Swan Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by scottdoesntknow628 

Cover art for Swan Song lyrics by Lana Del Rey

I think it's pretty clear that she's singing about leaving her career behind— she's also talking about running away with someone as she leaves it behind. "Leave the world for the ones who change everything" implies she doesn't feel she's making a difference in society, as opposed to the "ones who do everything" while she sings and writes songs. She's not sure if her career is fulfilling enough long-term.

"I will never sing again, and you won't work another day"— it's a song about departure, from careers, maybe even from life itself. This song makes me wonder about her future as a musician, as she's said many times that she may never write another album, but she always does. Her duplicitous interviews make it even more puzzling as she references feeling trapped in the industry and saying dramatically that she wants to die.

It's hard to tell if what she's done made of herself is what she really wants in her life.

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