

cliched or not, the whole of G&Ms. oh and and Elvis.

[LittleFool 1,912]

What'd God give me a plan for if he won't help do it

What'd God give me a brain for if he won't help me use it

[Guest Dot]

I can't choose cause Lana is probably one of the best lyricists/poets/writers of our generation. #FACT

[NamiraWilhelm 5,031]

Her very vulnerable and honest lines tend to be my favourite;

 

'I'm like a child that belongs to nobody, so I wear you like my clothes, want you close to my body.'

'Nothing scares me any more.''

'...I'll be fine, but I wish I was dead. Dead like you.'

'I won't be ashamed to take you back.'

 

 

Couple others I can think of off the top of my head;

 

I am my only God.

Feet don't fail me now, take me to the finish line.

Sometimes love is not enough, and the road gets tough, I don't know why

 

 

 

My least favourite.. well, 'lines' say, as they only really appear in her monologues, are the ones rife with special snowflake syndrome. 'Nobody's had more shots at the moon and missed than me.' for example.

[silver starlet 1,371]

"i never have to work cause my daddy is rich"

[Jazzmin 297]

I wanted to reply with a looong list of Lana songs... But I realized I'd have to mention every single Lana song. The funny little thing about it is that, damn, all her songs are masterpieces for me. I'm glad that there are so many of them, of so many kinds.

[cashcomesquick 5,379]

This part of "Every man gets his wish"! It's funny and heartbreaking at the same time.

 

I learned how to make love from the movies

He found me waitressing at Ruby Tuesday's

He said, "I wanna buy you a classic white milkshake."

I said, "I'll serve you up a special side of heartbreak."

Special side of heartbreak.

 

I was working down in the corner café

You would drive by in the Chevrolet

Whistle at me as my hips go sway

"Lana Del Rey, how you get that way?"

How you get that way?

 

I said, he loves my heart-shaped sunglasses

He loves the heart shape my ass is

Cristal, Cristal champagne glasses

[Jazzmin 297]

If they're gonna talk, let 'em

If they don't think we're good together

Baby, just forget 'em

When he's bad, he's bad

But when he's good no one's better

'Cause we're match made in heaven

And this kind of love's forever

[BENTLEY 3,492]

Is the sun in your eyes, easy rider?

Do the flame colored skies light you fire?

 

You said that I was the most exotic flower.

 

Blue jeans, white shirt, walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn.

 

Walking through the city streets, is it by mistake or design.

 

My pussy taste like Pepsi cola, my eyes are wide like cherry pies.

 

Baby put on heart shaped sun glasses cause we're gonna take a ride.

 

Swimming pool, glimmering darling, white bikini off, with my red nail polish. Watch me in the swimming pool, bright blue ripples, you sittin', sippin' on your black crystal.

 

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon like a fucking dream I'm livin' in.

 

Heaven hasn't forgotten about you. Though you can't hold me pick up and phone me.

 

When the sun descends I dive into the waves again.

[Zach 16]

A lot of damn lyrics. She really knows how to make you feel a feeling she felt through lyrics, even the simple ones. She hits the nail right on the head.

[HEARTCORE 18,833]

'Loving you isn't wrong

It's original sin' - I Don't Wanna Go

 

'They say make lemonade outta lemons

But I tried and I just can't understand it'  - Starry Eyed

 

'Wake up each night

At the same time

Pull up the blind

And look outside

And in the orange light

The fog is rising

 

This is life

The still night

Peace in the quiet

Happiness

Is the sky' - Peace (All You Need)

 

'I got a bad disease

Will no one help me please?

Not even you?' - Bad Disease

 

'He said 'Baby go to Hell'

And that was the demise of their love' - How Do You Know Me So Well

 

'I kiss you, I hug you

But I could not feel less connected from you' - Junky Pride

 

I know Chelsea Hotel No. 2 isn't Lana's song, but the way she delivers the line That's all, I don't even think of you that often is really amazing.

 

 

 

 

Best till last:

 

'And that's okay cause I found a really cool belt'  - Blizzard  

[Creyk 11,495]

 

 

'Wake up each night

At the same time

Pull up the blind

And look outside

And in the orange light

The fog is rising

 

This is life

The still night

Peace in the quiet

Happiness

Is the sky' - Peace (All You Need)

 

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

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