| Lana Del Rey – 1949 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is a pretty clear allusion to "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov. In the novel, Humbert Humbert takes his 12 year old step-daughter and lover, Lolita, across the United States in his car for a year: "Daddy dearest, you know/ How I like to take trips" "We in the Pontiac / From July to July." They spend every night in a different motel: "It's a flower motel nation/Day and night on our last vacation." The pair make many stops along the way and he buys her a variety of goodies to appease her and keep her entertained: "Buy me my peach lip gloss/ Cigarettes and lollipops/ Mad magazines, and white socks/ All in your car for/ Our trip across the U.S.A." In the second half of the novel, they take yet another trip across the USA except this time Lolita runs away with another man and never returns to Humbert: "Day and night on our last vacation/ We going to see it all/ Before we say goodbye." Beautiful song and great details that really connect it with the novel! |
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