Considering it's 2017 I'm sure you have heard of a little artist named Taylor Swift. Long story short, she's a country singer/songwriter turned pop diva megastar that has a badass group of friends that basically rule the world we live in. Ring a bell?
Swift's entire fame is rooted in her arguably too-relatable lyrics about love, heartbreak, friends, and life that make you stop and think, "Is Swift reading my mind?". She gave our generation a voice for our innermost thoughts and turned them into a powerhouse of songs and lyrics that you probably had set as your AIM signature, twitter bio, or Facebook status at some point in time.
Queue Lorde, one of Taylor's diva besties who, like Swift, is taking the music industry by storm with her all too relatable lyrics and grungy pop alternative vibe that you can't stop listening too. She's a 20-year-old New Zealand native that you should be obsessing over if you aren't already.
Unless you live under a rock, you'll know that Lorde just released her sophomore album, "Melodrama" on June 16. If you're anything like me, you've listened to only this album since it came out (if you haven't heard it yet, stop what you're doing and go play it). It's the perfect follow up to her first album, showing how she is growing as a person and a writer.
Each song is unique and poignant and takes us through Lorde's journey of heartbreak and her newfound fame and how she, as a 20 year old, is dealing with that. The lyrics hit you hard and the music itself is invigorating. She's basically the new Taylor Swift without the country roots. So, here are 31 tragically beautiful lyrics that prove that Lorde is in fact, a reincarnation of Swift as a New Zealand alternative artist (or just another young, relatable powerhouse of a musician).
1. “But honey I'll be seein' you, ever, I go
But honey I'll be seein' you down every road”
2. “' I'll come get my things, but I can't let go
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it”
3. “I whisper things, the city sings 'em back to youAll those rumors, they have big teethOh, they bite you”
4. "It's time we danced with the truth"
5. "I'm acting like I don't seeEvery ribbon you used to tie yourself to me"
6.“We're King and Queen of the weekendAin't a pill that could touch our rush”
7. "We pretend that we just don't careBut we care"
8. “In the morning, you'll be dancing with all the heartacheAnd the treason, the fantasies of leaving
But we know that, when it's over
In the morning, you'll be dancing with us”
9. “Let's let things come out of the woodwork
I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lies
Yeah, awesome right?”
10. “Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
Blowing sh*t up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite”
11. “I am your sweetheart psychopathic crush
Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough
I overthink your punctuation use
Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do”
12. “A rush at the beginning
I get caught up, just for a minute
But lover, you're the one to blame"
13. “Broadcast the boom boom boom boom
And make 'em all dance to it”
14. “Our thing progresses, I call and you come through
Blow all my friendships to sit in hell with you
But we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre”
15. “They say, "You're a little much for me
You're a liability
You're a little much for me"
”16. “So they pull back, make other plans
I understand, I'm a liability
Get you wild, make you leave”
17. “The truth is I am a toy that people enjoy
'Til all of the tricks don't work anymore
And then they are bored of me”
18. “'Cause I remember the rush, when forever was us
Before all of the winds of regret and mistrust
Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost
Well I guess I should go”
19. “These are what they call hard feelings of love
When the sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold”
20.“ I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home”
21. “I care for myself the way I used to care about you”
22. “The waves come after midnight
I call from underwater
Why even try to get right?”
23. “When you've outgrown a lover
The whole world knows but you”
24. “Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark”
25. “I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me”
26. “I ride the subway, read the signs
I let the seasons change my mind
I love it here since I've stopped needing you”27. “In my head, I play a supercut of us
All the magic we gave off
All the love we had and lost”
28. “I'll be your quiet afternoon crush
Be your violent overnight rush
Make you crazy over my touch"
29. “We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart”
30. “Are you lost enough?”
31. “Let's go to perfect placesAll the nights spent off our faces
Trying to find these perfect places
What the f*ck are perfect places anyway?”
So stop what you're doing and go put Melodrama on repeat for the next 28 years.
