Lana Del Rey is one of the most fascinating and unique singers of our time. She has a style all her own, and her lyrics are filled with wisdom and insight. She first gained notoriety for her song “Video Games” in 2011, and since then she has gone on to release five studio albums, several EPs, and countless singles. Her songs and lyrics are filled with emotion and beauty, and her quotes are no different.
In this blog post, we will explore 150+ of her best quotes on life, love, and music. You’ll find everything from funny quips to deep insights into the human experience. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoyed putting them together!
Lana Del Rey Quotes
- “I am my only God.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.” – Lana Del Rey
- “It’s amazing what women in love will do.” – Lana Del Rey
- “I want to be your object, of your affection” – Lana Del Rey
- “His Parliament’s on fire and his hands are up.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Every time I close my eyes, it’s like a dark paradise…” – Lana Del Rey
- “I was filled with poison, but blessed with beauty and rage” – Lana Del Rey
- “I’m writing my future” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “when your happiness is someone else’s happiness, that is love” – lana del rey
- “oh what can i do life is beautiful but you don’t have a clue.” – Lana Del Rey
- “The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer, life imitates art.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough. I don’t know why.” – Lana Del Rey
- “No one compares to you, but there’s no you, except in my dreams tonight.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night.” – Lana Del Rey
- “God, you’re so handsome” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “In the Land of Gods and Monsters I was an angel looking to get fucked hard” – Lana Del Rey
- “I was once in love with my life here” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I’ve got a war in my mind” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “Money is the anthem, of succes, so put on your mascara and your party dress” – Lana del rey
- “Kiss Me Hard Before You Go,Summertime Sadness” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Ultraviolence
- “They judge me like a picture book, For the colours like they forgot to read” – Lana Del Rey
- “Live your life like no one’s listening” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Think I’ll miss you forever, Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Loving you forever can’t be wrong. Even though you’re not here, can’t move on” – Lana Del Rey
- “In the land of Gods and Monsters, I was an Angel living in the garden of Evil.” – Lana Del Rey
- “I want my cake and I wanna eat it too, I wanna have fun and be inlove with you..” – Lana Del Rey
- “I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Honeymoon
- “Will you still love me when I’m no longer, young and beautiful? .. by Lana del Rey” – Lana Del Rey
- “Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.” – Lana Del Rey
- “The universe exists because we are aware of it.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I was brave and it would’ve been easier to stay” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “You’re only as happy as your least happy child.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do” – Lana Del Rey
- “Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything.” – Lana Del Rey
- “i measure time by the days i’ve spent away from you” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Sweet the way it tastes in my mouth to say your name” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “In me the earth moves around the sun no land all sea” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “No flickering in my head movies projected in Bellevue” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is” – Lana Del Rey
- “and that monsters don’t always know they are monsters.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Mary praise the rosary for my broken mind.” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “I’m tired of feeling like I’m fucking crazy. I’m tired of driving till I see stars in my eyes.” – Lana Del Rey
- “you don’t want to be forgotten You just want to disappear” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Wondering if it’s astronomical twilight or civil twilight” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I’ve been tearing around in my fucking nightgown 24/7 Sylvia Plath Writing in blood on the walls” – Lana Del Rey
- “But finally I have no reason for tears not tonight at 7:27” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “No big decisions to the lake or to the sea My only question” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Thank you for being here, for being witness to my vastness.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “and in that moment i decided to do nothing about everything” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “The man that I love hates me. But it would be easier to stay.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Open the front door Hello I say to no one I know no one’s home” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Summer’s in the air and baby, heaven’s in your eyes” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “Say goodbye now no resisting Live your life like no ones listening” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Be the art that life is breathing Be the soul the world is living.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Stay on your path Sylvia Plath don’t fall away like all the others” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “My devil loves your angel, you can’t take that away. See if she’ll take her halo off, if only for today.” – Lana Del Rey
- “and in that moment i decided to do nothing about everything forever” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Be the art that life is breathing. Be the soul the world is living.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I picked San Francisco because the man who doesn’t love me lives there” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “When you get real big baby, remember that little old cowgirl. Waiting for you back in that red river valley.” – Lana Del Rey
