LYRICALLY, what are the top songs from each album?

[cherrytropico 11,076]

btd - national anthem, dark paradise 

paradise - ride, bel air

uv - shades of cool, brooklyn baby, ultraviolence 

hm - honeymoon, swan song, the blackest day, terrence loves you

lfl - get free, heroin 

nfr - mac, hope is a dangerous thing 

cocc - chemtrails, not all those who wander

bb - wildflower wildfire, blue banisters 

[Venice Peach 54,293]

This is hard... I'll try to pick only one (I won't  but I tried)

 

BTD: Dark Paradise or OTTR. DP is deeper and has more meaning but OTTR is a wild ride with all the references and switch ups in each segment of the song

 

Paradise: Bel Air, G&M

 

UV: Title track

 

HM: The Blackest Day (for me it's one of her best written songs overall). TLY and Swan Song are close.

 

LFL: 13 Beaches and Heroin (Get Free is great but I feel the actual topic is the highlight and not the particular lyrics used which are also good of course)

 

NFR: HIADT hands down but The Greatest is really close

 

Chemtrails: White Dress and the title track

 

BB: Arcadia, the title track and WFWF

 

 

[one time beauty queen 18,411]

btd: off to the races

btd p: ride, bel air 

uv: shades of cool, old money

hm: honeymoon, terrence loves you

lfl: heroin, tomorrow never came

nfr: hope  

cotcc: yosemite

bb: blue banisters    

 

[Cherry Blossom 21,536]

Off To The Races

Ride

Black Beauty

Terrence Loves You

13 Beaches

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it

White Dress

Nectar Of The Gods

[Psychedelic Pussy 30,108]

AKA: Kill Kill / Pawn Shop Blues
BTD: OTTR / Radio

P: Burning Desire / Bel Air

UV: the entire album Shades of Cool / Brooklyn Baby

HM: TLY / TBD

LFL: Heroin / Get Free

NFR: VB / The Greatest

COTCC: DBJAG / NAWWAL

BB: WFWF / Arcadia 

 

Two for each album 

Italicised the best one lyrically out of the two x

[Super Movie 51,667]

I'm gonna go all the way back and start with Sirens so...

 

Sirens: Out With a Bang would be my personal pick, but the thing about Sirens is that every song is so simplistic but so full of meaning, so it's hard to nail just one down

 

AKA: Pawn Shop Blues, hands down

 

Born To Die: Off To The Races is such an impressively written song. I'd honestly say Carmen is up there as well, it's storytelling is so captivating

 

Paradise: Ride and Bel Air for sure, but Gods & Monsters and Body Electric are also really well written 

 

Ultraviolence: Shades of Cool and Old Money

 

Honeymoon: I can make a case for every song on this album in terms of lyrical quality. However, I think The Blackest Day and Terrance are just absolutely breathtaking lyrically. 

 

Lust for Life: The triple gut punch that is Heroin, Change, and Get Free

 

NFR: hope is a song I could say is simply her best song lyrically ever, but I also think The greatest and Mariners are just so well written

 

Chemtrails: White Dress and the title track are the standouts. DBJAG could be interpreted quite simply, however, I think it's also a very poignantly written song with lyrics I love

 

Blue Banisters: Wildflower Wildfire is another song I think is one of Lana's best written songs ever, hands down. I really love a lot of the connections Lana makes on Text Book as well, particularly in the verses and pre-choruses 

[DeadSeaOfMercury 22,968]

BTD, National Anthem 

Paradise, Gods & Monsters

UV, Money Power Glory

HM, The Blackest Day

LFL, Heroin

NFR, MAC

Chemtrails, Chemtrails

Blue Banisters, Blue Banisters

 

Ok this was Hard. Ask me tomorrow it maybe a different list…

[mssainttropez 14,759]

BTD- title track, Off To The Races, National Anthem

Paradise- Ride

UV- title track

HM- title track, The Blackest Day

LFL- Heroin, 13 Beaches

NFR- hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me- but I have it 

COCC- title track, White Dress

BB- title track, Black Bathing Suit, Wildflower Wildfire

[PatentLeatherDoOver 25,782]

