Melancholia

[Coloringbooks 14,018]

If it was the New York Times, they'll say that I'm dead
And if Rolling Stone, they'll say I'm uninviting
I don't really give a fuck, it's no surprise
I never had friends here either
Still I'm on a run with the light in my eyes
And if you did it wouldn't happen either

 

Sometimes bad things happen to good people
And sometimes angels touch pure evil
That don't mean they stop
They can fight for what's right and I will
'Cause I don't have the time to kill
And I, I don't have the will

 

If you see the light in my eyes, know I'm shining
I walk my road alone 'til here, so I'll keep riding
I don't need your love, I've been this far down
Back into the New York City
I've been sober for eleven years right now
If that don't mean a thing, well, I tried

 

'Cause sometimes bad things happen to good people
And sometimes angels touch pure evil
And I won't stop, I won't fight
I'll just stray towards the light
'Cause I know sometimes bad things happen to good people
And that's mine

 

Jesus, walk with me
I don't have anything I can offer up to you
But Jesus can comfort me
I don't really wanna drink, some powder will do
Heaven is on Earth
I have peace and that's more than you
I can live in the light like a maniac
In the stars attack, in the zodiac

 

So ride for the first time and die for the last time
I'm with the angels and [?]
Keeping me harder, I try and I start
But I'm scared I won't catch up and it don't matter

 

Sometimes bad things happen to good people
And sometimes angels touch pure evil
And I will fight for the right
To keep on making art out of my life
Fight for the right to be different
In a world full of fake bitches

[TrashMagiq 58,697]

Just now, Coloringbooks said:

And if Rolling Stone, they'll say I'm [?]

 

I hear uninvited

[Dark Angel 202,611]

Just now, Coloringbooks said:

In the [?], in the [?]

 

in the [?] in the zodiac

[Elle 121,620]

9 minutes ago, Coloringbooks said:

Jesus, wanna walk with me?
I don't have anything I can offer up to you
But Jesus, can you come with me?
I don't really wanna [?]

Heaven is on earth
I've [?]
I can live in the light like a maniac
In the [?], in the zodiac

 

So right for the first time
And dire for the last time 

I hear:

 

Jesus, walk with me
I don't have anything I can offer up to you
But Jesus can comfort me
I don't really wanna drink, so pot will do

Heaven is on earth
I have peace and that’s more than you
I can live in the light like a maniac
In the stars attack, in the zodiac

 

So ride for the first time
And die for the last time

[Coloringbooks 14,018]

Thanks guys 🙏 it's tricky to hear what she's saying sometimes tbh

[TheBoss 13,513]

The lyrics are so wild, I love this

[honeymo0n 8,622]

59 minutes ago, Coloringbooks said:

If you see the light in my eyes, no
I'm shining

maybe she says "know" here? it would also make sense with the next line

[HeadBitch 6,769]

Pot will do?!?

 

[Alison by Slowdive 26,150]

FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO BE DIFFERENT IN A WORLD FULL OF FAKE BITCHES JSAHAJFGJHFGJHAHAHAHAHA

[cherryblossoms 10,422]

Her mind.. damn if this leaked the way it was I'd be like okay next but she really turned it into a whole masterpiece in the end..

Makes me wonder how much other demos could be reworked into something next level with the right lyric/melody/production changes

[glitch diva 2,914]

On 3/28/2023 at 7:59 PM, HeadBitch said:

Pot will do?!?

 

I hear some powder will do...

[Psychedelic Pussy 30,109]

Someone needs to combine this w UV and make the ultimate melancholia mix 

[Tana Mongeau 4,989]

6 minutes ago, glitch diva said:

I hear some powder will do...

Let’s paraphrase so locals don’t get wind of this dispute and fight; some drugs will do

im saving lives yall

[Get Drunk 17,973]

On 3/28/2023 at 10:00 PM, Coloringbooks said:

I'm with the angels and [?]

Okay so this is random but idk what else it could be. I’ve slowed it down and listened to it like a hundred times and to me it’s definitely “im with the angels and I’m stratsing the black now”. Either “I’m strategising” or: 
 

The black strat is like the most famous electric guitar (David Gilmour’s original). Idk if it just means she’s playing an electric guitar now?

 

otherwise I have no clue.. I can’t hear anything other than ‘stratsing’

[neon palms sway 1,338]

Small suggestions based on what I hear:

 

I’ll keep riding

well, I tried

Some powder will do

And ? it don’t matter

Not that important lol. But the zodiac line and the ‘im with the angels’ line are driving me crazy. Can’t figure it out at all

[Get Drunk 17,973]

I’m convinced she meant to say “im with the angels and im straddling the black now”.. because what else makes sense. even that’s pushing it

[Get Drunk 17,973]

This song is SO addictive.

 

“I will fight for the right to keep on making art out of my life” so good

[keps2013 4,885]

On 3/28/2023 at 5:00 PM, Coloringbooks said:

But Jesus can comfort me
I don't really wanna drink, some powder will do

she ate

 

[Strangelove 1,845]

I think it's really cool to get some private information regarding her view of her own public image and the media. She specifically name drops the NYT and RS (both publications she worked with during Ultraviolence era), like wow. I think there isn't much of a conversation on how she might have PTSD from the era of rising to fame and having so many blogs criticize her music and looks. Interesting she reworked this into a song about an abusive relationship, similarly one she was having with the press. I would love to ask her why she ditched the song in favor of Ultraviolence.

[Lindsay Lohan 10,533]

This song is TOO good like i'm obsessed. I love the final version of Ultraviolence but this is equally so special

 

I wish Lana released this in some capacity even like as a random soundcloud release