- “I stepped on a bird cried in my new boyfriend’s arms to live is to kill” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Because i have faith in man as strange as that seems in times like these” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “You’re divine. Didn’t anyone ever tell you It’s OK to shine?” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “I believe in the kindness of strangers.” Excerpt From: Daria Sanetra. “Your Emotional Belly Cure”. Apple Books.” – Lana del Rey
- “I stepped on a bird/ cried in my new boyfriend’s arms/ to live is to kill” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Come on, baby, let’s ride. We can escape to the great sunshine” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Babe let’s go to town buy something sweet – pink grapefruit eat it with sugar” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “For years I begged you/ to just take me in your arms/ you wouldn’t. Couldn’t.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Do what you want For you only Not for giving Just for taking No one’s listening” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Not everyone’s nature is golden and green And you can’t fight what’s in your nature” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Am i being brazen for saying this year makes me feel like we could’ve wrote it better” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “The world needs poetry now more than ever. It’s the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.” – Lana Del Rey
- “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” – Lana Del Rey
- “Or should I just be here now In the kitchen Bare feet on linoleum Bored – but not unhappy” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “My father’s love was always strongMy mother’s glamour lives on and on.Yet still inside I felt alone, for reasones unknow to me.” – lana del rey
- “because things that can’t be bought can’t be evaluated, and that makes them beyond human reach” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “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.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Springsteen is the king, don’t you think? I was like, hell yeah, that guy can sing.” – Lana Del Rey, Lana del Rey – Born to Die: The Paradise Edition
- “Get out of my blood, salamander! I can’t seem to blow off enough steam to get you out of my head” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I’ve never really fallen in love but whatever this feeling is i wish everyone could experience it” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Am i being brazen for saying this year makes me feel/ like we could’ve written it better/ than him?” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I’m a dreamer And I had big dreams for the country Not for what it could do but for how it could feel How it could think how it could dream” – Lana Del Rey
- “But I didn’t really mind it because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it to know what true freedom is.” – Lana Del Rey
- “If I go back and I end it How would I handle driving down your street and it becoming a distant memory” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “But alas this is a real life – and it’s been a real fight just to keep my mind from committing treason.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Maybe an artist has to function a little bit above themselves if they really want to transmit some heaven” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Don’t make me be resilient i so want to be soft if u let me be myself u will be the first one who ever did.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I love you, but you don’t understand me, I’m a real poet! My life is my poetry, my lovemaking is my legacy!” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Also neither one of us can go back to New York. For you, are unmoving. As for me, it won’t be my city again until I’m dead. Fuck the New York Post!” – Lana Del Rey
- “Find someone who has the life that you want and figure how they got it. Read books. Pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.” – Lana Del Rey
- “I believe in the goodness in me that it’s firm enough to plant a flag in, or a rosebud, or to build a new life.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “LA who am I to need you when I’ve needed so much, asked for so much? And what I’ve been given, I don’t know yet” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.” – Lana Del Rey
- “every movie theater ticket just to remind me of all the things i’ve loved and lost and love again unconditionally” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “My life is sweet like lemonade now there’s no bitter fruit eternal sunshine of the spotless mind no thought of you” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I measure time by the days I’ve spent away from you That thought occurred to me As I watched the sky go dark from blue” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “W a reason Stared w venom at the ceiling not the grass but straight ahead Just at the skyline w precision laser vision” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I measure time by the days i’ve spent away from you that thought occurred to me as i watched the sky go dark from blue” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I took a flying lesson on my 33rd birthday instead of calling you or parking on the block where our old place used to be” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Standing stoic blue and denim eyes not blue but clear like heaven you don’t want to be forgotten You just want to disappear” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “in my veins that roll you run citrus watercolor images of serpents on orange trees quietly arise and grow sweet in my midst” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast I am alone in the night Been trying hard not to get into trouble, but I I’ve got a war in my mind So, I just ride” – Lana Del Rey
