Without You

She would trade money, clothes, cars, the fame in general for him. She's nothing if he's not there. She would give up her dream, all that she worked for, for him. She sings in the chorus, "Hello, Hello Can you hear me?" She wants to make sure he knows that she loves him so much that without him she'll break. This is a great song, Love it.

Shes got all the materialistic things and all the accomplishments she sat out to gain and achieve, but it seems pointless without him, she’s crying out to him ‘hello hello can you hear me?’ The reference to the china doll is her saying that shes willing to let him break her, because she knows inevitably he will, she just wants him, she doesn’t care. She says ‘my life is sweet like vanilla is’ it seems like a metaphor for boredom, lack of excitement, a base with no real flavour. I think the flash bulbs reference is about her fame, it’s a beautiful world of glamour, and others think ‘she has it all’ and this song is emphasising the lack of meaning everything has without the man she loves.

THESE ARE THE TRUE OFFICIAL LYRICS: (Correct, and without spelling errors like the other dopes in here. So many mistakes, jesus)

Everything I want I have: Money, notoriety and rivieras. I even think I found God In the flash bulbs of the pretty cameras, Pretty cameras, pretty cameras. Am I glamorous? Tell me am I glamorous?

Hello? Hello? C-can you hear me? I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall. Boy you're so dope, Your love is deadly. Tell me life is beautiful, They all think I have it all. I've nothing without you. All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you.

Summertime is nice and hot, And my life is sweet like vanilla is. Gold and silver line my heart But burned into my brain are these stolen images, Stolen images, baby, stolen images. Can you picture it Babe the life we could've lived?

Hello? Hello? C-can you hear me? I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall. Boy you're so dope, Your love is deadly. Tell me life is beautiful, They all think I have it all. I've nothing without you. All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you.

We were two kids, just tryin' to get out, Live on the dark side of the American dream. We would dance all night, play our music loud, When we grew up nothing was what it seemed.

Hello? Hello? C-can you hear me? I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall. Boy you're so dope, Your love is deadly. Tell me life is beautiful, They think that I have it all. I've nothing without you. All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you.

Hello? Hello? C-can you hear me? I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall. Boy you're so dope, Your love is deadly. Tell me life is beautiful, They think that I have it all. I've nothing without you. All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you.

All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing if I can't have you.

When I listen to this song, the image of a girl in love with her lover in their teenage years, but then she kind of rose to fame and have all the luxurious lifestyle she has always dreamed of. But this actually drove her boyfriend away because now they live a different life.. So she's saying that she is willing to give up her fame and everything that she worked for just to have her boyfriend back with her again.

It's a really beautiful song. This is my interpretation for the song :)

Yet another song devoted to her lost (in passing) lover. This one may even be more beautiful than "Dark Paradise" She pretty much says she's lived her whole life already. Her lover has passed and it seems like a promise from her to him to devote her life to him. "I can be your China doll." I feel like this is a way for her to feel connected to him even though he's gone, since she feels like no one gets her, "They all think I have it all." She wants to satisfy this person in the continuance of her life in order to be reunited with him upon her passing. "All my dreams and all the lights mean nothing, if I can't have you," the word have in the last line give the impression she's anticipating this in the future.

Another statement of the absolute love Lana cannon: "I am nothing without you."

She gets it all, everything she wanted, but without the person she loves it means NOTHING.

She loves him so much, she's willing to let him smash her to pieces, the way a china doll smashes to pieces when it falls. His love is deadly because she is so masochistic, she will willingly die for him.

Total absolute sick and twisted love the Lana way. :)

The main point is something like "Bel-Air" & maybe this could be what she thought before of "Young and beautiful"

She's gotten famous but still wants some ex-lover or current lover's approval. Maybe it could be about the same guy he sang about in "Dark paradise" (We were two kids just trying to get out, from the dark side of the american dream) which is "K" and I have no idea who that guy was but from what I've read about him he is dead and lana sings "Can you picture this, what a life we could've lived?"

These are my two cents, probably wrong.

Lana's songs depict her romance with past lovers and intertwine well with each other; you can discover a hidden story almost if these lyrics are read together.

In this songs case, I believe she has everything she can have except the love of the man she needs love from. Despite having "money, notoriety and riviera's", all she really needs is his love and she will trade everything she has for that love. She essentially needs nothing, apart from him.

Lyrics such as "I can be your china doll, if you want to see me fall." also display that Lana is happy to accept any form of love or attention as long as there is at least something.

Overall, a sad meaning but a beautiful song.

So the song sounds like a love song, like she is saying to her boyfriend: glamour is nothing with out you.

But I think she has a whole different message. A very good and authentic message that many people will miss. And perhaps she planned it this way.

She is calling out to both her boyfriend and to those who glamourize her. She is saying she feels life was stolen from her. She talks about being fake or about her peers being fake (others in the spotlight.) “I even think I found God ..in the pretty cameras..." Then she goes on to say right after: " am I glamorous? Am I glamorous?" Like she didn't find God, not really. As in people will say what others want to hear as long as it sounds good. But it’s difficult, maybe not realistic to find God while living a life so "glamourous". Because when you are in the spotlight, you are always on alert, you have your attenas up. You would have to. And eventually, you lose yourself. I guess you 'could' be authentic, but you would break or injure your career. "I can be your china doll, if you want to see me fall” China dolls are fragile or in other words, vulnerable. She can't be. But actually she can - just through 'hidden' messages in her music. ;)

Her boyfriend, who she knew before the fame and she finds "dope" ... she loves authentically. This scares her. She says to him "your love is deadly." Because to her, he is the only real thing in her life now. If she lost him, she feels she would lose herself. Because perhaps, she doesn't live a daily life true to herself or at least in the public eye.

"They think that I have it all ...tell me am I glamourous? Ccan you hear me?" In other words, 'no, it's not what you think it is.'

Your kind of right- Here's the right correction :

Everything I want I have Money notoriety rivieras I even think I found god In the flash bulbs of your pretty cameras Pretty cameras pretty cameras Am I glamorous baby am I glamorous

Hello hello Can you hear me I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall Boy your so dope your love is deadly Tell me life is beautiful They I'll think I have it all I am nothing without you All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you

Summertime is nice and hot And my life is sweet like vanilla is Gold and silver line my heart Burned into to my brain are all these stolen images Stolen images baby stolen images Can you picture this What a life we could've lived

Hello hello Can you hear me I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall Boy your so dope your love is deadly Tell me life is beautiful They I'll think I have it all I am nothing without you All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you

We were two kids just trying to get out From the dark side of the american dream We would stay out late play our music loud When we grew up nothing was what it seemed

Hello hello Can you hear me I can be your china doll If you want to see me fall Boy your so dope so dope your love is deadly Tell me life is beautiful They I'll think I have it all I am nothing without you All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing without you

All my dreams and all the lights mean Nothing if I can't have you