I think the song is about a rushing relationship of which she knows won't last long.
So, firstly New York is a very hectic city, everyone is always in a hurry and is in a rush and Diet Mountain Dew is a beverage from which you will get a sugar rush, getting in high spirits but when the rush is gone you will end up very tired. She asks herself if they would be in love forever, but then she just asks if they actually would be in love, leaving out the 'forever'
"Baby put on heart shaped sunglasses, cause we're gonna take a ride
I'm not gonna listen to what the past says, I've been waiting up all night"
-i don't know if this saying exits in english, but we german say "durch eine Rosarote Brille sehen" which means something like "seeing trough a pink glasses", so when someome is in love they see trough these glasses and ignore all the problems, which come with love, Lana could mean something like that by saying that she puts on her 'heart shaped sunglasses', which is quite similar. She just sees the good things, trying to ignore the bad because they 'gonna take a right' (starting this superficial relationship)
She also says that she's been trough bad times, maybe her boyfriend suddenly ended up the relationship and for a long time she's been waiting for him to come back to her, which never happend
Take another drag turn me to ashes, Ready for another lie?
Says he's gonna teach me just what fast is, Say it's gonna be all right
-she sees herself as a cigarette, which is used selfishly by men and after he takes a drag (have sex), she is left behind like the ashes of a cigarette;
Also the compares love to a 'lie', so love doesn't really exist in this relationship ans she knows that he is just playing with her feelings to get sex with her.
With 'fast' she may states again the 'quick' relationship and she has almost no hopes anymore that this relationship would be different to the other loveless relationships she's been through
Let's take Jesus off the dashboard, Got enough on his mind
We both know just what we're here for, Saved too many times
-knowing that this kind of relationship isn't really religious, she forgets about jesus by the reason that they both know what they got: a loveless relationship, only existing for the sex
Maybe I like this rollercoaster, Maybe it keeps me high
Maybe this weed it brings me closer, I could sparkle up your eye
-here love is compared with a ride on a rollercoaster, which is speedful and shows the up and down of this relationship
(isn't it 'speed' instead of 'weed'?") the speed of this exciting ride brings her closer to the feeling that she's actually in love with this guy and forgot about the other, and now she has the hope that he could be in love with her too.
So, in the end she knows that this would be just another 'meaningless' relationship, which is as fast and as fading as a big city like NY or a sip of Mountain Dew. The both seem like they would bring happiness, but then ending up in a dejection.
I think the song is about a rushing relationship of which she knows won't last long. So, firstly New York is a very hectic city, everyone is always in a hurry and is in a rush and Diet Mountain Dew is a beverage from which you will get a sugar rush, getting in high spirits but when the rush is gone you will end up very tired. She asks herself if they would be in love forever, but then she just asks if they actually would be in love, leaving out the 'forever'
"Baby put on heart shaped sunglasses, cause we're gonna take a ride I'm not gonna listen to what the past says, I've been waiting up all night"
-i don't know if this saying exits in english, but we german say "durch eine Rosarote Brille sehen" which means something like "seeing trough a pink glasses", so when someome is in love they see trough these glasses and ignore all the problems, which come with love, Lana could mean something like that by saying that she puts on her 'heart shaped sunglasses', which is quite similar. She just sees the good things, trying to ignore the bad because they 'gonna take a right' (starting this superficial relationship) She also says that she's been trough bad times, maybe her boyfriend suddenly ended up the relationship and for a long time she's been waiting for him to come back to her, which never happend
Take another drag turn me to ashes, Ready for another lie? Says he's gonna teach me just what fast is, Say it's gonna be all right
-she sees herself as a cigarette, which is used selfishly by men and after he takes a drag (have sex), she is left behind like the ashes of a cigarette; Also the compares love to a 'lie', so love doesn't really exist in this relationship ans she knows that he is just playing with her feelings to get sex with her. With 'fast' she may states again the 'quick' relationship and she has almost no hopes anymore that this relationship would be different to the other loveless relationships she's been through
Let's take Jesus off the dashboard, Got enough on his mind We both know just what we're here for, Saved too many times
-knowing that this kind of relationship isn't really religious, she forgets about jesus by the reason that they both know what they got: a loveless relationship, only existing for the sex
Maybe I like this rollercoaster, Maybe it keeps me high Maybe this weed it brings me closer, I could sparkle up your eye
-here love is compared with a ride on a rollercoaster, which is speedful and shows the up and down of this relationship (isn't it 'speed' instead of 'weed'?") the speed of this exciting ride brings her closer to the feeling that she's actually in love with this guy and forgot about the other, and now she has the hope that he could be in love with her too.
So, in the end she knows that this would be just another 'meaningless' relationship, which is as fast and as fading as a big city like NY or a sip of Mountain Dew. The both seem like they would bring happiness, but then ending up in a dejection.