- “When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It’s a real release.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Thank you for being here for bearing witness to my vastness Through the years I’ve called you in and out of my orbit You, in your madness” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.” – Lana Del Rey
- “i think about the last time my friends were driving with me how the radio was so loud we couldn’t hear the words so we became the music happy” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I promise you’ll barely even notice me unless you want to notice me unless you prefer a rambunctious child in which case I can turn it on too!” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “there’s things you still don’t know about me like sometimes i’m afraid my sadness is too big and that one day you might have to help me handle it” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Be the art that life is breathing Be the soul the world is living. Do what you want For you only Not for giving Just for taking No one’s listening” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Sometimes it feels like I’ve got a war on my mind / i want to get off but I keep riding the ride ? I never really noticed that I had to decide / to play someones game / or live my own life” – Lana Del Rey
- “that i pray that i may always keep my eyes level to your eye line never downcast at the table cloth too nervous to share my innermost thoughts with you” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Because captains aren’t like poets they don’t make metaphors between the sea and the sky. And as I thought that to myself I realized – that’s why I write.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “wanted more than that even though I’ve never had anything. Not one person to call if I changed my dollar in for quarters to ask what they thought about it.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “and it’s not just because of the warmth i’ve found in your brown eyes- it’s because I believe in the goodness in me that it’s firm enough to plant a flag in” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “with the exuberance that only doing nothing can bring waiting for the fireworks to begin and in that moment i decided to do nothing about everything forever.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road. We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore, except to make our lives into a work of art.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Past the bushes cypress thriving past the chain link fence and driving farther down the road less traveled there u are athleisure wear unraveled Now I see you clear” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “it’s times like this as the marine layer lifts off the sea on the dock where we’re standing that i think to myself there’s still things you still don’t know about me” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I was always an unusual girl. My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean.” – Lana Del Rey
- “that it’s times like this as the marine layer lifts off the sea from the view of our favorite restaurant that i pray that i may always keep my eyes level to your eye line” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “But there’s always been just a little tiny piece of me inside the size of a small slice of angel cake that knew somewhere somehow That I deserved better than someone like you.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “close your eyes and feel where you hold your attention if it’s in the back of your eyes walk it down to your heart center and make that the new place from which your thoughts enter” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Thank you for being here for bearing witness to my vastness Through the years I’ve called you in and out of my orbit You, in your madness the satellite that’s constellating my World” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I like u so much but it makes me nervous when u don’t call under my breath I say don’t make me so resilient I so want to be soft if u let me be myself u will be the first one who ever did” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “But i knew it was meant for me to hear those words. for me they held a deeper meaning. I didn’t trust myself not just 2500 ft above the coast of Malibu but with anything. And i didnt trust you,” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Will you still love me When I’m no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me When I got nothing but my aching soul? I know you will, I know you will I know that you will Will you still love me when I’m no longer beautiful?” – Lana Del Rey
- “But lately I’ve been thinking that I wish someone had told me when I was younger more about the inhabitants that thrive off of paradise. That should they take too much there will be nothing left to give.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I let you know that I knew the true nature of your heart- that it was evil that it convinced me that darkness is real that the devil is a real devil and that monsters don’t always know they are monsters.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I was always an unusual girl, my mother told me I had a chameleon soul No moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean I belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone who had nothing, who wanted everything” – Lana Del Rey