Only picking one for my sanity
 

-BTD

-Ride

-Is This Happiness

-Terrence Loves You

-Get Free

-hope

-White Dress

-WFWF

[The Siren 30,521]

Gramma

Without You

Bel Air

Cruel World

Swan Song

Heroin

Cinnamon Girl

Yosemite

either Text Book or Blue Banisters

[PARADIXO 32,940]

National Anthem, Born to Die, Video Games

Shades of Cool, Black Beauty, Pretty When You Cry

The Blackest Day, Honeymoon, Terrence Loves You

13 Beaches, Change, Tomorrow Never Came

Mariners Apartment Complex, Hope, The Greatest

White Dress, Wild At Heart, Tulsa Jesus Freak

Blue Banisters, Arcadia, Black Bathing Suit

 

[Blue Ribbon 3,559]

Bad Disease

Raise Me Up (Mississipi South)

Off To The Races

Bel Air

Black Beauty

The Blackest Day

Change

hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it 

White Dress

Wildflower Wildfire

[Dark Angel 202,221]

sirens - out with a bang

LDRAKALG - mermaid motel

born to die - off to the races

paradise - gods and monsters

ultraviolence - ultraviolence

honeymoon - honeymoon

lust for life - heroin

norman fucking rockwell - hope is a dangerous thing

chemtrails over the country club - yosemite

blue banisters - wildflower wildfire

[past the bushes 30,936]

out with a bang 

pawn shop blues 

carmen 

bel air 

old money (and black beauty) 

the entirety of honeymoon 

change 

the greatest/hope 

white dress 

wildflower wildfire  

grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing   

[taco truck 32,991]

Video Games

Ride

Black Beauty 

Swan Song

Get Free

Mariners Apartment Complex 

White Dress

Thunder

[rabbit 5,269]

Off To the Races/Video Games

Bel Air/Gods & Monsters

Shades of Cool/Old Money

The Blackest Day/Honeymoon

13 Beaches/Heroin 

Hope Is A Dangerous Thing/The greatest 

Chemtrails Over the Country Club/White Dress

Living Legend/Wildflower Wildfire

[Fingertips 72,034]

Sirens: Out with a Bang

LDRAKALG: Pawn Shop Blues

Born to Die: Off to the Races/Without You

Paradise: Bel Air

Ultraviolence: Black Beauty

Honeymoon: Terrence Loves You/Honeymoon

Lust for Life: Heroin

Norman Fucking Rockwell: hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it

Chemtrails Over the Country Club: White Dress

Blue Banisters: Blue Banisters/Wildflower Wildfire

[Alison by Slowdive 26,146]

sirens: out with a bang followed closely by try tonight 💔

aka: oh say can you see + mermaid motel

born to die: off to the races

paradise: ride monologue ❤️ and bel air - grenadine, sunshine, always breaking this heart of mine 

ultraviolence: ultraviolence + is this happiness

honeymoon: god knows i tried

lust for life: heroin by far, but i also love beautiful people beautiful problems, which always makes me think of green is the colour by pink floyd, esp the bp demos

nfr: hope, which rn i feel like might be the closest thing we have to patent leather do over and behind the iron gates

violet lol: bc i just wanna say i love the land of 1000 fires so much it hurts 

chemtrails: white dress even for the first verse alone + yosemite

blue banisters: text book + wildflower wildfire

[violentvioletsky 1,427]

BTD: Dark Paradise

Paradise: Ride

UV: Old Money

HM: Terrence Loves You

LFL: Change

NFR: Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It

COCC: White Dress
BB: Wildflower Wildfire

 

Decided to choose one for each album because I need to contain myself 

[Golden Hour 5,187]

For me:

 

Sirens: Out With a Bang

AKA: Pawn Shop Blues

BTD: Off to the Races

Paradise: Bel Air
UV: Old Money
HM: Terrence Loves You
LFL: Heroin
NFR: Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it

COCC: White Dress
BB: Wildflower Wildfire