Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

[Mer 61,735]

1 minute ago, Rorman Nockwell said:

Do you like books?

?

[Rorman Nockwell 56,702]

Just now, Mer said:

?

I-

was just asking

[fishtails 13,791]

I hear Lennon, thrive, and marred 

 

And on the topic of "body marred my soul" 

I think what she's saying is that people saw her for her beauty (Young and Beautiful - "will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?") and didn't recognize the true beauty of her soul and what's inside

 

So therefore, the perception of her outwards appearance overshadows what is on the inside, it marred it, much like the tunnel that is beautiful on the inside, but forgotten about because of what's on the outside 

 

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2 minutes ago, Pretty On The Indide said:

Silence, Twink!

IM CRYING AT THIS

[Mer 61,735]

Just now, Rorman Nockwell said:

I-

was just asking

oh ok I thought it was like a setup for a joke at my expense idk sorry 

[heavensentslut 4,187]

is this what yall think the sky ferreira thread is?

[Rorman Nockwell 56,702]

Just now, Mer said:

oh ok I thought it was like a setup for a joke at my expense idk sorry 

Not at all

So do you?

[honeybadger 40,620]

i feel stupid now for thinking it’s marred but that line is more profound and meaningful to me that way so i’m just going to stick with it 😭

[The Siren 30,521]

[Mer 61,735]

Just now, Rorman Nockwell said:

Not at all

So do you?

I do 

[The Siren 30,521]

1 hour ago, IanadeIrey said:

OK glad we can agree on the first two, but I still think it’s “my body marred my soul”!
 

If we say it’s “mind”, the full lyric would then be “I can’t help but feel somewhat like my body, mind, my soul.” This feels like a redundant thought because, as a person, Lana is her body, mind and soul. Of course she’s going to feel like her body, mind, and soul. This doesn’t add anything to the narrative of the song. 

“I can’t help but feel somewhat like my body marred my soul” makes more sense to me———because this means that her body and her physical being have taken focus away from her soul. This links to the next line: “handmade beauty sealed up by two man-made walls”. 
 

So, like the beauty of the tunnel not being appreciated by the public because it was sealed up, Lana’s soul (and true inner beauty) is not being appreciated by the public because her body has “marred” it. 

ive always heard marred

is this an actual debate? 

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5 minutes ago, Pretty On The Indide said:

it was always obviously mind. And I'm hard of hearing. Some of yall just aren't that brilliant maybe,,,,,,like marred doesn't fit at all the context? stop trying to read nihlism into everything you pretentious pretenders of profoud potential, Nah! Not buying it! Sorry!

Period! Well, it won’t be the first time people misunderstood her lyrics. I wasn’t in the mood to explain but then I was like “ugh fine!” People need to stop projecting and start absorbing 

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18 minutes ago, Pretty On The Indide said:

Silence, Twink!

ew stop 

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,738]

Itsso obviously marred honestly do you people even read?

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,738]

Whats far more interesting is how lana changes deom love me until i love myself to fuck me until i love myself as the song hoes on. Settling? Or casting off societies expectations? Something to think about!

[one time beauty queen 18,411]

[dollanganger 5,102]

this song finally grew on me yass

[honeybadger 40,620]

there's a girl who sings hotel california

not because she loves the notes or sounds that sound like florida

it's because she's in a world preserved only a few have found the door

it's like camarillo only silver mirrors running down the corridor 

 

okay but... the imagery in these lines is CRAZY... mentioning hotel california by the eagles (recorded in florida) and camarillo state hospital – hotel california is rumored to be written about camarillo – and "silver mirrors" which reminds me of sylvia plath's poem mirror which begins with the line "i am silver and exact" and is about being faced with objective truth and this truth not reflecting who you think you are... she is a genius

 

 

Spoiler

Mirror

 

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful‚
The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.
It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long
I think it is part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over.

Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is.
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.
I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands.
I am important to her. She comes and goes.
Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.

 

i can't wait for the rest of the album, ocean blvd is just more and more interesting lyrically the more you dig into it, the use of metaphor and cultural references is incredible and i'm so so excited to hear everything

[Morningcrow 3,673]

8 minutes ago, honeybadger said:

there's a girl who sings hotel california

not because she loves the notes or sounds that sound like florida

it's because she's in a world preserved only a few have found the door

it's like camarillo only silver mirrors running down the corridor 

 

okay but... the imagery in these lines is CRAZY... mentioning hotel california by the eagles (recorded in florida) and camarillo state hospital – hotel california is rumored to be written about camarillo – and "silver mirrors" which reminds me of sylvia plath's poem mirror which begins with the line "i am silver and exact" and is about being faced with objective truth and this truth not reflecting who you think you are... she is a genius

 

 

 

There's so much in just those 4 lines, so so good

 

[The Grants 13,489]

9 minutes ago, honeybadger said:

there's a girl who sings hotel california

not because she loves the notes or sounds that sound like florida

it's because she's in a world preserved only a few have found the door

it's like camarillo only silver mirrors running down the corridor 

 

okay but... the imagery in these lines is CRAZY... mentioning hotel california by the eagles (recorded in florida) and camarillo state hospital – hotel california is rumored to be written about camarillo – and "silver mirrors" which reminds me of sylvia plath's poem mirror which begins with the line "i am silver and exact" and is about being faced with objective truth and this truth not reflecting who you think you are... she is a genius

 

 

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Mirror

 

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful‚
The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.
It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long
I think it is part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over.

Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is.
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.
I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands.
I am important to her. She comes and goes.
Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.

 

i can't wait for the rest of the album, ocean blvd is just more and more interesting lyrically the more you dig into it, the use of metaphor and cultural references is incredible and i'm so so excited to hear everything

im sorry for everyone but even when the album drops title track might not even move from my top 3… it is a masterfully planned song… the lyrics the composition THE VOCALS and above all that.. THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDUP and as you say the beautiful imagery that even without a music video we can still picture the song perfectly… it is just a PERFECT song