- “it’s time like this as the marine layer lifts off the sea off the dock where we’re standing with the candle lit that i think to myself there’s things you still don’t know about me like sometimes I’m afraid my sadness is too big and that one day you might have to help me handle it” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “Like a view of the sea on a summer day on the most perfect winding road taken in from your car seat window A thing perfect and ready to become a part of the texture of the fabric of Something more ethereal like Mount Olympus where Zeus and Athena and the rest of the immortals play” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “there are no reasons. and if there are- i’m wrong but at least i won’t have spent my life waiting looking for God in the clouds of the dawn or listening out for otherworldly contact 30 billion light years on No. i’ll let the others do the pondering while i’ll be sitting on the lawn reading something insubstantial with the television on” – Lana Del Rey
- “Because my bedroom is a sacred place now that there are children at the end of my bed telling me stories about the friends that they pretend to hate, that they will make up with later And there are fresh cut flowers that I grew myself in vases from the yard on nightstands, hand carved by old pals from Big Sur” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again, sparkling and broken. But I didn’t really mind, because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is.” – Lana Del Rey
- “If I go back and I end it How would I handle driving down your street and it becoming a distant memory not reality no longer sweet. Sweet the way it tastes in my mouth to say your name sweet like when I was young, driving down those roads before we were done before any big battles were lost or won unbeknownst to everyone except for you and me.” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I believe in the person I want to become. I believe in the freedom of the open road. And my motto is the same as ever: “I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself I ride, I just ride.” Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.” – Lana Del Rey
- “And you take and you take and you take and you take but you taste like the beach in a kiss candy for my watery eyes in my veins that roll you run citrus watercolor images of serpents on orange trees quietly arise and grow sweet in my midst And I keep thinking I could do this forever just like this but my heart is very fragile and I have nothing left to give” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “No one ever touched me without wanting to kill me except for a healer on 6th Street and Ridgeley Tessa DiPietro recommended casually by a medium i no longer know She said my number one problem was my field was untrusting when asked what to do she paused and said nothing which sent me right into uncontrollable sobbing because there’s never anything you can do about the important things” – Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
- “I once had dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events saw those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again, sparkling and broken. But I didn’t really mind because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is. When the people I used to know found out what I had been doing, how I’d been living, they asked me why – but there’s no use in talking to people who have home. They have no idea what it’s like to seek safety in other people – for home to be wherever you lay your head.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road. We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore, except to make our lives into a work of art. Live fast. Die young. Be wild. And have fun. I believe in the country America used to be. I believe in the person I want to become. I believe in the freedom of the open road. And my motto is the same as ever: “I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself I ride, I just ride.” Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.” – Lana Del Rey
- “And I remember when I met him. It was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew right away. And as the years went on things got more difficult, We were faced with more challenges. I begged him to stay, Tried to remember what we had in the beginning. He was charismatic, magnetic, electric, and everybody knew him When he walked in every woman’s head turned. Everyone stood up to talk to him. He was like this hybrid, this mix of a man who couldn’t contain himself. I always got the sense that he became torn between being a good person and missing out on all of the opportunities that life could offer a man as magnificent as him. And in that way, I understood him. And I loved him, I loved him, I loved him, I loved him. And I still love him, I love him.” – Lana Del Rey
- “I was always an unusual girl, my mother told me that I had a chameleon soul. No moral compass pointing me due north, no fixed personality. Just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide as wavering as the ocean. And if I said that I didn’t plan for it to turn out this way I’d be lying- because I was born to be the other woman. I belonged to no one- who belonged to everyone, who had nothing- who wanted everything with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn’t even talk about- and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me. Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people- and finally I did- on the open road. We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Pawn Shop Blues” Well, I didn’t know it would come to this But that’s what happens when you’re on your own And you’re alright letting nice things go Well, I pawned the earrings that you gave me Gold and made of flowers dangling And I almost cried as I sold them all I don’t mind living on bread and oranges, no no But I gotta get to and from where I come And it’s gonna take money to go Oh no, oh oh, oh oh… In the name of higher consciousness I let the best man I knew go ‘Cause it’s nice to love and be loved But it’s better to know all you can know I said it’s nice to love and be loved But I’d rather know what God knows Oh no, oh no, oh no… I can do this once more No man can keep me together Been broken since I was born Well, I didn’t know it would come to this But that’s what happens when you’re on your own And you’re alright letting nice things go” – Lana Del Rey
