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Sometimes I wake up in

the morning to red, blue

and yellow skies -- it's

so crazy I could drink

it like tequila sunrise

Put on that Hotel

California, dance around

like I'm insane, I feel

free when I see no one

and nobody, knows my name.

 

God knows I tried

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How about this:

 

Sometimes I wake up in the morning to red, blue and yellow skies -

it's so crazy I could drink it like Tequila Sunrise

Put on that Hotel California, dance around like I'm insane,

I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name

 

God knows I lived

God knows I died

God knows I begged

begged, borrowed and cried

God knows I loved

God knows I lied

God knows I lost

God gave me life

 

And God knows I tried

God knows I tried (x3)

 

Sometimes I wake up in the morning to red, blue and yellow lights

On Monday they destroyed me but by Friday I'm revived

Put on that Hotel California, wear my blinders in the rain

I've got nothing much to live for ever since I found my fame

 

God knows I lived

God knows I died

God knows I loved

God knows I lied

God knows I begged

begged, borrowed and cried

God knows I lost

God gave me life

 

And God knows I tried

God knows I tried (x4)

 

So let there be light

Let there be light

Light up my life

Light up my life

So let there be light

Let there be light

Light up my life

Light up my life

 

God knows I tried (x8)

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[Verse 1]
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
To red, blue, and yellow skies
It's so crazy I could drink it like tequila sunrise
Put on that Hotel California
Dance around like I'm insane
I feel free when I see no one
And nobody knows my name

[Chorus]
God knows I lived
God knows I died
God knows I made it on borrowing pride
God knows I loved
God know I lied
God knows I lost
God gave me life
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
To [?]
On Monday they destroyed me
But by Friday I'm revived
Put on that hotel California
Where we dance around in the rain
I got very much to live for
Every since I found my fame

[Chorus]
God knows I live
God knows I died
God knows I made it on my borrowed pride
God knows I loved
God know I lied
God knows I lost
God gave me life
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried

[breakdown]
So let there be light
Let there be light
I [?]
[?]
Let there be light
Let there be light
I have my life
Light up my life

[Chorus-Variation]
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried
God knows I tried

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On Monday they destroyed me but by Friday I'm revived

 

Wear my blinders in the rain

 

I've got nothing much to live for ever since I've found my fame

 

That's what I hear

 

That sounds great, thank you! I've corrected mine above, hope that's ok :)

 

However, I still hear faith instead of fame... :(

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I adore these lyrics and the song is definitely one of my fav songs ever but the "I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name" makes my heart bleed :( especially if she says it's one of the dearest to her


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The choruses are different, I think they are:

 

First

God knows I lived

God knows I died

God knows I begged

Begged, borrowed and cried

God knows I loved

God know I lied

God knows I lost

God gave me life

And God knows I tried

God knows I tried

God knows I tried

God knows I tried

 

Second

God knows I lived

God knows I died

God knows I loved

God know I lied

God knows I begged

Begged, borrowed and cried

God knows I lost

God gave me life

And God knows I tried

God knows I tried

God knows I tried

God knows I tried

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Is this song about how she hates being famous?

The verses only talk about that:

 

I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name

 

I've got nothing much to live for ever since I found my fame

 

Then the chorus talks about how desperately she tried...but tried what? It is not clear to me. She tried to be happy? Or what?

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For me, the "God knows I tried" means that she tried to be good. Like, "good" in the way how it is defined by society. But not so sure on that. I think "happy" makes sense, too!

 

But on another note... Is Lana religious? Like REALLY religious? Because that song obviously sounds like this. I know she's had lyrics like "Jesus is my bestest friend" or "All that's real to me is Marilyn and Jesus" or "Mary prays the Rosary", but to me that always seemed like this opulent naive Lolita imagery.

 

She also said that she studied Philosphy because it "bridged the gap between God and science... I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why." However, to me that sounds not like a believer, more like someone who would want to study all these different existential ideas to try to understand, and that obviously involves the theories of religion, astrophyics and philosphy. So, she never seemed like a truly believing person to me, more like someone who is fascinated by the glamour and abyss that is Christianity and the Catholic church. But, I guess I was just wrong?

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 So, she never seemed like a truly believing person to me, more like someone who is fascinated by the glamour and abyss that is Christianity and the Catholic church. But, I guess I was just wrong?

 

I think she stated multiple times that she's a spiritual/religious kind of person, but not in the traditional way, like forget about the Bible and stuff I guess

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For me, the "God knows I tried" means that she tried to be good. Like, "good" in the way how it is defined by society. But not so sure on that. I think "happy" makes sense, too!

I agree! Especially in context of all the chorus parts where she says how she lied and begged etc, like she's really desperate to be good but can't help herself?


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But on another note... Is Lana religious? Like REALLY religious? Because that song obviously sounds like this. I know she's had lyrics like "Jesus is my bestest friend" or "All that's real to me is Marilyn and Jesus" or "Mary prays the Rosary", but to me that always seemed like this opulent naive Lolita imagery.

 

She also said that she studied Philosphy because it "bridged the gap between God and science... I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why." However, to me that sounds not like a believer, more like someone who would want to study all these different existential ideas to try to understand, and that obviously involves the theories of religion, astrophyics and philosphy. So, she never seemed like a truly believing person to me, more like someone who is fascinated by the glamour and abyss that is Christianity and the Catholic church. But, I guess I was just wrong?

 

She said that she was Catholic in the Spiegel interview.

 

Also belief in a higher power is the second step of the 12 steps addiction recovery program, which Lana apparently did for her alcoholism recovery. I think that she stated that she doesn't really feel comfortable with the traditional approach to religion. She's very spiritual and metaphysical.

 

There is also an audio interview, wesat something, from 2014, where she says that she believes in God.

 

She states in another radio interview that praying is the thing she does everyday no matter what.

 

If you want, I have an interviews masterpost including these. This topic is EXTREMELY important for me.


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I think she stated multiple times that she's a spiritual/religious kind of person, but not in the traditional way, like forget about the Bible and stuff I guess

 

Yeah I see, I would've described her as a spiritual person herself, but not just in the "catholic God" kind of way.

 

She said that she was Catholic in the Spiegel interview.

 

Also belief in a higher power is the second step of the 12 steps addiction recovery program, which Lana apparently did for her alcoholism recovery. I think that she stated that she doesn't really feel comfortable with the traditional approach to religion. She's very spiritual and metaphysical.

 

There is also an audio interview, wesat something, from 2014, where she says that she believes in God.

 

She states in another radio interview that praying is the thing she does everyday no matter what.

 

If you want, I have an interviews masterpost including these. This topic is EXTREMELY important for me.

 

Thank you so much! Could you please post the link to the Spiegel interview again? This one doesn't work for me. It doesn't need to be a translation either, I speak German :)

 

I would love to hear / read more about this! Please feel free to show me these interviews :)

 

To me, these kind of opulent, yet naive Catholic phrases and imagery she uses in her songs always appealed strongly to me, I love Lana especially for that! And I am an Atheist :D

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