| Lana Del Rey – Radio Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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After editing the lyrics, Lana is definitely contradicting her happiness of becoming successful and I get a sense of sarcasm from her. Lana describes her success with the opening verse. Not even they can stop me now Boy I'd be flying overhead Their heavy words can't bring me down Boy I've been raised from the dead Lana is on cloud nine because she's finally made it and not even the tough critics can bring her down, but by using the term "boy," it just seems that her optimism is fake and phony. This might be to literal, but I think Lana is actually singing to her actual success... Weird, I know, but I take it as a more artisitc approach. I get this impression because she says: No one even knows how hard life was I don't even think about it now because I've finally found you Now sing it to me With this verse, I feel like Lana is saying, "No one will ever understand how hard my life was, but I'm ok now because I finally found success." Also, Lana doesn't think about her past because her she is so consumed by her success. She doesn't even have the time to actually reflect on her past. The following lyrics below are where the song begins to express contradiction. Like many musicians, they sing about wanting to become successful and have their "big break," but often remind their listeners to be careful of what you wish for. Once a muscian gains their success after striving for it for so long, they almost just want their normal life back. I think that Lana's lyrics below express this. Now my life is sweet like cinnamon Like a fucking dream I'm living in Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio (How do you like me now?) Pick me up and take me like vitamin 'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom Oh yeah Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio (How do you like me now?) First of all, cinnamon is bitter. Secondly, who ever said venom was sweet like sugar? Thirdly, people don't really enjoy taking vitamins. Lana is obviously saying that her life isn't great and she doesn't feel as beautiful as she is being portrayed through the music industry. Now that she has her fame and fortune, she is having trouble knowing who is really there for her and she is also having trouble knowing who really loves her - "Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio. How do you like me now?" I feel like Lana is blantly saying, "After all these years, you finally love me just because I'm finally famous." In addition, when Lana says, "Like a fucking dream, I'm living in," I get the sense that Lana is being very sarcastic and comes off as frustrated by the fame. No one even knows what life was like Now I'm in LA and it's paradise I finally found you Now sing it to me Above, I just feel like she is continuing to be sarcastic. My interpretation is obviously not accurate, but I hope it gave some sort of insight :o) Thanks for reading! |
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| Vampire Weekend – Campus Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think that when VW says "Cruel professor studying romances," doesn't mean that the student is having an affair with the professor. Instead, the student is just acknowledging the irony behind his professor teaching romances, while he is feeling down about being rejected. | |
| Vampire Weekend – Campus Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I believe that this song is about an "Average Joe," in college that got with a girl that is way out of his league. I wake up, my shoulders cold I've got to leave here, before I go I pull my shirt on, walk out the door Drag my feet along the floor He wakes up in the morning with his shoulder cold because the girl left before he had woken up. Disappointed by the girl's early departure and the fact that it meant nothing to her whatsoever, he drags his feet along the floor and heads to class. Then I see you, you're walking 'cross the campus Cruel professor studying romances How am I supposed to pretend I never want to see you again How am I supposed to pretend I never want to see you again Feeling used by a girl that he actually has real feelings for, he tries playing it cool like it meant nothing to him. He is trying to pretend that she is just another notch on his bedpost. Walked to class, in front of ya Spilled kefir on your keffiyeh You look inside and turn to the door Drag your feet along the floor Here, it sounds like he's trying to remain cool and collected, but gets nervous and clumsily spills his kefir on his one night stand. I think the girl's reaction to this is disappointment because she realizes that her hook up isn't her usual "popular guy." I think that the remainder of the song is just the guy avoiding the overall situation and sleeping off his hangover, while she is down in the college quarters. |
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