- “Is This Happiness” High up in the Hollywood Hills taking violet pills Writing all of my songs about my cheap thrills You’re a hard man to love and I’m A hard woman to keep track of You like to rage, don’t do that You want your way, you make me so mad Got your gun, I’ve got my dad Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Is this happiness? High up in the Hollywood Hills crushing violet pills You’ve been trying to write a novel about your cheap thrills You think you’re Hunter S. Thompson I think you’re fucking crazy as the day’s long Man to man, heart to heart I love you but you drive me so far Wish you well on that star Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Witch Hazel, Witch Hazel Betrayal, betrayal One gun on the table Headshot if you’re able Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Is this happiness? Is this happiness?” – Lana Del Rey
- “Cherry” Love I said real love, it’s like feeling no fear When you’re standing in the face of danger ‘Cause you just want it so much A touch From your real love It’s like heaven taking the place of something evil And lettin’ it burn off from the rush Yeah, yeah (Fuck) Darlin’, darlin’, darlin’ I fall to pieces when I’m with you, I fall to pieces My cherries and wine, rosemary and thyme And all of my peaches (are ruined) Love, is it real love? It’s like smiling when the firing squad’s against you And you just stay lined up Yeah (Fuck) Darlin’, darlin’, darlin’ I fall to pieces when I’m with you, I fall to pieces (bitch) My cherries and wine, rosemary and thyme And all of my peaches (are ruined, bitch) My rose garden dreams, set on fire by fiends And all my black beaches (are ruined) My celluloid scenes are torn at the seams And I fall to pieces (bitch) I fall to pieces when I’m with you (Why?) ‘Cause I love you so much, I fall to pieces My cherries and wine, rosemary and thyme And all of my peaches (are ruined, bitch) Are ruined (bitch) Are ruined (fuck)” – Lana Del Rey
- “Pretty When You Cry” All the pretty stars shine for you, my love. Am I that girl that you dream of? All those little times you said that I’m your girl. You make me feel like your whole world. I’ll wait for you, babe, It’s all I do, babe, Don’t come through, babe, You never do. Because I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. All those special times I spent with you, my love, They don’t mean shit compared to all your drugs. But I don’t really mind I’ve got much more than that. Like my memories, I don’t need that. I’ll wait for you, babe, You don’t come through, babe, You never do, babe, That’s just what you do. Because I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. Don’t say you need me when You leave and you leave again. I’m stronger than all my men, Except for you. Don’t say you need me here, You leave us, you’re leaving, I can’t do it, I can’t do it, But you do it well. ‘Cause I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. Pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. Pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry. I’m pretty when I cry.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Old Money Blue hydrangea, cold cash, divine, Cashmere, cologne and white sunshine. Red racing cars, Sunset and Vine, The kids were young and pretty. Where have you been? Where did you go? Those summer nights seem long ago, And so is the girl you used to call, The Queen of New York City. But if you send for me you know I’ll come, And if you call for me you know I’ll run. I’ll run to you, I’ll run to you, I’ll run, run, run. I’ll come to you, I’ll come to you, I’ll come, come, come. Ohh, Ohh. Ahh, Ahh. The power of youth is on my mind, Sunsets, small town, I’m out of time. Will you still love me when I shine, From words but not from beauty? My father’s love was always strong, My mother’s glamour lives on and on, Yet still inside I felt alone, For reasons unknown to me. But if you send for me you know I’ll come, And if you call for me you know I’ll run. I’ll run to you, I’ll run to you, I’ll run, run, run. I’ll come to you, I’ll come to you, I’ll come, come, come. Ohh, Ohh. Ahh, Ahh. And if you call, I’ll run, run, run, If you change your mind, I’ll come, come, come. Ohh, Ohh. Ahh, Ahh. Blue hydrangea, cold cash, divine, Cashmere, cologne and hot sunshine. Red racing cars, Sunset and Vine, And we were young and pretty.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Black Beauty” I paint my nails black, I dye my hair a darker shade of brown ‘Cause you like your women Spanish, dark, strong and proud I paint the sky black You said if you could have your way You’d make a night time of today So it’d suit the mood of your soul Oh, what can I do? Nothing, my sparrow blue Oh, what can I do? Life is beautiful but you don’t have a clue Sun and ocean blue Their magnificence, it don’t make sense to you Black beauty, oh oh oh Black beauty, oh oh oh I paint the house black My wedding dress black leather too You have no room for light Love is lost on you I keep my lips red The same like cherries in the spring Darling, you can’t let everything Seem so dark blue Oh, what can I do? To turn you on or get through to you Oh, what can I do? Life is beautiful but you don’t have a clue Sun and ocean blue Their magnificence, it don’t make sense to you Black beauty, oh oh oh Black beauty, oh oh oh Black beauty, ah ah Black beauty, ah ah Black beauty, ah ah ah ah Black beauty, baby Black beauty, baby Oh, what can I do? Life is beautiful but you don’t have a clue Sun and ocean blue Their magnificence, it don’t make sense to you Black beauty, oh oh oh Black beauty, oh oh oh Black beauty, oh oh oh Black beauty, oh oh oh” – Lana Del Rey
