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Finally, I'm crossing the threshold
From the ordinary world
To the reveal of my heart
Undoubtedly, that will for certain
Take the dead out of the sea
And the darkness from the arts
This is my commitment (ah)
My modern manifesto (ah)
I'm doing it for all of us (ah)
Who never got the chance (ah)
For Amy and for Whitney (shut up, shut up)
And all my birds of paradise (shut up, shut up)
Who never got to fly at night(shut up, shut up)
'Cause they were caught up in the dens
Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone's game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into to the blue (into the blue)
Finally
Gone is the burden
Of the crawling way of being
That comes from energies combined
Like my part was I
Was not discerning
And knew as we found out
We're not in your right mind
There's no more chasing rainbows (ah)
And hoping for an end to them (ah)
Their arches are illusions (ah)
Solid at first glance
But then you try to touch them
There's nothing to hold on to
The colors used to lure you in
And put you in a trance
(Yeah)
Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone's game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
From the ordinary world
To the reveal of my heart
Undoubtedly, that will for certain
Take the dead out of the sea
And the darkness from the arts
My modern manifesto (ah)
I'm doing it for all of us (ah)
Who never got the chance (ah)
For Amy and for Whitney (shut up, shut up)
And all my birds of paradise (shut up, shut up)
Who never got to fly at night(shut up, shut up)
'Cause they were caught up in the dens
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone's game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into to the blue (into the blue)
Gone is the burden
Of the crawling way of being
That comes from energies combined
Like my part was I
Was not discerning
And knew as we found out
We're not in your right mind
And hoping for an end to them (ah)
Their arches are illusions (ah)
Solid at first glance
But then you try to touch them
There's nothing to hold on to
The colors used to lure you in
And put you in a trance
(Yeah)
I want to get off but I keep riding the ride
I never really notice that I had to decide
To play someone's game or to live my own life and now I do
I want to move
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
Out of the black (out of the black)
Into the blue (into the blue)
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This song is pretty much a sequel to Ride, a song from Lana's second album, which which was a song about following people along for their own rides, doing what THEY want to do, becoming absorbed in someone else's lifestyle. In Get Free, she becomes content with being alone and having time to herself. She knows that sometimes life isn't always what she's going to want and she's finally accepted that things aren't always going to go her way.
I think this song is about how Lana is finally becoming happy with her life. Notice in the song she sings, "sometimes I feel like I've got a war in my mind" which was a line from her song Ride, which was about trying to not let her lonely life get her down so she just goes with life and rides. In this song, she sings about how she had to play someone's game or live her own life which I think means people thought her depression and loneliness wasn't real and her life was perfect from everyone who viewed her that way. In Get Free, she's singing about fighting her demons inside and becoming free and happy.
Points to Lova & Goddess, I agree with both of their interpretations. Definitely a sequel to Ride. Her life has changed, she's learned and moved on from her past. She's recognized certain people or lifestyle choices are not what she wants for her future. She's finally free. It's such a beautiful song.
• To me this song is a scream of liberty from Lana to the mainstream industry and her fans ( The Born To Die & Paradise stans) I'M ONE OF THOSE STANS
• She's saying that She doesn't live that past life anymore. (That life of Alcohol, Old Men type of thing) Wich is the one that gave her the Fame and is wich everybody expected her to continue writing and singing about.
• In GET FREE she's saying Goodbye to that ERA
"Undoubtedly, that will for certain" "Take the dead out of the sea" •(This lyrics reminds me the song Dark Paradise)
"And the darkness from the arts" (She's saying that this "manifesto" will make her upcoming records a little bit softer, and It did happened, look at The songs in : NORMAL F. ROCKWELL , CHEMTRAILS O.T.C.C , BLUE BANISTERS. All of those last records are softer than the first ones and "Get Free" is the last song in Lust for Life, so it makes sense to me)
"This is my commitment My modern manifesto I'm doing it for all of us Who never got the chance For... and for... And all my birds of paradise "
• " My birds of Paradise" can be a metaphor to "my songs of Paradise (álbum)
• And She comes up again with Born To Die / Paradise references, Now with the Song "Ride" , but there's really a phrase of "Ride" to prove It:
"Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind I want to get off but I keep riding the ride"
• And then she talks as an artist again, Since she became famous over that aesthetic , she kept doing similar things to the first album because she didn't know she had to decide between keep doing what the audience wanted or live her own life.
" I never really notice that I had to decide To play someone's game or to live my own life and now I do"
After she sings: "I'm doing it for all of us who never got the chance" She actually sings: "For... and for..." as the backvocals go "(shut up, shut up)" and I can't help but wonder who is she singing for
@franz10210 so in the original version, the lyrics say for amy & for whitney (i don't know why they aren't in the actual version) meaning amy winehouse & whitney houston which makes me think this song is about drug abuse
@franz10210 so in the original version, the lyrics say for amy & for whitney (i don't know why they aren't in the actual version) meaning amy winehouse & whitney houston which makes me think this song is about drug abuse
Funnily enough, we are currently learning about crossing the threshold in terms of sound in Psych class. This accrued knowledge gives the lyrics a whole new passive meaning. I say it could be interpreted in two ways: the "sounds" of modernity and society which can feel so close yet so far depending on how you look at it: the glass half empty, if you will. And at its worst, it is deafening, and Lana is metaphorically referring to moving away from the noise. The other is the non-scientific meaning of "threshold": crossing a wooden moat-like path, according to Google. Lana is basically referring to the path of freedom to do what she wants (hence the title 'Get Free'). She is finally unbound from the restraints of the castle, the "institutional" life she once lived - take from that what you will. The references to Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston make sense in this context - both were in rehab/and suffered/died from drug addiction. Lana was allegedly institutionalised as a teen for alcohol addiction at Bellevue Hospital, which she mentions in some of her unreleased songs. (That's all I'm going to say on the matter.) Also, the thing about 'Get Free' sounding like Creep, I think we can all agree that they are both GREAT SONGS. Obviously nothing will ever beat 'Creep', but why should it? This album references many titles/sounds from the past: 'Tomorrow Never Came' (with John Lennon's son singing on it) could easily be a John Lennon/Yoko Ono deep cut, 'Lust For Life' is an Iggy Pop song, 'Get Free' may be unintentionally a reference to the hit Vines song, essentially their 'Creep'. If the lawsuit thing wasn't such a biggie I'd love to hear a mash-up of both songs being played instead of all the shit you currently hear on mainstream radio. Because of everything (which ended up being nothing) Lana may never play this song live again, and it makes me sad. Anyhow I will be using this info to help with my exam revision haha
I think the song is so dark and so sexy. There is hope in death, there is a chance the unthinkable can happen! Tired of "riding the ride" she wants to get of she wants to "cross the threshold" she wants to "move" she is chasing a "solid illusion but there is nothing to hold on" it is pointless she wants to move...