Mermaid Motel

[Your Girl Lana 549]

Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Maybe I could sing the national anthem
Buy a white sweater for the last white day of the summer
Buy my purple wig for my mermaid video
Walk back to where we live in my motel
On Neptune Avenue

You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
You say take it off, take it off
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
You say take it off, take it off

Maybe we could go to Sway Tokyo
Or see Van Halen at the reunion show
Heavy metal hour on T.V.
Diamond Dave and Ray Lee
And you salute me, Miss America
Because I am, I am

You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
You say take it off, take it off
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
You say take it off, take it off

Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Maybe I could sing you to sleep
God bless the universe, god bless the ocean
God bless you and god bless me (x2)

You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
You say take it off, take it off
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
You say take it off, take it off

Edited March 14, 2013 by SitarHero

[This_is_why_iamagirl 24]

I LOVE THIS SONG O.O

[plush 656]

One of my favorites actually, the vocals are just perfection, and I love the instrumental too. The layering of her high voices make it truly soothing and sensual. I can't.

[ultraviolenced 64]

Her vocals here are striking. This is a song I listen to when I just need to rest.

[James19709 638]

It's quite audibly "Walk back to where I lived in the motel on Neptune Avenue"

[lernerderrey 2,416]

is she talking about labor day in the beginning (i think she is)

http://womens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Why_Is_It_Bad_to_Wear_White_After_Labor_Day

 

i know it's one line, but if she is referencing labor day, then it's the most poetic way of stating it. god bless this song.

does anyone know what the "mermaid video" line is referencing? it cant be about the video for this song becuz she's writing about something she did in the past? 

i want more lana music to be written like this plz(with better production quality)

 

[Say Yes to Heaven 27,600]

Demo

Maybe we can go to Coney Island

Maybe I can sing the national anthem

Buy a white sweater for the last white day

of the Summer

Like my purple hair for my mermaid video

Walk back to where I live in my motel

on Neptune Avenue (It's pretty fancy)

 

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take if off

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

 

Maybe we could visit sway Tokyo

See Van Halen at the reunion show

Heavy metal hour on TV

Diamond Dave and Ray Lee

and you salute me, Miss America

Because I am, I am

 

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

 

All I wanna do is lie on chandeliers

I've been beautiful for more than a thousand years

All I wanna do is lie on chandeliers

and stare at you, baby

Smile you to tears

 

Maybe we can go to Coney Island

Maybe I can sing you to sleep

God bless the universe

God bless the ocean

God bless the blue

and god like them mean

God bless the blue

and God like them mean

 

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

You call me lavender

You call  me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

 

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

 

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

You cal me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it off

You call me lavender

You call me sunshine

You say take it off, take it of

Take it off, take it off

[Stargirl 13,351]

"I've been beautiful for more than a thousand years" Lana the immortal qween 

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,073]

"smile you to tears" is... incredible

 

i weep

[Wilde_child 490]

I listened to the demo (or one of the demos, can't say). I think it's as good as the AKA version.

[YourGirl666 13,252]

Magnum Opus

[Dark Angel 202,785]

incredibly iconic

[prettywhenimhigh 49,396]

basically

 

 

[The Siren 30,524]

This one in particular has an "I'm a bad bith, bow down to me you pesants" feel tbh

[honeymooncd 3,748]

On 9/3/2012 at 11:47 PM, Your Girl Lana said:

Buy my purple wig for my mermaid video

One of my favorite lines from this song, it just captures the whole song. How sensual and kinda weird it is(good way).