- “Starry Eyed” Oh, boy you’re starry eyed Lay back, baby lay back You’ve got heaven in your eyes I like that, boy I like that Life doesn’t always work out Like you planned it They say make lemonade out of lemons But I try and I just can’t understand it All this trying for no good reason Man makes plans and God laughs Why do I even bother to ask? Well, once you and I, we were the king and queen of this town It doesn’t matter now The sun set on our love, bye baby Oh, boy you’re starry eyed Lay back, baby lay back You’ve got heaven in your eyes I like that, boy I like that Life doesn’t always work out Like you planned it They say make lemonade out of lemons But I try and I can’t understand it All this bragging for not good reason Man makes plans and God laughs Why do I even bother to ask? Well, once you and I, we were the king and queen of this town It doesn’t matter now The sun set on our love, bye, bye baby Oh, boy you’re starry eyed Lay back, baby lay back You’ve got heaven in your eyes I like that, boy I like that It doesn’t matter what they say Let’s go do it anyway ‘Cause you and I have an undying kind of love You can be mine, I’ll be yours, be my baby Oh, boy you’re starry eyed Lay back, baby lay back You’ve got heaven in your eyes I like that, boy I like that Oh, boy you’re starry eyed Lay back, baby lay back You’ve got heaven in your eyes I like that, boy I like that” – Lana Del Rey
- “In the land of Gods and Monsters I was an Angel Living in the garden of evil Screwed up, scared, doing anything that I needed Shining like a fiery beacon You got that medicine I need Fame, Liquor, Love give it to me slowly Put your hands on my waist, do it softly Me and God, we don’t get along so now I sing No one’s gonna take my soul away I’m living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Motel sprees sprees and I’m singing ‘Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly Want’ It’s innocence lost Innocence lost In the land of Gods and Monsters I was an Angel Looking to get fucked hard Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer Life imitates art You got that medicine I need Dope, shoot it up, straight to the heart please I don’t really wanna know what’s good for me God’s dead, I said ‘baby that’s alright with me’ No one’s gonna take my soul away I’m living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Motel sprees sprees and I’m singing ‘Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly Want’ It’s innocence lost Innocence lost When you talk it’s like a movie and you’re making me Crazy – Cause life imitates art If I get a little prettier can I be your baby? You tell me, “life isn’t that hard” No one’s gonna take my soul away I’m living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Motel sprees sprees and I’m singing ‘Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly Want’ It’s innocence lost Innocence lost” – Lana Del Rey
- “Ultraviolence” He used to call me DN That stood for deadly nightshade Cause I was filled with poison But blessed with beauty and rage Jim told me that He hit me and it felt like a kiss Jim brought me back Reminded me of when we were kids With his ultraviolence Ultraviolence Ultraviolence Ultraviolence I can hear sirens, sirens He hit me and it felt like a kiss I can hear violins, violins Give me all of that ultraviolence He used to call me poison Like I was poison ivy I could have died right there Cause he was right beside me Jim raised me up He hurt me but it felt like true love Jim taught me that Loving him was never enough With his ultraviolence Ultraviolence Ultraviolence Ultraviolence I can hear sirens, sirens He hit me and it felt like a kiss I can hear violins, violins Give me all of that ultraviolence We could go back to New York Loving you was really hard We could go back to Woodstock Where they don’t know who we are Heaven is on earth I will do anything for you, babe Blessed is this, this union Crying tears of gold, like lemonade I love you the first time I love you the last time Yo soy la princesa, comprende mis white lines Cause I’m your jazz singer And you’re my cult leader I love you forever, I love you forever With his ultraviolence (lay me down tonight) Ultraviolence (in my linen and curls) Ultraviolence (lay me down tonight) Ultraviolence (Riviera girls) I can hear sirens, sirens He hit me and it felt like a kiss I can hear violins, violins Give me all of that ultraviolence” – Lana Del Rey
- “Take me as I am Take me, baby, in stride Only you can save me tonight There’s nowhere to run Nowhere to hide You let me in, don’t leave me out Or leave me dry Even when I’m alone I’m not lonely I hear the sweetest melodies (sweetest melodies) On the fire escapes of the city Sounds like I am free It’s got me singing God bless America, and all the beautiful women in it God bless America, and all the beautiful women in it May you stand proud and strong Like Lady Liberty shining all night long God bless America Take me as I am Don’t see me for what I’m not Only you can hear me tonight Keep your light on, babe I might be standing outside You let me in, don’t leave me out Or leave me dry Even walking alone, I’m not worried I feel your arms all around me (arms around me) In the air on the streets of the city Feels like I am free It’s got me thinking God bless America, and all the beautiful women in it God bless America, and all the beautiful women in it May you stand proud and strong Like Lady Liberty shining all night long God bless America (sweetest melodies) Even with you I’ve got nothing to lose So you’d better believe that nobody can make me feel lonely Because I hear (sweetest melodies) Even when you talk that talk with those lips I’m most certain in hell I’ll never feel, never feel lonely I have no fear It’s got me thinking (Yeah) God bless America, and all the beautiful women in it God bless America, and all the beautiful people in it May they stand proud and strong Like Lady Liberty shining all night long God bless America, and all the beautiful people in it And all the beautiful people in it” – Lana Del Rey
