Dark Paradise (Final and Demo Versions)

[Your Girl Lana]

All my friends tell me I should move on
I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

That's how you sang it

Loving you forever can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, won't move on

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

That's how we played it

And there's no remedy for memory
Your face is like a melody
It won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me and telling me
That everything is fine
But I wish I was dead
(Dead like you)

Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
(x2)

All my friends ask me why I stay strong
Tell 'em when you find true love it lives on

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
That's why I stay here

And there's no remedy for memory
Your face is like a melody
It won't leave my head
Your soul is hunting me and telling me
That everything is fine
But I wish I was dead
(Dead like you)

Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side

Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you except in my dreams tonight

I don't wanna wake up from this tonight (x2)

There's no relief, I see you in my sleep
And everybody's rushing me
But I can feel you touching me
There's no release, I feel you in my dreams
Telling me I'm fine

Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side

Everytime I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you except in my dreams tonight

I don't wanna wake up from this tonight (x2)



ALTERNATE DEMO LYRICS:

I got the ice, you got the fire
I got the stuff to take you higher
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
That’s how you played it

I got the brains, you got the money
This is race, let’s go fast, honey
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
That’s how you played it

Come on, pretty baby, I’ll be taking you down
They say you got crazy like all over town

Every time I close my eyes
It’s like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I’m scared that you won’t be waiting on the other side

Every time I close my eyes
It’s like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there’s no you except in my dreams tonight

I got the brains, you got the money
This is race, let’s go fast, honey
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
That’s how you played it

Come on, pretty baby, I’ll be taking you down
They say you got crazy like all over town

Every time I close my eyes
It’s like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I’m scared that you won’t be waiting on the other side

Every time I close my eyes
It’s like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there’s no you except in my dreams tonight

I don’t wanna wake up from this tonight (x2)

[James19709]

Come on, pretty baby, I’ll be taking you down

They say you got crazy like all over town

 

Does this remind anybody of Live or Die?

[Sucker]

Come on, pretty baby, I’ll be taking you down

They say you got crazy like all over town

 

Does this remind anybody of Live or Die?

 

Yup!

[James19709]

Yup!

 

Just like "I be murderin'-a-muderin' em" in Summer of Sam.

[Madrigal]

I like the first demo (or at least the first one to leak) so much more than the album version. And the one for which we have but a clip of her performing live is even more stunning.

[M.I.A.]

Lyrics ? Can't hear a thing.

 

[Just Cherry]

Lyrics ? Can't hear a thing.

 

Everybody told me I was falling in love,

I said "You would fall too if you knew what I was dreaming of,"

Everybody told me I was stupid because you were bad, you were wrong,

And I knew it.

 

The rest are the same as the final Dark Paradise.

[M.I.A.]

Thanks xx

[Demian]

Everybody told me I was falling in love,

I said "You would fall too if you knew what I was dreaming of,"

Everybody told me I was stupid because you were bad, you were wrong,

And I knew it.

 

[cola]

I was watching Lana perform live and came across this 

 

 

it has different lyrics, I like it, do we know anything about this? xxx thank you

can some one slice this with the studio version please 

[Mariann]

I like it too but unfortunately we don't have this version in full.   

[NamiraWilhelm]

I would love it if someone spliced this into the full length, I would but I have no knowledge of song editing.

 

Most of us would like there to be a demo with these lyrics,  but if there is there's no sign of it.

[Baby V Alex]

Almost everyone want this and the version of BTD that says "FUCK u hard in the pouring rain". Sadly is possible that neither of them have a studio version u.u

[Hello Heaven]

I wish there was a studio version. It sounds really cute

But, woah she has improved on performing live. I kind of love the wailing voice here but that's where she get's most of ther hate from.

 

And the lips.

[Hundred Dollar Bill]

Please direct easily answerable questions like this to this thread instead of making a new topic about it. Thank you! 

[radiodasirius]

I always thought this was about alcohol, the very first time i listened to it. Like writing about her drinking problem personifying it. Idk

[Rebel]

Is it possible that that live version was never recorded as a demo? Or is it just unleaked?

[readyforheavensgates]

Dark Paradise is one of my all time favorite songs. It's a masterpiece full of feelings.

[Demian]

Is it possible that that live version was never recorded as a demo? Or is it just unleaked?

 

Still can't get over the fact we never got it.

[SarcasticBeauty]

Everybody told me I was falling in love,

I said "You would fall too if you knew what I was dreaming of,"

Everybody told me I was stupid because you were bad, you were wrong,

And I knew it.

 

The rest are the same as the final Dark Paradise.

This is my favorite version. I wish someone had a better recording of this performance, or that she sung this version more. Ugh.