Summertime Sadness Lyrics

Lyric discussion by iLLuSia 

Cover art for Summertime Sadness lyrics by Lana Del Rey

Nice. Everybody is so focused in partnership love.

I actually watched a Video, where there was a girl involved, not a guy. Though even before that I already thought it might be someone like a sister, someone who's not completing Lana like a partner would, but is/was exactly like her, a real soulmate. It seems, the sister wanted to suicide, and though Lana didn't, they understood each other enough, that Lana didn't want to stop her, just make sure she says goodbye.

Now when she's gone, Lana keeps doing everything they might have done together (partys, cars, what young girls can do), like in a trance, so she won't break down over her death, still feeling everything they felt together, but also (summertime) sadness and emptiness. And now she's not scared to die anymore, though she moves on. A little bit of an empty shell.

Irritating might be the "kiss me hard" part, though girls/sisters can kiss without beeing lesbian, too. On the cheeks, or it might be a greeting or some sort of code...

Besides: sisterhood might be much stronger. Usually the most people fall in love, lose the loved (without them dying), fall in love with someone else, lose them, fall in love again... but a sister you can lose only once (more or less).

Anyway... just my thoughts...

My Interpretation

I like your thoughts, just because something sounds sensual doesn't mean it has to be. Sensuality is an inseparable part of Lana, she could party or doing and still exudes sensual prowess. Besides, the music video features a girl that closed to her heart not a summer fling.

@iLLuSia same here, this song has always made me think of a girl i used to be best friends with who got really into drugs. we aren't close anymore but this song has always made me worry about her.

i don't feel like this sounds like a romantic love. the video kind of confirms that. it's about a friend. perhaps the same friend that both 'carmen' and 'this is what makes us girls' are about.