- “Sad Girl” Being a mistress on the side, It might not appear to fools like you. Creeping around on the side Might not be somethin’ you would do. But you haven’t seen my man, You haven’t seen my man, You haven’t seen my man, You haven’t seen him. He’s got the fire and he walks with fame, He’s got the fire and he talks with fame. His bonnie on the side, bonnie on the side, Makes me so sad, girl. His money on the side, money on the side, Makes me so sad, girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a bad girl, I’m a bad girl. Being a bad bitch on the side, Might not appeal to fools like you. We been around while he gets high, It might not be somethin’ you would do. But you haven’t seen my man, You haven’t seen my man, You haven’t seen my man, You haven’t seen him. He’s got the fire and he walks with fame, He’s got the fire and he talks with fame. His bonnie on the side, bonnie on the side, Makes me so sad, girl. His money on the side, money on the side, Makes me so sad, girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a bad girl, I’m a bad girl. Watch what you say to me, Careful who you’re talkin’ to. Watch what you say to me, Careful who you’re talkin’ to. I’m on fire, baby, I’m on fire. He’s got the fire and he walks with fame, He’s got the fire and he talks with fame. His bonnie on the side, bonnie on the side, Makes me so sad, girl. His money on the side, money on the side, Makes me so sad, girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a bad girl, I’m a bad girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl, I’m a sad girl. I’m a sad girl, I’m a bad girl, I’m a bad girl.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Body Electric” Elvis is my daddy, Marilyn’s my mother, Jesus is my bestest friend. We don’t need nobody ‘Cause we got each other, Or at least I pretend. We get down every Friday night, Dancin’ and grindin’ in the pale moonlight. Grand Ole Opry, we’re feelin’ alright, Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind. (I said don’t worry about it) [Chorus:] I sing the body electric, I sing the body electric, baby. I sing the body electric, I sing the body electric, Sing that body electric, Sing that body electric. I’m on fire, Sing that body electric. Whitman is my daddy, Monaco’s my mother, Diamonds are my bestest friend. Heaven is my baby, suicide’s her father, Opulence is the end. We get down every Friday night, Dancin’ and grindin’ in the pale moonlight. Grand Ole Opry, we’re feelin’ alright, Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind. (I said don’t worry about it) [Chorus:] I sing the body electric, I sing the body electric, baby. I sing the body electric, I sing the body electric, Sing that body electric, Sing that body electric. I’m on fire, Sing that body electric. My clothes still smell like you, And all the photographs say you’re still young. I pretend I’m not hurt And go about the world like I’m havin’ fun. We get crazy every Friday night, Drop it like it’s hot in the pale moonlight. Grand Ole Opry, feelin’ all right Mary’s swayin’ softly to her heart’s delight. I sing the body electric, I sing the body electric, baby. I sing the body electric, I sing the body electric, Sing that body electric, Sing that body electric. I’m on fire, Sing that body electric. I sing the body electric, baby. I sing the body electric, baby. I sing the body electric, baby.” – Lana Del Rey
- “Cruel World” Share my body and my mind with you, That’s all over now. Did what I had to do, ‘Cause it’s so far past me now. Share my body and my life with you, That’s way over now. There’s not more I can do, You’re so famous now. Got your bible, got your gun, And you like to party and have fun. And I like my candy and your women, I’m finally happy now that you’re gone. Put my little red party dress on, Everybody knows that I’m the best, I’m crazy. Get a little bit of bourbon in ya, Get a little bit suburban and go crazy. Because you’re young, you’re wild, you’re free, You’re dancin’ circles around me, You’re fuckin’ crazy. Oh, oh, you’re crazy for me. I shared my body and my mind with you, That’s all over now. I did what I had to do, I found another anyhow. Share my body and my mind with you, That’s all over now. I did what I had to do, I could see you leaving now. I got your bible and your gun, And you love to party and have fun. And I love your women and all of your heroin, And I’m so happy now that you’re gone. Put my little red party dress on, Everybody knows that I’m a mess, I’m crazy, yeah-yeah. Get a little bit of bourbon in ya, Go a little bit suburban and go crazy, yeah-yeah. Because you’re young, you’re wild, you’re free, You’re dancin’ circles around me, You’re fuckin’ crazy. Oh, oh, you’re crazy for me. Got your bible and your gun, You like your women and you like fun. I like my candy and your heroin, And I’m so happy, so happy now you’re gone. Put my little red party dress on, Everybody knows that I’m a mess, I’m crazy, yeah-yeah. Get a little bit of bourbon in ya, Get a little bit suburban and go crazy, yeah-yeah. ‘Cause you’re young, you’re wild, you’re free, You’re dancin’ circles around me, You’re fuckin’ crazy. Oh, oh, you’re crazy for me. Oh, oh, you’re crazy for me.” – Lana Del Rey
- “I was in the winter of my life- and the men I met along the road were my only summer. At night I fell sleep with visions of myself dancing and laughing and crying with them. Three years down the line of being on an endless world tour and memories of them were the only things that sustained me, and my only real happy times. I was a singer, not a very popular one, who once had dreams of becoming a beautiful poet- but upon an unfortunate series of events saw those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again- sparkling and broken. But I really didn’t mind because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it to know what true freedom is. When the people I used to know found out what I had been doing, how I had been living- they asked me why. But there’s no use in talking to people who have a home, they have no idea what its like to seek safety in other people, for home to be wherever you lay your head. I was always an unusual girl, my mother told me that I had a chameleon soul. No moral compass pointing me due north, no fixed personality. Just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide as wavering as the ocean. And if I said that I didn’t plan for it to turn out this way I’d be lying- because I was born to be the other woman. I belonged to no one- who belonged to everyone, who had nothing- who wanted everything with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn’t even talk about- and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me. Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people- and finally I did- on the open road. We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.” – Lana Del Rey
