Bel Air Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xewww 

Cover art for Bel Air lyrics by Lana Del Rey

My personal interpretation of Bel Air is the following.

"Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate. Trying to tell me to wait, But I can't wait to see you." she is referring to Satan's kingdom, he does not acknowledge her presence when she is begging to see him so in order to make him mad. she does the following,

"So I run like I'm mad to heaven's door. I don't wanna be bad, I wont cheat you no more" She is talking to God and betraying Satan and asking God to accept her in his kingdom. By doing this she is trying to make Satan mad.

Roses are common in funerals, which represents her or death in general. Bel Air, a place that where a lot of wealthy people live. Money is the root of all evil, therefore, Bel Air could represent hell. Palm trees is a symbol of victory and eternal life. This could represent what Satan offered her in exchange of her soul victory and eternal life.

"I can sleep late at night" she could be referring to how she could not sleep before, because she was fighting with demons but now she that she has given up her soul she CAN sleep at night because she is on Satan's side.

"Don't be afraid of me, don't be ashamed. Walk in the way of my soft resurrection." she's speaking to Satan "Idol of roses", Idol of death "Iconic soul" Satan's soul is immortal and everyone wants to be immortal so she looks up to him or his soul as an icon. "lead me to war with your brilliant direction" war with God

towards the end of the lyrics she states "Grenadine sunshine, can you fade inside of mine." according to wiki, grenadine originated from the French word grenade which means pomegranate, with pomme meaning APPLE and granate derived from the Italian word for SEEDS. Having said that the apple represent knowledge and maybe even sin (as seen in adam and eve) and she's begging for him (Satan) to spread or plant his wisdom inside her.

My Interpretation

@xewww Gargoyles are typically built to ward off evil spirits ... so doubt that Satan would want gargoyles at his front gates.