sweetie 6,627 Posted June 8, 2014 Life is awesome I confess What I do I do it best You got nothing, I got tested And I passed, yes Lay me down tonight In my linen and curls Lay me down tonight Riviera girls I my way up to the top This is my show I my way up to the top Go baby go Go go go go go This is my show Go go go go go This is my show Yeah, oh baby I'm a dragon you're a whore Don't even know what you're good for Mimicking me is a bore to me, but babe Lay me down tonight In my diamonds and pearls Tell me something nice About your favorite girl I my way up to the top This is my show I my way up to the top Go baby go Go go go go go This is my show Go go go go go This is my show Need you baby like I breathe you baby Need you baby, more more more more Need you baby like I breathe you baby :)' need you baby, more more more more Lay me down tonight In my linen and curls Lay me down tonight I'm you're favorite girl I my way up to the top This is my show I my way up to the top Go baby go Go go go go go This is my show Go go go go go This is my show Need you baby like I breathe you baby I need you baby, more more more more Need you baby like I breathe you baby Ah... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creyk 11,699 Posted June 8, 2014 Anthem of our Generation//Living the American Dream 14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PARADELREY 21 Posted June 8, 2014 Can't wait to hear the full song! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HEARTCORE 18,971 Posted June 8, 2014 it's not what I expected but it's still terrific 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bae 565 Posted June 8, 2014 ugh i hope that they'll make a video for this 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COCC Destroyer 131 Posted June 11, 2014 The full song is drifting around on tumblr. Lohanthony reblogged it a few minutes ago. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evilentity 13,343 Posted June 11, 2014 Life is awesome I confess What I do I do it best You got nothing, I got tested And [i passed/I'm best?], yes Lay me down tonight In my linen and curls Lay me down tonight Riviera girls I fucked my way up to the top This is my show I fucked my way up to the top Go baby go Go go go go go This is my show Go go go go go This is my show Yeah, oh baby I'm a [drag and/dragon?] you're a whore Don't even know what you're good for Mimicking me is a fucking bore To me but babe Lay me down tonight In my diamonds and pearls Tell me something nice About your favorite girl I fucked my way up to the top This is my show I fucked my way up to the top Go baby go Go go go go go This is my show Go go go go go This is my show Need you baby like I breathe you baby Need you baby, more more more more Need you baby like I breathe you baby Said I need you baby, more more more more Lay me down tonight In my linen and curls Lay me down tonight I'm you're favorite girl I fucked my way up to the top This is my show I fucked my way up to the top Go baby go Go go go go go This is my show Go go go go go This is my show Need you baby like I breathe you baby I need you baby, more more more more Need you baby like I breathe you baby Ah... 4 Quote Stalking you has sorta become like my occupation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilovetati 15,298 Posted June 11, 2014 I'm trying to decipher the perspective of the verses vs. that of the chorus. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just Cherry 3,767 Posted June 11, 2014 Need you baby like I breathe you baby Need you baby, more more more more Need you baby like I breathe you baby Said I need you baby, more more more more Fuckin' need you baby, more, more, more, more. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IconicSoul 196 Posted June 11, 2014 It's dragon Mabe a word play on drags? The whole UV is about drugs and depending on Lana's known lyrics she says "I'm best" on the first line 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trash Magic 28,369 Posted June 11, 2014 I personally am sure it's "drag and" as for the story behind this, it's really not clear. I get more of a feeling it's towards a record executive figure 3 Quote "It's 2011, and we should all be aware of exactly how fast technology is developing" - Lana Del Rey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neon palms sway 1,338 Posted June 11, 2014 The chorus instrumental reminds me of TIWMUG 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilovetati 15,298 Posted June 12, 2014 It really feels to me like Lana being possessive over the record executive that also worked with Gaga and became increasingly distant with the former and more attached to the latter.This song grew on me a lot with a second listen. I love the theme of the corruption of power in this album. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel 3,177 Posted June 12, 2014 I get more of a feeling it's towards a record executive figure It really feels to me like Lana being possessive over the record executive that also worked with Gaga and became increasingly distant with the former and more attached to the latter. OMG Yes THE SONG MAKES SENSE NOW Gaga's basically admitted she's done things to get to where she is now, too (Swine). -- I take that back, ahaha, with the second verse about someone mimicking her, it just makes me super confused because that would maybe mean Lorde but Lorde's style is quite different from her's... maybe Lana's just crazy and delusional and paranoid, but that would mean that Lana's admitting that she's possibly fucked her way up to the top because only the first and second verse is directly about someone else 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KillKillQueen 1,298 Posted June 12, 2014 It could be like Video Games? The verses and chorus about two different situations? I totally got the feeling that the verses were about the manager guy too, I don't know. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Go Go Dancer 628 Posted June 12, 2014 OMG Yes THE SONG MAKES SENSE NOW Gaga's basically admitted she's done things to get to where she is now, too (Swine). I thought she was sexually assaulted by men in suits edit: nevermind she talks a lot of bs anyway 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IconicSoul 196 Posted June 12, 2014 Who cares what happens in the inside? I love both Gaga and Lana and I don't care if Lana wrote it about Gaga. I will pretend Lana wrote that about Lorde which I really despise, even before she said shit about Lana. I don't know I don't hate singers in general but that little kid gets to my nerves. She is a spoiled brat imo 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sitar 22,210 Posted June 13, 2014 So here's why it's unfortunately about Lorde Life is awesome, I confess - Responding to Lorde's criticism of portraying a glamorous lifestyle that no can relate to. She confesses it's awesome, I guess. What I do, I do it best You got nothing, I got tested And I passed, yes - In the game of alternative female pop singers, Lana professes that she does it best, and this amplified by the fact that she is successful even despite being "tested." She passed the test of public scrutiny, while Lorde didn't because she was immediately successful. Sense the jealousy here tbh Lay me down tonight In my linen and curls Lay me down tonight Riviera girls - I know Lorde has curls etc but I think this is just a pretty nonsense Lana phrase. Of which she is full. I fucked my way up to the top This is my show - Like it or not, kinda of a "nanana boo boo" in the face of Lorde's feminist message I'm a drag and you're a whore - A little trickier. Maybe this is Lorde talking to her? Bc I can't see why she'd call Lorde a whore. Don't even know what you're good for Mimicking me is a fucking bore to me - As far as mimicking, look to her new interview for the significance of the hip-hop sound of this song: "I would say the track having more of a hip hop heavier beat, whereas the rest of the album is live and organic…it kind of drives this one particular point home." Hip-hop influence is important here, something she and Lorde share. I mean plenty of sewer rats on LanaBoards.com have attempted to (unconvincingly) compare their sounds, and maybe Lana is surrounded by too many yes men and she believes this, too. Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby Need you, baby, more more more more - Here's the breakthrough and what's been getting all of us hung up. Why portray some kind of romance in a diss track? So we turn to Gaga, who likely fucked her boyfriend based on "So Legit"...but the rest of the equation doesn't match up. I think this part is mocking Lorde's particular gripe with "Without You": "She’s great, but I listened to that Lana Del Rey record and the whole time I was just thinking it’s so unhealthy for young girls to be listening to, you know: “I’m nothing without you.” This sort of shirt-tugging, desperate, don’t leave me stuff. That’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear." This line portrays exactly that desperation that Lorde was complaining about. So is it a good look for Lana? No. But this shit is about Lorde let's begin facing that. 16 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeadAgainst 1,515 Posted June 13, 2014 I'm a drag and you're a whore - A little trickier. Maybe this is Lorde talking to her? Bc I can't see why she'd call Lorde a whore. Don't even know what you're good for Mimicking me is a fucking bore to me - As far as mimicking, look to her new interview for the significance of the hip-hop sound of this song: "I would say the track having more of a hip hop heavier beat, whereas the rest of the album is live and organic…it kind of drives this one particular point home." Hip-hop influence is important here, something she and Lorde share. I mean plenty of sewer rats on LanaBoards.com have attempted to (unconvincingly) compare their sounds, and maybe Lana is surrounded by too many yes men and she believes this, too. This shit is about Lorde and that's why it's awesome but then again I only started liking her after "So Legit" leaked I think the synthetic beats and vaguely OTTR sound are meant to imply that Lorde is, in fact, the manufactured fame-whore star chasing "Glory and Gore" while Lana is the "live and organic" Other Woman chasing something more transcendent ("You talk lots about God / Freedom comes from the call") -- or, like, Lorde is her Carmen-esque doppelgaenger, prophetically referenced when she said, "Only seventeen, but she walks the streets so mean" So, like Lennon's "How Do You Sleep," the song ends up being about part of herself (BTD hip-hop Lana, "The sun also rises / On those who fail the call") that she then sacrificially destroys Consider that she most likely used the man from Katy Perry's "ET" video in Tropico for a reason; again she is the Other Woman on the pop charts 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFXSoul91 1,030 Posted June 13, 2014 Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby Need you, baby, more more more more - Here's the breakthrough and what's been getting all of us hung up. Why portray some kind of romance in a diss track? So we turn to Gaga, who likely fucked her boyfriend based on "So Legit"...but the rest of the equation doesn't match up. I think this part is mocking Lorde's particular gripe with "Without You": "She’s great, but I listened to that Lana Del Rey record and the whole time I was just thinking it’s so unhealthy for young girls to be listening to, you know: “I’m nothing without you.” This sort of shirt-tugging, desperate, don’t leave me stuff. That’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear." This line portrays exactly that desperation that Lorde was complaining about. Good catch. I didn't think of that. Regardless of who or what it's about, it's become one of my favorites from the album. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