- “But there’s no you, except in my dreams tonight, Oh oh oh oh, ha ha ha ha I don’t wanna wake up from this tonight Oh oh oh oh, ha ha ha ha I don’t wanna wake up from this tonight Tutti i miei amici mi dicono che dovrei andare avanti Sto distesa sull’oceano, cantando la tua canzone Ahhh, tu la cantavi così Amarti per l’eternità non può essere un errore Anche se non sei qui, non andrò avanti Ahhh, la suonavamo così E non esiste rimedio alla memoria, il tuo volto è Come una melodia, non vuole lasciare la mia testa La tua anima mi ossessiona e mi dice Che va tutto bene Ma vorrei essere morta Ogni volta che chiudo gli occhi È simile a un paradiso tetro Nessuno può paragonarsi a te Ho paura che non sarai ad aspettarmi nell’aldilà Ogni volta che chiudo gli occhi È simile a un paradiso tetro Nessuno può paragonarsi a te Ho paura che non sarai ad aspettarmi nell’aldilà Tutti i miei amici mi chiedono perché tengo duro Gli dico che quando trovi il vero amore, vive in eterno Ahhh, ecco perché resto qui E non esiste rimedio alla memoria, il tuo volto è Come una melodia, non vuole lasciare la mia testa La tua anima mi ossessiona e mi dice Che va tutto bene Ma vorrei essere morta Ogni volta che chiudo gli occhi È simile a un paradiso tetro Nessuno può paragonarsi a te Ho paura che non sarai ad aspettarmi nell’aldilà Ogni volta che chiudo gli occhi È simile a un paradiso tetro Nessuno può paragonarsi a te Ho paura che non sarai ad aspettarmi nell’aldilà Ma non esisti, se non stanotte nei miei sogni, Oh oh oh, ha ha ha Stanotte non voglio svegliarmi Oh oh oh oh, ha ha ha ha Stanotte non voglio svegliarmi Non esiste sollievo, ti vedo nel sonno E tutti mi fanno fretta, ma riesco a sentire che mi accarezzi Non esiste liberazione, ti percepisco nei miei sogni Mi dici che sto bene Ogni volta che chiudo gli occhi È simile a un paradiso tetro Nessuno può paragonarsi a te” – Lana del Rey
- “Blue jeans, white shirt Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn It was like, James Dean, for sure You’re so fresh to death and sick as ca-cancer You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop But you fit me better than my favourite sweater, and I know That love is mean, and love hurts But I still remember that day we met in december, oh baby! I will love you ’til the end of time I would wait a million years Promise you’ll remember that you’re mine Baby can you see through the tears Love you more Than those bitches before Say you’ll remember, oh baby, say you’ll remember I will love you ’til the end of time Big dreams, gangster Said you had to leave to start your life over I was like, “No please, stay here, We don’t need no money we can make it all work,” But he headed out on sunday, said he’d come home monday I stayed up waitin’, anticipatin’, and pacin’ But he was chasing paper “Caught up in the game” ‒ that was the last I heard I will love you ’til the end of time I would wait a million years Promise you’ll remember that you’re mine Baby can you see through the tears Love you more Than those bitches before Say you’ll remember, oh baby, say you’ll remember I will love you ’til the end of time You went out every night And baby that’s alright I told you that no matter what you did I’d be by your side Cause Imma ride or die Whether you fail or fly Well shit at least you tried. But when you walked out that door, a piece of me died I told you I wanted more-but that’s not what I had in mind I just want it like before We were dancing all night Then they took you away-stole you out of my life You just need to remember…. I will love you ’til the end of time I would wait a million years Promise you’ll remember that you’re mine Baby can you see through the tears Love you more Than those bitches before Say you’ll remember, oh baby, say you’ll remember I will love you ’til the end of time” – Lana Del Rey
- “All my friends tell me I should move on I’m lying in the ocean, singing your song Ahh That’s how you sang it Loving you forever can’t be wrong Even though you’re not here, won’t move on Ahh 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) 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 I’m scared that you won’t be waiting on the other side All my friends ask me why I stay strong Tell ’em when you find true love, it lives on Ahh 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 haunting me and telling me that everything is fine But I wish I was dead (dead, like you) 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 Oh-oh-oh-oh-hah-hah-hah-hah I don’t want to wake up from this tonight Oh-oh-oh-oh-hah-hah-hah-hah I don’t want to wake up from this tonight 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 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 Oh-oh-oh-oh-hah-hah-hah-hah I don’t want to wake up from this tonight Oh-oh-oh-oh-hah-hah-hah-hah I don’t want to wake up from this tonight “Dark Paradise” – Lana del Rey
Wrapping Up
Lana Del Rey’s songs are often a reflection of her own struggles with love and relationships. They show how the power of love can sometimes be fleeting but also everlasting. Her lyrics touch on a range of emotions, from longing to despair, joy to sadness. No matter what she’s singing about though, at its core Lana Del Rey’s music is a reminder that love never truly dies. Whether the relationship fades or ends, Lana’s songs will always be there to remind us of the beauty and power that comes with loving someone unconditionally. So remember, no matter what happens in life, love will forever remain. You just need to remember…. I will love you ’til the end of time.
I hope you found this article helpful, and that it has encouraged you to take some time to reflect on the beauty in all the relationships we have with those who are important to us. Don’t forget – love truly never dies. Thank you for taking the time to read it! 🙂
